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2010 DG Conference Presentations

Click on the links below to see presentations by some of the many panelists and speakers at the 2010 Distributed Generation Conference in Manchester. PPT files will run if you have PowerPoint installed; otherwise try the PDF files.

Keynote Address
Author and energy analyst Paul Gipe addressed the conference with a talk titled "Moving Vermont to the Top of the Class: How to Improve Vermont's Feed-in Tariff Program." It was Paul's ongoing work on FIT adoption in North America that supported Vermont as the state implemented the nation's first cost-based feed-in tariff.

Paul Gipe
Renewable Energy Analyst

 Moving Vermont to the Top of the Class: How to Improve Vermont’s FIT Program PPT PDF

 

The Story of Vermont's Feed-In Tariff — Lessons Learned
This morning session focused on the process of developing the legislation that made Vermont the first state to adopt a feed-in tariff (FIT). Presenters covered the major hurdles that were overcome, key lessons learned, and what’s next.

Riley Allen
Regulatory Assistance Project

Vermont FIT:
Comments and Recommendations		 PPT PDF

Dave Lamont
VT Dept. of Public Service

Evaluation of the Feed-in Tariff Program PPT PDF

Wilson Rickerson
Meister Consultants Group

 The Story of Vermont’s FIT:
Lessons Learned		 PPT PDF

Scott Starr
groSolar

What the World Needs. Now. PPT PDF

Greg White
Central VT Public Service

Interconnecting Distributed Generation
to the Vermont Power System		 PPT PDF

 

Vermont's Smart-Grid Investment Plan
What is Smart Grid? Speakers discussed how VELCO and Vermont utilities will spend the $60 million awarded to the state by the U.S. Dept of Energy for smart-grid investments.

Amanda Beraldi
Central VT Public Service

 Introduction to CVPS Smart Grid Project: CVPS SmartPower PPT PDF

Kerrick Johnson
VP External Affairs, VELCO

 Vermont’s eEnergy Smart Grid Initiative PPT PDF

George Twigg
Dep. Policy Director, VEIC

 Clean Energy and the Smart Grid PPT PDF

 

The Smart Grid's Role in the Clean-Energy Transition
Presenters in this afternoon session discussed how smart-grid investments can ease the transition toward clean, renewable forms of energy in New England.

Steve Letendre
Green Mountain College

 Plug-in Cars: Enhancing Smart Grid Investment Returns PPT PDF

Jessica Millar
VeeCharge

 Adding Heat to the Smart-Grid Equation   PDF

Aaron Pollak
Business Development Director, Dynapower Corp.

 Energy Storage and Renewable Integration PPT PDF

 

Smart Grid = Green Grid
Closing panel participants discussed what the smart grid means in Vermont and its role in meeting the clean-energy mandate.

David Hallquist
CEO, VELCO

 Overview: The Smart Grid PPT PDF

Katherine Hamilton
President, GridWise Alliance

 Responding to Vermont’s Clean Energy Mandate: Smart Grid = Green Grid PPT PDF

David O'Brien
VT Dept. of Public Service

 Vermont's Smart Grid: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities PPT PDF
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