Adapting to a Higher Energy Cost and Carbon Constrained World: Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Interior Mountain West
A Roundtable Forum Sponsored by the Wirth Chair and Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP)
September 27 & 28, 2004
Roundtable Agenda
September 27th
7:00 p.m. - Dinner and Presentations
September 28th
7:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Allan Wallis, Director, Wirth Chair David Olsen, Senior Fellow, Wirth Chair
8:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m. - Break
10:00 a.m. - Case Studies: Learning from Other States
- Efficiency Vermont
Blair Hamilton, Director, Efficiency Vermont
Michael Dworkin, Chair, Vermont Public Service Board
- Utah
Mike Koszalka, DSM Programs, PacifiCorp
- Nevada
Bob Balzar, Nevada Power
Carl Linvill, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
- Discussion
Noon - Lunch
What Every Westerner Should Know About Energy
Patricia Nelson Limerick, Center of the American West
1:15 p.m. - Policy Proposals and Next Steps
- What criteria should be used to decide what level of efficiency investment is cost-effective?
- How should utilities/regulators account for carbon risk in planning and procurement decisions?
- What information do utilities, regulators and interveners need to effectively engage in discussion of efficiency measures? What’s the best forum for these discussions (PUC workshops, regulatory proceedings)?
- What regulatory policies are needed to incentivize utilities to maximize cost-effective energy efficiency savings?
- What mechanism should be used to administer efficiency investments, utility programs, and independent trusts?
- Do state laws need to be changed to enable utilities and regulators to capitalize on energy efficiency opportunities?
- Specific policy proposals and next steps.
3:30 p.m. - Adjourn
Conference Overview Materials
Energy Efficiency Initiatives: Resources and Reading