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Conference Program · Julia Hamm, SEPA, "Utility Engagement in Solar Electricity: Overview and Highlights"
· Helen Burt, PG&E, "Investor Owned Utility Perspective on the Value of Solar"
· Roger Duncan, Austin Energy, "Public Power Utilities & Solar"
· Tom Reddoch, EPRI, "Solar Electricity's Place in the Big Picture"
10:00 am – 10:45 am: Networking Break in Sponsor Suites 10:45 am – 12:15 pm: General Session: Solar Markets, Technology, & Costs (Ballroom Salon I-III) · Mike Taylor, SEPA, "Technology Overview: PV & CSP now and later"
· Gerry Braun, CIEE, "Levelized Cost of Energy: How Solar Compares to Other Generation Sources"
· Travis Bradford, Prometheus Institute, "Solar Market Status and Forecast: What It Means for Utilities"
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch (Ballroom Salon III) · 2008 Top Ten Solar Utilities - Recognition Ceremony
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Distributed Solar Track: Interconnection, Metering & Billing Practices (Ballroom Salon IV) · Moderator: Yasmeen Hossain, SEPA
· Mark O'Leary, PG&E, "Managing 25,000 PV Systems: Streamlining Interconnection, Data Acquisition, Processing, and Billing"
· Kevin Fox, IREC, "Comparison of Demand-Side Interconnection Procedures" & "Net Metering and Interconnection: Regulatory Trends and Issues"
· Ryan Amador, California Center for Sustainable Energy, "Development of California Performance Metering Standards" (PMRS & Inverter Standards)
· Shihab Kuran, Petra Solar, "Monetizing Value in Existing Assets; Utility Owned, Pole Attached PV"
Utility-Scale Solar Track: Operational Case Studies (Ballroom Salon V & VI)
· Moderator: Alex Kim, SDG&E
· Kent Scholl, Xcel Energy, “Alamosa (8 MW PV) History and Performance Update”
· Matt Campbell, SunPower, “Nellis AFB (14 MW PV) History and Performance Update”
· Tom Mancini, Sandia National Labs, "CSP Technology Update"
· Kaleb Brimhall, Tucson Electric Power, “Springerville (5 MW PV) History and Performance Update”
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm: Networking Break in Sponsor Suites 3:45 pm – 5:15 pm: Distributed Solar Track: Distribution Planning & Impacts (Ballroom Salon IV) · Moderator: Christy Herig, SEPA
· Tom Hoff, Clean Power Research, "Quantifying PV Variability and Forecasting"
· Mike Keesee, SMUD, "Impact of Distributed Solar pm SMUD's Peak Load and Local Distribution System"
· Michael Coddington, NREL, "PV on Secondary Networks"
· William Erdman, BEW Engineering, "High Penetration PV Modeling"
Utility-Scale Solar Track: Project Planning & Procurement (Ballroom Salon V & VI)
· Moderator: Mike Taylor, SEPA
· Rudy Perez, Southern California Edison, "Lessons Learned from a 250 MW Utility-Owned DG Program"
· Travis Coleman, Public Service of New Mexico, "Southwestern Utility Consortium CSP Initiative: Lessons Learned"
· Scott Frier, Abengoa Solar, "Industry Perspectives on Project Planning & Procurement"
· Pat Dinkel, Arizona Public Service, "Portfolio Analysis and RPS Compliance”
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm: Networking Reception (Ballroom Salon I & II) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Dessert Receptions in Sponsor Suites Wednesday, July 29 7:00 am – 8:00 am: Continental Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer) 8:00 am – 9:45 am: General Session: Utility Solar Business Models (Ballroom Salon I-III) · Moderator: John Nimmons, John Nimmons & Associates, Inc., "Utility Business Models: Overview and Regulatory Developments"
· Steve Malnight, PG&E, "PG&E’s Business Approach to a Solar Portfolio"
· Barbara Lockwood, Arizona Public Service, "APS Community Power Project"
· Stephen Frantz, SMUD, “Solar Shares”
· Steve Burns, HECO, "When Grid and PV Rates Converge: Business Impacts and Planning"
9:45 am – 10:30 am: Networking Break in Sponsor Suites 10:30 am – 11:45 am: General Session: Incentive Structures (Ballroom Salon I-III) · Moderator: Mark Dougherty, LIPA
· Tom Hoff, Clean Energy Research, "Rebates to Performance Based Incentives: Options for Program Managers and How to Set the Right Incentive Level"
· Mike Winka, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, "REC Market Development"
· Wilson Rickerson, Meister Consultants Group, "Feed-In Tariffs Abroad and in the US"
· Ed Regan, Gainesville Regional Utilities, "Early Lessons Learned from a Municipal Utility Feed-in Tariff"
11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch (Ballroom Salon III) · Keith Martin, Chadbourne and Parke, "Ins and Outs of Utilizing the ITC and CREBS"
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Distributed Solar Track: Solar Program Marketing (Ballroom Salon IV)
· Moderator: Tom Nicholas, SEPA
· Suzanne Frew, Snohomish Public Utilities District, "Customer/Community Messaging"
· Stephen Frantz, SMUD, "A NEW Marketing Approach: Bundling PV & Energy Efficiency"
· Denise Richerson-Smith, Tucson Electric Power, "Greenwatts: A Community-Based Solar Program"
· Jennifer Szaro, Orlando Utilities Commission, "Engaging Stakeholders and Educating Decision Makers"
· Pam Newell, Xcel Energy, "Improving Customer Service: Solar Education for Utility Employees Across Departments"
Utility-Scale Solar Track: Solar Projects and Transmission: Integration, Siting and Permitting (Ballroom Salon V & VI)
· Moderator: Kim Kiener, SEPA
· Debra Lew, NREL, "Western Wind and Solar Integration Study"
· Jim Avery, San Diego Gas & Electric, "Sunlink Case Study"
· Charles Benjamin, Western Resource Advocates, “Siting, Permitting, and Environmental Issues”
· Michael DeAngelis, SMUD, "Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative/Western Renewable Energy Zone"
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm: Networking Break in Sponsor Suites 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Distributed Solar Track: Working with Local Jurisdictions & Partners (Ballroom Salon IV) · Moderator: Carl Siegrist, We Energies
· Steve Jaffe, San Diego Gas & Electric, "Working with 3rd Party Program Administrators"
· Greg Sellers, SolarTech, "Streamlining Solar Permitting Processes"
· Larry Sherwood, SolarABCs, "Building Inspector and First Responder Issues and Training"
· Richard Chandler, BP Solar, "Community and Local Government Support for Distributed and Utility-Scale Projects"
Utility-Scale Solar Track: Project Valuation and Finance (Ballroom Salon V & VI)
· Moderator: Matt Cheney, Renewable Ventures
· Keith Martin, Chadbourne and Parke, “Tax Equity Markets: What Happened, How It Will Recover, and What It Means for the Solar Industry and Utilities”
· Dorothy Sosnowski, Portland General Electric, "Innovative Utility Financing Structures: Portland General Electric's Experiences"
· Sheldon Kimber, Recurrent Energy, “Project Development and Finance: Developer's Perspective”
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm:
Distributed Solar Track: Rate Design (Ballroom Salon IV) · Moderator: David Rubin, PG&E
· Galen Barbose, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, "Impact of Retail Rate Design on the Economics of PV Systems"
· Tom Beach, Crossborder Energy, "Progress on Solar-Friendly Rate Designs in California"
· Dan Pease, PG&E, "Utility Rate Design and Solar"
Utility-Scale Solar Track: Centralized Solar Developments (Ballroom Salon V & VI)
· Moderator: Jon Bertolino, SMUD
· Tom Mancini, Sandia National Labs, "CSP Markets and Future Developments"
· Ric O'Connell, Black and Veatch, “Integration of Large Solar Projects in the Transmission Grid and Wholesale Markets”
· Cindy Tindell, Florida Power & Light, "Hybrid CSP Power Plant: Integrating 75 MW of Solar Into an Existing Combined Cycle Natural Gas Plant"
Thursday, July 30
7:30 am - 5:00 pm SolarTech Interconnection Symposium. (Ballroom Salon V/VI)
Additional Registration required. The day begins with reigstration, breakfast and networking at 7:30 am. The official program begins promptly at 9:00 am. The SolarTech Interconnection Symposium brings together industry, utilities, regulatory agencies, building jurisdictions and other stakeholders connecting solar to the grid.
Through this highly interactive format, participants will collaborate to further shape standardization of interconnection methods, standards, and proposed metrics across the photovoltaic (PV) industry in CA and beyond.
Download the SolarTech Brochure Note: Schedule is subject to change.
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