FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Michael Licata
Business and Industry Association
Office: 603.224.5388 x112
mlicata@nhbia.org
Experts traverse NH energy market
December seminar will examine how businesses can lower electricity bills conserve energy and capitalize on existing funding sources for energy efficiency projects.
CONCORD, N.H. – Nov. 4, 2009 – On Dec. 2, the Business and Industry Association will present the 2009 New Hampshire Energy Seminar from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. The cost to attend the seminar, which includes continental breakfast and lunch, is $60 for BIA and Capitol Connect members and $75 for non members.
Ideal for executives, directors, managers, consultants and other employees who deal with a variety of energy and regulatory issues within their companies, the seminar will provide a variety of programs focusing on New Hampshire’s volatile energy market, federal climate change legislation, cost containment, conservation, and new funding sources for energy efficiency projects.
Sessions include:
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Welcome from Tom Getz, Chairman, NH Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
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Regional / NH Energy Market Snapshot and Outlook – Richard Rapp, National Grid
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Federal Cap and Trade Legislation: Status, Costs and Opportunities - Steve Eule, Climate and Technology at the Institute for 21st Century Energy
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How to Lower Your Energy Bills Today - Resources and Programs to Help Mitigate the Rising Cost of Energy – Jim Monahan, Retail Merchants Association; Gil Gelineau, Public Service of New Hampshire and Jack Ruderman, NHPUC (moderator)
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Keynote address from Gordon van Welie, President and Chief Executive Officer of ISO New England Inc.
The energy seminar is sponsored by Unitil (lunch sponsor); National Grid (breakfast); New Hampshire Business Review (media); and Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C., Usource, Downs, Rachlin, Martin PLLC, Public Service Company of NH, Golder Associates, New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., LighTec, Inc., GDS Associates, Inc., Normandeau Associates, Inc., Hess Corporation and Competitive Energy Services, LLC., TransCanada.
To register, call 603.224.5388 x116 or visit www.nhbia.org.