A workshop jointly sponsored by Public Citizen, with the Texas Energy Efficiency Partnership, and the Electrical Utility Marketing Managers of Texas (EUMMOT).

 

Opening/Introduction

Welcome: Alan Ahrens, Chairman, EUMMOT

Views of the Challenge and Opportunity

·   Theresa Gross, Energy Efficiency Lead, Electric Division, Public Utility Commission of Texas

·   Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities - Dub Taylor, Director, State Energy Conservation Office

·   Why The Time Is Ripe For Texas To Become Far More Efficient - Tom “Smitty” Smith, Texas Director, Public Citizen

·   Regional Potential of Energy Efficiency and On-site Renewable Energy - R. Neal Elliott, Ph.D., P.E., Industrial Program Director, ACEEE

“Outside the Box”:

Session Chair: Price Robertson, Oncor

A Public Example – Fred Yebra, Director, Demand Side Management, Austin Energy.

Advanced Buildings: Core Performance - Mark Cherniack, Senior Program Manager, New Buildings Institute.

Utility DSM Programs and Federal Tax Incentives - Harry Misuriello, Manager, Energy Efficiency Strategies, Owens Corning, representing NAIMA.

Non-Transmission Industrial Compressed Air - Scott Stroup, President, Airometrix.

Commercial Programs:

Session Chair: Jay Zarnikau, Frontier Associates

Comprehensive Design Support for High Performance New Construction - Jay Pilliod, Director of Business Energy Services, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.

Data Centers - Derrick Rebello, President, QuEST.

Grocery Stores & Big Box – Jim Stimmel, Executive Vice President, Engineering, CLEAResult Consulting.

Vendor-Based Delivery Mechanisms for Recommissioning and Prescriptive DSM - Chris Schroeder, Vice President- Energy & Carbon Management, Nexant.

Residential Programs:

Session Chair: Tom Fitzpatrick, Public Citizen

Peak Alerts and Peak Time Rebates - David Pickles, Vice President, ICF International.

Residential Rules-Based Audit – Jonathan Baty, Vice President of Technology, Enerpath.

Residential Audit - Steve Saunders, CEO, TexEnergy Solutions, Inc., representing Texas Home Energy Raters Organization (TX HERO).

Appliance Replacement and Recycling – Bruce Wall, Vice President, Resource Efficiency Programs, Appliance Recycling Centers of America.

Reception hosted by Frontier Associates and CLEAResult Consulting