| Seminar Schedule |
| "Brace Yourselves . . . The New Markets, C02 and RECs” |
| Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 |
| Seminar Emcee: Jeff Atkinson |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast (sponsored by TransAlta) |
| 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks
- Rich Riazzi, General Manager, Chelan County PUD |
| 9:15 am |
What is a REC, Goals of WREGIS
- Connie White, Director, WREGIS |
| 9:45 am |
What is Happening in the REC Markets?
- Ben Rees, Renewable Energy Broker, Evolution Markets Inc. |
| 10:15 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am |
Interaction Between Renewable Energy and Carbon Offsets
- Jane Valentino, Analyst, Green-e Climate Program,
Center for Resource Solutions |
| 11:00 am |
Distributed Resources and REC Verification
- Louis Szabyla, GridPoint |
| 11:30 am |
DC Overview on Climate Change
- Dan Adamson, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| Noon - 1:15pm |
Hot Buffet Lunch -- Industry View with Guest Speaker
- Gary Ackerman, Western Power Trading Forum |
| 1:15 pm |
States / Provinces Climate Initiative
- Janice Adair, Chair of the Western Climate Initiative,
Washington State Department of Ecology |
| 1:45 pm |
Overview of World and US Markets
- Michael Walsh, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. |
| 2:15 pm |
Canadian View, Cross Border Trading
- Aiman El-Ramly, Senior Vice President, ZE PowerGroup Inc. |
| 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 3:00 pm |
CO2 Trading, State of the Market
- Ross MacWhinney, Market Analyst, Evolution Markets Inc. |
| 3:30 pm |
Q&A for All Speakers |
| 4:00 pm |
Wrap-up:
- Jeff Atkinson, Manager of Power Planning & Marketing, Grant County PUD
- Dan Bedbury, Trading Floor Manager, Eugene Water & Electric Board |
| 5:00pm |
Meet outside the lobby of the Coast Wenatchee Hotel to catch the buses
to Rocky Reach Dam. |