Join USCHPA for a strategy session featuring policymakers, practitioners, financiers and pundits discussing the future of clean energy technologies and offering guidance on ways to maximize the role of clean heat and power as a solution to climate change.
Tentative Agenda
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
- Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM
- Welcome Back, Jessica Bridges, Executive Director, USCHPA
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
- Future Market Opportunities for Energy Efficiency
Session Leader: Paul Thomsen, USCHPA Vice Chairman and Director of Policy and Business Development, Ormat Technologies This session will address the future of clean heat and power from the C-level perspective. Where are the big opportunities? Will increasing climate change sensitivities, carbon reduction initiatives, and fuel prices align to create the perfect opportunity for energy efficient technologies? If so, what do CEOs need and want from Wall Street?
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Financial Forecast for Clean Heat and Power
Session Leader: Justin Rathke, Director, Policy and Business Development, Capstone Turbine Corporation
Policymakers, industry, and the general public are all talking carbon reduction; what’s the financial impact? How is industry reacting to, and where does Wall Street stand on a potential U.S. carbon trading regime? This session will focus on industry trends for clean heat and power from an investor perspective.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
- Break
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
- International Perspectives on CHP: How to Lead Not Follow
Session Leader: Richard Brent, Government Affairs, Solar Turbines, Inc The U.S. could learn a thing or two about combined heat and power (CHP) deployment from our peers on the world stage. Panelists in this session will focus on best practices and lessons learned from international leaders in the deployment of CHP, and recommend strategies for U.S. industry and policymakers to follow to realize the levels of CHP success achieved in other countries.
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
- Closing Remarks – Moving Forward
Paul Thomsen, USCHPA Vice Chairman and Director of Policy and Business Development, Ormat Technologies
12:00 Noon
- Adjourn
DoubleTree Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia