May 8, 2009; Chicago, Illinois
Larry Flowers, Technical Director, Wind Powering America facilitates the workforce development panel at the State Summit. View a larger image.
The Wind Powering America State Summit follows the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA's) annual WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition. The Summit provides Wind Powering America's network of state wind working groups, state energy officials, DOE and national lab WPA representatives and its professional and institutional partners an opportunity to review successes, opportunities and challenges for wind at the state level. Participants share strategies/lessons learned, review priority activities/topics, and celebrate and recognize accomplishments among peers. The Summit features plenary sessions, regional and state breakouts, and smaller group discussions on focused issues, as well as presentations and remarks from invited national guest speakers. Summit participants include leaders of Wind Powering America's state wind working groups, institutional partners, wind industry experts, and DOE and National Laboratory staff.
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8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.
Welcome, Megan McCluer, U.S. DOE
8:35 a.m.
Introductions, Jim Ahlgrimm, U.S. DOE
8:45 a.m.
Plenary, Denise Bode (PDF 1.7 MB), Executive Director, American Wind Energy Association
9:15 a.m.
Workforce Development Panel, Larry Flowers (PDF 6.5 MB), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Facilitator
- John Stulp, CO Commissioner of Agriculture
- Kevin Rackstraw, Clipper
- Al Zeitz, Iowa Community College
- Dan Nagengast, Kansas Rural Center
- Roya Stanley, Iowa Energy Office
- Andy Swapp, Milford High School, Utah
- Jonathan Miles, James Madison University
10:30 a.m.
Wind Market Report, Ryan Wiser (PDF 451 KB), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11:00 a.m.
Wind Energy Futures, Jim Walker (PDF 1.0 MB), EnXco
11:15 a.m.
Transmission Panel, Amanda Ormond, Facilitator
- Dave Olsen (PDF 358 KB), California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
- Beth Soholt (PDF 984 KB), Wind on the Wires
- Ron Lehr, American Wind Energy Association
- Mike Sloan
- Abby Arnold, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
- LaVerne Kyriss, Western Area Power Administration
12:30 p.m.
WPA Annual Awards, Dwight Bailey, Larry Flowers, Trudy Forsyth, Ian Baring-Gould, Megan McCluer
12:50 - 1:00 p.m.
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, Roya Stanley (PDF 528 KB), Iowa Governor Chet Culver's Representative
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Regional Breakouts
East, Gil Melear-Hough, SACE, Facilitator
- Offshore: Bonnie Ram (PDF 2.7 MB), Energetics
- Wind for Schools: Ian Baring-Gould (PDF 2.1 MB), National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Siting Wildlife Issues: Dale Strickland (PDF 3.9 MB), WEST
Midwest: Lisa Daniels, Windustry, Facilitator
- Property Values: Ben Hoen (PDF 841 KB), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Transmission: Beth Soholt (PDF 984 KB), Wind on the Wires
- Economic Development Impacts of Wind: Eric Lantz (PDF 2.2 MB), National Renewable Energy Laboratory
West: Craig Cox, Interwest, Facilitator
- Integration: Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Transmission: Dave Olsen (PDF 358 KB), California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
- Rural Electric Cooperatives: Steve Clemmer (PDF 1.5 MB), Union of Concerned Scientists
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Topical Table Topics
- Wind for Schools: Ian Baring-Gould, Ruth Miller
- Community Wind: Lisa Daniels, Tom Wind
- Avian/Wildlife: Dale Strickland, Karin Sinclair
- Small Wind: Trudy Forsyth, Nolan Clark
- Transmission: Ron Lehr, Dave Olsen
- Integration: Tom Wind, Michael Milligan, Ed DeMeo
- Workforce Development: Al Zeitz, Kevin Rackstraw
- Economic Development Analysis: Sandra Reategui, Suzanne Tegen
- Offshore: Bonnie Ram, Sandy Butterfield
- Working with Co-ops: Randy Manion, Bob Putnam
- NIMBY/Social Acceptance/Property Values: Ben Hoen, Eric Lantz
- Native Americans: Bob Gough
- Federal Loads/Lands: Robi Robichaud
- Policy: Climate/C; RPS: State and Federal: Ryan Wiser, Lori Bird
- Radar: Gary Siefert
4:30
Closing Remarks, Megan McCluer, U.S. DOE
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