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2011 Small Hydro Workshop Presentations
Below are presentations given at the 2011 Small Hydro Workshop
held on September 22-23, 2011. Click on the presenter's name to
download and view the presentation.
Final Agenda
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Opening Remarks/Welcome
Patti Kroen, KROEN Consulting, NWHA President
National Resource Assessment
Brennan Smith, Program Manager – Wind & Water Power Technologies,
Oak Ridge National Energy Lab, National Energy Assessment for
Hydropower
Michael Gabaldon, Director of Technical Resources, Bureau of
Reclamation,
Reclamation’s Assessment of Hydropower Projects in the West
Mark A. Parrish, Hydropower Analysis Center, Army Corps of
Engineers
Corps Hydropower Assessment
Deschutes Basin Integrated Opportunity Assessment
Gary Johnson, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Steve Johnson, Chair, Deschutes Basin Board of Control (7 irrigation districts)
Julie Keil, Director of Hydro Licensing, Portland General Electric
Kate Miller, Oregon Water Counselor, Trout Unlimited
Revenue Incentives
Tom Nelson, Owner, Thomas H. Nelson and Associates Developing power
sales agreements, working with the PUC, EIA filing
Marlys Palumbo, Partner and Attorney, Van Ness Feldman, PC
RPS Policies in the Northwest
Ben Rees, Vice President, Renewable Energy Markets, Evolution Markets
Brokering TRECs, RPS markets and policy – Northwest and California
Gary Marcus, President, Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project
TRECs, RECs, WREGIS reporting, Low Impact Hydro Institute certification--from an owner’s
perspective
Financing Small Hydro
Mark Matousek, Founder and Vice Chairman, Orenco Hydropower
Working with a private financier from the financier’s perspective
David Filippi, Partner and Attorney, Stoel Rives LLP
Negotiating with a private financier on behalf of a public entity
Bill Eddie, President, OneEnergy Renewables
US Department of Energy programs and other finance opportunities
Jed Jorgensen, Sr. Renewable Energy Project Manager, Energy Trust of Oregon
State incentive programs
Friday, September 23, 2011
Interconnection
Aleka Scott, V.P. Transmission and Contracts, Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative
Interconnection contracts with REA Coops
Laura Raypush, Transmission Account Manager, PacifiCorp
Interconnection contracts with investor-owned utility
Eric Taylor, Transmission Account Executive, Bonneville Power Administration
Interconnecting direct with BPA
Steve Anderson, Owner/Principal, Evergreen Energy Corporation
Working through the interconnection process
New Small Hydro Technologies
Gia Schneider, CEO, Natel Energy
Bruce Sellars, Regional Sales Representative, Mavel Americas, Inc.
Eli Lamb, Managing Director of drovolts, Oregon and Burt Hamner, Founder and CEO
of Hydrovolts
Josh Kanagy, Director of Business Development, Lucid Energy
Resource materials from past conferences and workshops can be viewed in the
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