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Distributed Wind All-State Summit: Building Markets in the States

Reception: September 30, 2015
October 1, 2015
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sacramento, CA

 

 

 Whether you want to learn about distributed wind or are already committed to the industry, the Distributed Wind All-States Summit is an important event to attend. The primary focus will be on exploring new state policy opportunities, building on past successes, and engaging local support. As with all DWEA events the goal is to create and identify opportunities within distributed wind.

 Program Schedule

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM      VIP Meeting
RSVP to Jennifer Jenkins, jjenkins@distributedwind.org
Location: Ventura Room

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

 8:00 AM– 12:00 PM               DOE Distributed Wind Soft Costs Discussion

The U.S. Department of Energy has identified high non-hardware balance-of-system (“soft”) costs as a barrier to distributed wind system deployment. To better understand the soft cost reduction potential for distributed wind systems, DOE’s national labs, NREL and PNNL, will work with industry to categorize soft costs and create a soft costs data set. Please join DOE, NREL, and PNNL as they kick off efforts to categorize and benchmark soft costs associated with distributed wind systems. This will be an interactive session with industry and stakeholder feedback on specific categories for the soft costs as well as thoughts on the opportunities to reduce soft costs.
Location: Santa Barbara Room 

 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM                SMART Wind Meeting

The SMART Wind Consortium will host a Manufacturing Forum focused on automation, robotics, and lean manufacturing processes to help in efforts to develop a consensus-based Distributed Wind Technology Roadmap that identifies common distributed wind manufacturing gaps and barriers, prioritizes solutions to those gaps for today and for future scalability, and facilitates a rapid transfer of innovation into American-manufactured wind turbines. The Roadmap will lead the way to new market opportunities and more distributed wind applications, thereby maintaining U.S. global competitiveness and leadership.
Location: Tahoe Room 

 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM                Welcome Reception

Start your networking early at the Welcome Meet Up exclusively open to Summit attendees and guests. This is a no-host event.
Location: Capitol View 15th Floor

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM                SMART Wind Invite only OEM Dinner

 Thursday, October 1, 2015
Location: Golden State   

 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM                Registration & Coffee

 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM                Welcome & Opening Remarks
Speaker: Steve Sherr, Foundation Windpower

8:10 AM – 8:30 AM                Keynote Address 

Commissioner David Hochschild, California Energy Commission
     

 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Focused on the Future: State Policy Strategy for 2016 and Beyond
DWEA’s State Legislative Team has been working overtime to create momentum and generate support for distributed wind.  This session breaks down the strategy, outcomes, and successes in each of DWEA’s 2015 target states.  There will also be a discussion about states expecting polices and bills to be presented in 2016.  States Highlighted: Washington, Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado, and California

Moderator: Ryan Storke, CEC Energy

Speakers:
Jennifer Jenkins, DWEA
Britton Rife, eFormative Options
Jim Obradovich, The Capitol Group
Lisa Daniels, Windustry
John Pimentel, Foundation Windpower

Speakers will be added upon confirmation.

 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM            Networking Break

 10:30 AM – 11:45 PM
Lessons from New York – A State Committed to Distributed Wind
New York is leading the nation with wind energy incentives.  Farmers, homeowners, and business owners have benefited over the years with reduction in electric bills and operating costs.  This session will focus on New York’s successes and identify how other states and replicate this process.

Moderator: Troy Hewitt, Intertek

Speakers:
Jason Kaplan, United Wind
Ryan Storke, CEC Energy
Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower

Speakers will be added upon confirmation.

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM          New Campaign: National Community Wind Partnership
This is an initiative encouraging the White House Administration to create a National Community Wind Partnership that fits with other Administration initiatives and the urgency of climate change. Whether a small town, mid-size regional center or a large city there are ways to get access to wind energy.
This new campaign is for community wind and community shared wind has many outreach media including a custom hashtag, #stickwindhere, a new video, information resources such as stories from the field and a Permitting Toolkit. All we need now is you and your support.

Speaker: Lisa Daniels, Windustry

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM              Working Lunch, Table Topics Session
 Location: Golden State  

Table Topics:

Lisa Daniels, Windustry – New Campaign: National Community Wind Partnership
Karen Mills, California Farm Bureau Federation  – Connecting with California Farm Bureau Federation
Chris Dearth, Energy Trust of Oregon – Connecting with Energy Trust of Oregon
John Meissner, WattStory – Customer Acquisition Via Social Media
Suzanne Tegen, NREL – Distributed Wind Soft Costs

1:15 PM – 1:45 PM                Why Distributed Wind?

Speaker: Mike Bergey, Bergey Windpower

 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM                The Road into the Western Market

Distributed energy is growing in the Western states.  This session takes a close look expanding markets and opportunities for partnership with vineyards, agricultural, schools, commercial enterprises, energy storage, and local governments.

Moderator:  Peter Mostow, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Speakers:
Bevin Hong, Ensync Energy Systems 
Karen Mills, California Farm Bureau Federation
Rizaldo Aldas, California Energy Commission

 Speakers will be added upon confirmation.

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM                Networking Break

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM                 Department of Energy Update 

 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Making Projects a Reality: Project Development and Financing Opportunities

Financing options are key to bring a distributed energy project from  a concept to reality. This session will highlight financial models utilized in the distributed wind, as well as the solar industry.

Moderator: Chris Diaz, Seminole Financial

Speakers:
James Gariepy, Leidos
Russell Tencer, United Wind

Speakers will be added upon confirmation.

 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM                Closing Remarks:   The Path Forward
Speaker: Steve Sherr, Foundation Windpower         

 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM                Closing Reception at Cafeteria 15L

This reception is a special opportunity to connect with your peers, speakers and sponsors of the All State Summit.

            Please note: All events and times are subject to change – check back regularly for the latest schedule and details about conference events.