Solar Energy: Ready for Market

February 15, 2006

Table of Contents and Agenda

Program Information

Q & A: Please e-mail questions to Kelli Cooney. Please start sending in questions in advance of the program.

Problems? If you are having any problems call CEEP-Deirdre Murphy or (518) 432-6400 ext. 225 or Robyn Stewart at (518) 432-6400 ext. 221.

To join the committee and participate in its programs, see details below.

Host Firm List

Presentation Materials:

1. Speaker Biographies

2. Edna Sussman, Hoguet Newman & Regal LLP

3. Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association
Creating a US Market for Solar Energy

4. Lisa Frantzis, Director, Renewable and Distributed Energy, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Paula Mints, Associate Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc
PV Economics and Markets

5. William W. Westerfield, III, Stoel Rives, LLP
California Solar Incentives

6. David Eisenbud, Northeast Project Development Manager, PowerLight Corporation
The Photovoltaic Opportunity: Solar Power Solutions for New Jersey

Local Speakers:
7. New York City: Fred Zalcman, Executive Director, Pace Energy Project
New York Shines: Building Sustainable Markets for PV (PDF)
8. California Emerging Renewables Program
9. California Solar Initiative fact sheet
10. New Jersey Clean Energy incentives
11. New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy Certificates program
12. Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy, prepared by Chadbourne & Parke, LLP for the Solar Energy Industries Association. www.seia.org

13. Additional Suggested Reading

Reference Materials; also found at http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/renewableenergy/home.html

We invite you to join the committee; we welcome non-lawyers. E-mail bhaight@mfgll.com

We invite you to join in the Committee’s work in developing a resource for model local laws, regulations, ordinances and zoning to foster the growth of solar and other renewable energy sources. esussman@hnrlaw.com

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