Ownership Matters: Community-based Wind Development in Colorado
May 2008
Lamar and Wray Colorado

9:00 a.m. The New Energy Economy and Community Wind

Governor’s Energy Office: Seth Portner: How community wind fits into Gov. Ritter’s agenda
Presentation

Colorado Harvesting Energy Network: John Covert : Rural prosperity through renewable energy

KEYNOTE: Dale Osborn: President, Distributed Generation Systems, Inc. (DISGEN)
How to develop a community wind project
Presentation

10 a.m. Why a Community Approach is Important:
John Covert (moderator)

The Lamar experience: Colorado Agriculture Commissioner John Stulp ( May 7):
The role of county leaders, and how to get a group started
Presentation

The Wray experience: Governor’s Energy Office’s Bob Mailander ( May 8):
The role of country leaders, and how to get a group started

The Nebraska Community-based energy development experience :
Nebraska Farmers Union: Graham Christensen
Presentation

10:45 a.m. A primer in wind development:
Glossary of terms and concepts such as interconnection
Dale Osborn/ Tony Frank
Presentation

11:00 a.m. What the Buyer Needs
Moderator: Tony Frank, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union

Tri-State : Jim Spiers
Presentation

Iberdrola : Eric Blank/Chase Whitney

Municipal utilities: Dave Lock

12:00 noon Lunch (Discussion Tables): see hosts below

1:00 p.m. Financing 101:
Moderator: Bob Mailander, GEO

Overview, including easements and contracts:
Brad Haight, Independent Bankers of Colorado, Hackstaff & Gessler
Presentation

Co-development of community and corporate wind projects: 10 minutes
John Stulp: May 7
Presentation
Dale Osborn: May 8

Federal programs: USDA Rural Development
Cheryl Scofield or Julie Scruby : May 8

1:45 p.m. Which way does the Wind blow?
Moderator: Bob Mailander, GEO: The anemometer loan program

Measuring the resource: Gary Pietruszewski, WindLogics
Presentation

Where is the transmission and what is the long range plan : Jim Spiers

What we’ve learned: Fred Hefley ( May 7)
What we’ve learned: Brent Orr, presented by John Cevette (May 8 )
Presentation

2:30 p.m. Where do we go from here
Moderator: Mona Newton, GEO

The Colorado Harvesting Energy Network Coop: Tony Frank
Presentation

Lisa Daniels : next steps
Presentation

3:30 p.m. Networking time
Discussion Tables for lunch:

Windustry--

Renewable Choice Energy
Presentation

USDA Rural Development

Jim Spiers: Tri-State

Governors Energy Office

WindLogics: Gary Pietruszewski

Greenman Financial
Presentation

OWN Energy
Presentation