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Awards

Wind Powering America has presented Wind Power Pioneer awards to publically owned utilities, Wind Cooperative of the Year awards to cooperatives, Carpe Ventem (Seize the Wind) awards for the first utility-scale wind projects in a state, and Advocacy awards.

Public Power Wind Pioneer Awards

Lakeview Light and Power, Klickitat PUD, Cowlitz PUD

Klickitat County, Washington; June 2009

Aspen Municipal Electric Utility

Aspen, Colorado; June 2008

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Sacramento, California; October 2007

Town of Hull

Hull, Massachusetts; November 2006

Austin Energy

Austin, Texas; October 2005

Fort Collins Utilities

Fort Collins, Colorado; October 2004

Waverly Light and Power

Waverly, Iowa; April 2003

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Wind Cooperative of the Year Awards

Wolverine Power Cooperative

Cadillac, Michigan; February 2009

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative

Anchorage, Alaska; February 2008

Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.

Springfield, Missouri; March 2007

Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative

Winchester, Illinois; February 2006

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative

Anadarko, Oklahoma; May 2005

Holy Cross Energy

Glenwood Springs, Colorado; April 2004

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Carpe Ventem (Seize the Wind) Awards

Dry Lake Wind Power Project

Arizona; October 2009

Wasatch Wind and Edison Mission Group

Utah; October 2008

Harvest Wind Farm

Michigan; 2008

G3 LLC

Idaho; January 2007

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities

Ohio; April 2006

Community Energy Inc.

New Jersey; December 2005

Windpark Solutions LLC and Invenergy Wind LLC

Montana; October 2005

Exergy Development Group LLC

Idaho; August 2005

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Advocacy Awards

2009 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Chicago, IL, May 8, 2009.

• Tom Tuffey, PennFuture

  Eastern Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Dan McGuire, American Corn Growers Foundation

  Midwest Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Andy Swapp, Milford High School

  Western Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• R. Nolan Clark, USDA-Bushland

  Small Wind Advocacy Award

• Jennifer Alvarado, Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, and Brent Summerville

  Outstanding Young Wind Advocates

2008 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Houston, TX, 2008.

• Brandon Blevins, Gil Melear-Hough, Rita Fitzpatrick, Steve Smith, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

  Eastern Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• John Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union

  Midwest Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Dave Olsen, CERT

  Western Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Renewable Energy Alaska Project (Chris Rose) and Illinois Wind Working Group (David Loomis)

  Outstanding Wind Working Group Award

• Dennis Scanlin

  Small Wind Advocacy Award

• Sara Baldwin, Ryan Brown

  Outstanding Young Wind Advocates

• Randy Swisher

  Friend of the Program Award

2007 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.

• Jonathan Miles, James Madison University

  Eastern Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Rich Vanderveen, Mackinaw Power LLC

  Midwest Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Brian Jackson, G3 LLC

  Western Regional Wind Advocacy Award

• Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative

  Outstanding Wind Working Group Award

• Joe Guasti

  Small Wind Advocacy Award

• Mike Costanti

  Outstanding Young Wind Advocate

• Wind Energy Works!

  Outstanding Institutional Award

2006 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2006.

• John MacLeod, Hull Municipal Light Plant

  Northeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Larry Shirley, North Carolina State Energy Office

  Southeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Tom Wind, Wind Utility Consulting

  Midwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Tom Potter, New Center for Rural and Economic Energy Development

  Central Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Warren Bollmeier, Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance

  Northwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Montana Wind Working Group: Van Jamison and Georgia Brensdal

  Outstanding Wind Working Group Award

• Heather Rhoads-Weaver, eFormative Options

  Small Wind Advocacy Award

• Suzanne Tegen

  Outstanding Young Wind Advocate

2005 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Evergreen, CO, 2005.

• Sally Wright, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  Northeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Alden Hathaway, Environmental Resources Trust and Debra Jacobsen, George Washington University

  Mid-Atlantic Region

• Rick Carson, TVA Public Power Institute

  Southeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Bill Spratley, Green Energy Ohio

  Midwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Jim Burg, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

  Central Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Leroy Jarolimek

  Northwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Idaho Wind Working Group (Gerald Galinato) and Ohio Wind Working Group (Tom Maves)

  Outstanding Wind Working Group Awards

• Mick Sagrillo

  Small Wind Advocacy Award

2004 Awardees

Presented at the Wind Powering America State Summit, Chicago, IL, 2004.

• Jim Manwell, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  Northeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Brent Alderfer, Community Energy

  Mid-Atlantic Region

• Dennis Scanlin, Appalachian State University

  Southeast Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Lisa Daniels, Windustry

  Midwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Jay Haley, EAPC Architects Engineer

  Central Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Rachel Shimshak, Renewable Northwest Project

  Northwest Region Wind Advocacy Award

• Oregon Wind Working Group (Carel DeWinkel)

  Outstanding Wind Working Group Award

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