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(Room B401/ 402 – Finance Track)
State policy is a critical and constant driver for wind demand, and provides cues and incentives for transmission
development to windy regions throughout the U.S. Policy makers play key roles in setting a policy regime to allow
for wind development, so it’s important that members and advocates of the industry, as well as organizations that
support the industry and its workforce, work effectively within these legislative and regulatory realms. This panel will
highlight and explore state level policy issues including property tax treatment of wind turbines, power purchase
agreement incentives or directives, siting rules and geographic preference of generation and jobs, as well as other
key topics. Speakers will also discuss what policy makers need from us to serve the industry better, and to address
key issues and political challenges that effect our growing industry.
Session Chair: Susan Williams Sloan, AWEA
Moderator: Kevin Lynch, Director, Policy and Regulation, Iberdrola Renewables
Lisa Schwartz, Senior Associate, The Regulatory Assistance Project
Western Regional Outlook
Speaker TBA, Eastern Regional Outlook
Tanuj Deora, Director, Governor’s Energy Office, Colorado
State Administrative Perspective
Education Level of Your Session: Intermediate
The Finance Track is sponsored by Chadbourne & Parke and Troutman Sanders
Siting Impact Assessments: Addressing Pre- and Post-Construction Due Diligence (4B)
(Room B407 – Siting Track)
The industry continues to be challenged by an increasing frequency and intensity of concerns about wind energy
impacts. Siting has become both an art and science: predicting the impacts a project may pose to the natural and
human environment; and managing the expectations of a project’s accomplishments post-construction
predictions. This panel of experts will present the latest understanding of these issues, the results of related testing,
how policy makers and industry are attempting to address them, and attempt to separate fact from fiction on the
most pressing of issues currently facing the industry.
Session Chair: Stu Webster, Iberdrola Renewables
Moderator: Derek Rieman, EDPR
Mark Bastasch, CH2M Hill
Human Health Impact
Michelle Sonnenberg, Biometrician, WEST, Inc.
Cost-effective Post-construction Monitoring Study Approaches
Aaron Courtney, Attorney, Stoel Rives LLP
The Changing Landscape of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CWA Section 404 Permitting
Yuki Hamada, Geospatial Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
An Individual-Based Model to Assess the Cumulative Impacts of Wind Energy Development on
Greater Sage-Grouse
Education Level of Your Session: Advanced
Critical Wind Power Topics for Electric Utilities (4C)
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