Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Renewables & Natural Gas Interface
The intersecting roles of renewables and natural gas as both competitors and complementary resources in electricity generation
Moderator: Todd Foley, ACORE
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Integration of Renewables into the Smart Grid
Transmission, storage, and energy efficiency management issues in integrating renewables into the smart grid environment
Moderator: Larry Plumb, Verizon; Robert F. Riley, Williams Mullen
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Renewable Portfolio Standards, FITs, and Federalism
The status of renewable portfolio standards and their interface with other ratemaking approaches, such as feed in tariffs, and reverse auctions, in stimulating renewable energy
Moderator: Roger Feldman, Andrews Kurth LLP
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Security, Sustainability and Renewables
Green preference sustainability and operational security programs and policies which support and foster the development and utilization of alternative energy resources
Moderators: Roger Feldman, Andrews Kurth LLP; Dennis McGinn, ACORE
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Finance in a World of Reduced Government Assistance
Compensating for the decline in Federal assistance: availability and tax equity, public capital markets, structured finance, surviving programs, potential new funding sources
Moderator: Kim Diamond, Lowenstein Sandler PC
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
State Renewables Policies – Lessons Learned After A Decade of Success
Secrets of success and lessons learned which can be more broadly adapted to stimulate private renewable energy development
Moderator: Michael J. Zimmer, Thompson Hine LLP; Michael W. Wise, McDonald Hopkins, LLC
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Waste Energy Recovery from Industrial Processes
Framing the role of CHP and WER in profitably reducing fossil fuel and carbon emissions directly and by facilitating more wind and solar.
Moderator: Thomas R. Casten, Recycled Energy Development LLC; Todd Foley, ACORE
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Challenges in Supporting Renewables with Capacity Markets and Plant Life Retirements: Will the Markets Allow Renewables to Fill the Gaps?
With looming capacity shortfalls, what is the role of wind and solar, and the premium dispatchible renewables like biomass, hydro, geothermal, heat and resource recovery to meet those gaps?
Moderator: Michael J. Zimmer, Thompson Hine LLP; Roger Stark, Ballard Sphar
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Foreign Investment: The Future Role of Foreign Investment in Renewable Energy Projects
How projects balance economic development and supply chain development goals with economic proposals from foreign OEMs.
Moderators: Kim Diamond, Lowenstein Sandler PC; Roger Feldman, Andrews Kurth LLP
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Renewable Energy Finance: Trends and Innovations
Moderators: Kyle Drefke, Orrick; Robert F. Riley, Williams Mullen
