2007 Harvesting Energy Summit:
Rural Prosperity through Renewable Energy
Public Policy to Advance Renewable Energy
Join other leaders from your state to learn about innovative policies that will expand the use of renewable energy, prioritize policy objectives for your state, and develop an action plan for the coming year. There will also be forums for leaders in academia, agriculture, business, and government to interact across state lines.
Welcome and Summit Goals – John Covert, Summit Planning Team
Progress at the National Level – Ernie Shea, 25 x '25 Project Coordinator Presentation »
What Will Get Us to 25 x ’25?
Progress in the States
– Moderator & Utah presenter: Laura Nelson, Host Committee Chair & Energy Advisor to Utah Governor Hunstman
– Arizona: Jim Arwood, Energy Office Director - invited
– Colorado: Tom Plant, Office of Energy Management and Conservation
– Kansas: Jim Ploger, Director of the Kansas Energy Office
– New Mexico: Michael McDiarmid, NM Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources
– Nevada: Pete Konesky, Nevada State Energy Office Presentation »
– Wyoming: Dale Hoffman, Wyoming State Energy Office
Federal Policy Panel: Prospects for the Next Farm Bill
– Moderator: Leonard Blackham, Commissioner of Agriculture
– Bart Chilton, National Farmers Union
– Landon Gates, Farm Bureau Presentation »
– Andy Olsen, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Interwest Project Locator
– Craig Cox, Interwest Energy Alliance Presentation »
Craig Cox is executive director of the Interwest Energy Alliance, a non-profit trade association that represents the nation’s leading wind energy companies, bringing them together with regional non-governmental organizations in the West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming). Cox has long been active in renewable energy advocacy at the federal level and throughout the West since working for Congressman Dan Schaefer in Washington, D.C., where he formed the House Renewables and Energy Efficiency Caucus on Schaefer’s behalf in 1996
Breakouts: State Policy to Advance Renewable Energy
These sessions will outline state policies that can foster more renewable energy development. Choose from one of the following:
- Electric power policies
– Moderator: Susan Innis, Western Resource Advocates
– Glen Anderson, National Conference of State Legislators Presentation »
– Jim Heneghan, Delta Montrose Electric Association Presentation »
– Dan Bihn, Fort Collins Electric Board - Farm fuels policies
– Josh Zahn, Biodiesel Board Presentation »
– Fred Deneke, National Association of Conservation Districts - Creating urban markets
– Moderator: Bill Stoddard
– Mayor Dana Williams of Park City
– Ann Ober, Chief Environmental Advisor for Salt Lake County Presentation »
Breakouts
These sessions will outline state policies that can foster more renewable energy development. Choose from one of the following:
- The Role of Rural Electric Associations
– Moderator: Paula Fronk, Western Area Power Administration
– Jim Spiers, Senior Manager for Planning/Rates/Member Services for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
– Bob Fullerton, Western Area Power Administration Presentation »
– Rebecca Cantwell, Colorado Working Landscapes - Efficiency policies
– Howard Geller, SouthWest Energy Efficiency Project Presentation » - Financing: Where is the $ and how do we create new funding pools?
– Moderator: John Holt, Celtic Bank
– Pat Boylston, Stoel Rives, LLP Presentation »
– Richard Carrig, USDA Presentation »
– Gordon Holt, Utah Business Lending Corp
State Discussions: What policy initiatives will move our state forward?
Colorado
Utah Perspectives from the Second Annual Harvesting Energy Summit 2007:
Outcomes from the "Dialogue Diner" and Stakeholder Panel Sessions »
Dinner & Keynote: - Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert