Renewable Energy in America: Policies for Phase II; Conference UPDATE

October 17-18, 2005
Cannon Caucus Room,
Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC

Renewable Energy in America:
Policies for Phase II
Please pre-register for this event as full registration may not be available on site.


On October 17-18, 2005 the American Council On Renewable Energy in conjunction with the Senate & House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucuses and Supporting Organizations will hold a national forum, Policies for Phase II.

Keynote speakers include:

The Honorable Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin
The Honorable Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture
The Honorable Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior
The Honorable David Garman, Under Secretary of Energy
Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, (USN ret.), Battelle Science & Technology International
John Anderson, Head of Power Industry Investing, John Hancock
John Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Robert Gleitz, General Manager, GE Wind Energy
Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
R. James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence


Members of Congress that have indicated a desire to speak in the conference or related receptions:

Senator Wayne Allard (CO; Co-chair Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus)
Senator Byron Dorgan (ND; Co-chair Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus)
Senator Tom Harkin (IA)
Representative Roscoe Bartlett (MD)
Representative Henry Brown (SC)
Representative Virgil Goode (VA)
Representative Sam Graves (MO)
Representative Jay Inslee (WA)
Representative Tim Murphy (PA)
Representative Jim Saxton (NJ)
Representative Lee Terry (NE)
Representative Mark Udall (CO; Co-chair Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus)


Speakers will come from over ten states in the East, Mid-America and the West and include:

Hans Detweiler, Deputy Director of Energy for the Illinois State Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity,
Jan Hamrin, President, Center for Resource Solutions
Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Lew Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
The Honorable Katie McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Paul Orbuch, Western Governor's Association
Rob Pratt, Director, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Ernie Shea, Coordinator, Rural Energy (25 x 25), Energy Future Coalition
Dub Taylor, Director, Texas State Energy Office
Jon Wellinghoff, Partner, Beckley Singleton, Nevada


Leaders in the environment, technology, national security, and utility community speaking including:

Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies
Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
Hank Courtright, VP Generation, Electric Power Research Institute
Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group
Chris Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
Hank Habicht, CEO, Global Energy & Technology Foundation
Bill Holmberg, Chairman, Biomass Coordinating Council
Tammy Klein, Director, Global Biofuels and the Americas, International Biofuels Quality Center
Deron Lovaas, Vehicles Campaign Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Gal Luft, President, Institute for Analysis of Global Security
Kevin Moran, Director Washington, DC Office, Western Governors' Association
Steve Nadel, Executive Director, ACEEE
Alan Nogee, Director of the Clean Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dan Reicher, President, New Energy Capital
Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group
Carol Werner, Executive Director, Environmental & Energy Study Institute


Conference co-chairs are Hank Habicht, CEO, Global Energy & Technology Foundation, Dan W. Reicher, Founder and President, New Energy Capital; Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies, and Rob Pratt, Director, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust

Renewable Energy in America: Policies for Phase II

Please pre-register for this event as full registration may not be available on site.


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