Renewable Energy Monthly Brown Bag Seminar

Invitation to the National Teleconference/Brown Bag for Lawyers and Non Lawyers

Presented by

THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Renewable Energy Resource Committee

Solar Energy: Ready for the Market

February 15, 2006

Venture capital is flocking to the solar energy industry, and now accounts for more than a third of venture capital invested in the U.S. energy sector. Many of the hottest IPOs of 2005 were solar companies, and more are on the way. Silicon chips for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are in short supply and new technologies are rapidly emerging to improve PV system efficiencies and offer dramatic generation alternatives. What is fueling solar’s resurgence? A convergence of market forces, technical innovation, and legal and regulatory support is transforming the solar sector from an R&D industry into a commercial industry. The once dim prospects of uneconomic solar energy are now bright with the promise of clean and inexhaustible power. This national teleconference assembles leading experts in the fields of business, economics and law to discuss what has changed to bring about this remarkable turn around. This program is intended for those who want to know why the industry is growing and how entrepreneurs are doing it.

National Expert Speakers:
Moderator:
Edna Sussman, Hoguet Newman & Regal, LLP (live in NYC)

Speakers:
Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association (live in DC)
William W. Westerfield, III, Stoel Rives, LLP (live in Portland OR)
Lisa Frantzis, Director, Renewable and Distributed Energy, Navigant Consulting, Inc. (live in Boston)
Paula Mints, Associate Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc (live in San Francisco)
David Eisenbud, Northeast, PowerLight Corporation, Project Development Manager

Local Speakers:
New York City: Fred Zalcman, Pace Energy Project

Learn About:

• impact of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 on PV system economics in the U.S.
  
• review of state Renewable Portfolio Standards solar provisions
  
• financing structures and performance modeling
  
• tax credits and other subsidies
  
• overview of solar demand, capacity and benefits of solar
  
• price forecasts and the impact of the current silicon feedstock shortage
  
• guaranty and warranty issues
  
• case studies - California and New Jersey
  

Supporting Partners:

When: Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Time (at the host locations):
12:00p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Eastern
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Central
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Mountain
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Pacific

Teleconference only:
12:15-1:30 p.m. Eastern
11:15 -12:30 p.m. Central
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. Mountain
9:15 -10:30 a.m. Pacific

Seminar locations

Albany*, Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Boston, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Jackson, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland Oregon, Portland Maine, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Washington D.C., at HOST FIRMS.

* Note that the Albany location is the Albany Law School

Registration

Fill in the information in the column to the right.
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS When you have completed your registration, you will receive an immediate confirmation of your registration by email from donna@ceepinc.org. Payment is due with registration. If you do not receive such notification, you have not completed your registration properly. Please try again and if you continue to have problems please contact Deirdre at deirdre@ceepinc.org or (518) 432-6400 ext. 225.
Government and full-time Academic registrants for whom there is no charge must still complete the entire process: Create your account and complete the process; choose “Invoice Me” when asked (Invoice will be at “$0”); you will receive a confirmation.

Cost: $20.00 for all participants except for government employees, full time students and full time faculty for whom there will be no charge. If you are attending in person there will be no additional fee. If you are calling in for the conference call, you will be charged for your long distance charges by your carrier.

CLE Credits

Attendees at the Atlanta, New York, Portland, and certain other host firm locations will be eligible for CLE credit from the host firms. Please check with your Host Firm for availability of CLE credits.

New York State CLE credits are now available through the Pace Law School Center for Continuing Legal Education.
-- If you are participating by teleconference and you would like CLE credits please choose that as an option when you register.
-- There is an additional $30 fee regardless of your affiliation.
-- You must listen during the call for the ‘Course Code’.
-- Please download the Attorney Affirmation form to fill out (including the Course Code) and fax as directed on the form within 14 days of the teleconference.
-- A Certificate of Attendance will not be issued without a signed and dated Attorney Affirmation .
-- Financial Hardship Policy

Program materials: http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/renewableenergy/home.html

Questions about registration:
Contact Deirdre Murphy at deirdre@ceepinc.org or (518) 432-6400 ext. 225 or Robyn Stewart at (518) 432-6400 ext. 221

Questions to the panelists: You may start sending in questions in advance to kelli_cooney@aporter.com. Please start sending in questions before the program. The earlier we get the questions the more likely we are to be able to respond.

SAVE THE DATES

March 15, 2006 ( tentative date): “Issues and Solutions for Distributed Generation” http://store.mountainmedia.com/ceepinc/calendar.cfm?do=detail&d=3191&c=4943&p=32168

April 19, 2006 “Renewables in the International Area: Kyoto and Beyond” http://store.mountainmedia.com/ceepinc/calendar.cfm?do=detail&d=3191&c=4943&p=34148

May 17, 2006 “How Global Businesses Incorporate Cutting Edge Strategies that Promote the Development of Renewables” http://store.mountainmedia.com/ceepinc/calendar.cfm?do=detail&d=3191&c=4943&p=34149

Other programs will follow

The teleconference/seminar series is being organized by Committee Vice- Chairs Edna Sussman, Esq. of the New York City law firm of Hoguet Newman & Regal LLP and Robert Faron, Esq. for the ABA Renewable Energy Resources Committee, chaired by Roger Feldman of Bingham McCutchen LLP. To offer suggestions for later programming or for more information about these programs: e-mail Edna Sussman at esussman@hnrlaw.com or Robert Faron at rsfaron@verizon.net .

With Co-Sponsors

Sustainable Development, Ecosystems and Climate Change Committee of the SEER Section
Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership Inc.
American Council On Renewable Energy
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
DC Bar Association
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
The Clean Energy States Alliance
The American Wind Energy Association
National Hydropower Association
American Wind Energy Association
Solar Energy Industries Association
U.S. Combined Heat and Power Association
National Hydrogen Association
National Association of Environmental Law Students
Pace Law School

CEEP appreciates our partners' important contribution to making these programs possible. We will be offering our registration roster to our partners. If you would not like your name and contact information shared with our partners, please let us know. Our partners have committed not to sell or distribute the roster to others.