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

" How Global Businesses Incorporate Cutting Edge Strategies that Promote the Development of Renewables "

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May 17, 2006

As global businesses all along the energy supply and use chain focus on the opportunities presented by renewable energy sources and energy efficiency they are developing cutting edge responses to existing market constraints ( including legal ones) and to the growing demand for sustainability. These responses are being incorporated into overall management plans. The ABA has assembled a panel of experts on this subject from both the business and non-profit sectors, which will discuss the current corporate interest in clean energy and sustainability, the nature of the renewables market, and the business community responses to the resultant opportunities presented.

National Program Moderators:
Roger Feldman, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP ( Live in DC)
Robert S. Faron, Esq. - Project Performance Corporation, Energy Practice Leader (live in Washington, DC)

Speakers:
G. L. (Lee) Edwards, BP Solar, President and Chief Executive Officer
Randall M. Overbey, Alcoa, President, Primary Metals Development, Chair World Wide Climate Change Strategy Team, formerly President Energy Division
Dan Bakal, Ceres, Director of Electric Power Programs (live in Boston)

Learn about:

• How different business strategies with respect to renewables and energy efficiency are incorporated into management business plans
  
• The relationship of business' clean energy strategies to their traditional health, safety and environmental activities
  
• The measurement of business' renewables, energy efficiency and sustainability performance by companies, financial markets and public interest groups
  
• How business evaluates the legal and related market environment for renewables
  
• Possible future legal changes in response to cutting edge corporate strategies with respect to renewables, energy efficiency and sustainability

Supporting Partners:

When: Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Time:
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:
12:15-1:45 p.m. Eastern
11:15 -12:45 p.m. Central
10:15 - 11:45 a.m. Mountain
9:15 -10:45 a.m. Pacific

Seminar locations

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

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 Donna at donna@ceepinc.org or (518) 514.2404
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.
AS A COURTESY, ALL REGISTRANTS (host firm attendants as well as telephone participants) WILL RECEIVE THE DIAL-IN INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE CALL IN AN EMAIL.

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, Cedar Rapids, New York, Portland ME, Portland OR, 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 NYS 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 Donna Denley at donna@ceepinc.org or 518.514.2404

Questions to the panelists: You may start sending in questions in advance to Casey Hopkins at ghopkins@velaw.com.
You may 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

To Register for these programs log onto www.RenewableEnergyINFO.com

June 21, 2006 “Renewables Litigation: Past, Present and Future”

July 19, 2006 “New Incentives For Hydro Project Development: Will The Energy Policy Act of 2005 Breathe New Life Into Hydro Project Construction and Redevelopment?

September 20, 2006 “Integrating Energy and Environmental Finance in the Emerging World of Clean Technologies”

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 .

Founding Co-sponsors:
American Council on Renewable Energy
Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership Inc.
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Sustainable Development, Ecosystems and Climate Change Committee, ABA

Co-sponsors:
Energy and Environmental Committees of the NYC Bar Association Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section of the DC Bar Ass’n
Clean Energy States Alliance
American Wind Energy Association
Solar Energy Industries Association
Combined Heat and Power Association
National Hydropower 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.