Wind Power 2010 Conference, Kearney, Nebraska, November 9-10, 2010

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Not all individuals at the 2010 Wind Energy Conference provided viewable presentations. Only those listed individuals below that are underscored link to viewable presentations

Tuesday Morning, November 9, 2010
7:30 - 8:30	Conference Registration in Lobby
Time	Place	General Session	Place	General Session	Place	General Session
8:30 - 8:45		Welcome, Presentation of Colors, Pledge of Allegiance Kearney Mayor Stanley Clouse NE Wind Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Cap Dierks, Legislative District #40		John Hansen, President, Nebraska Farmers Union		Dan McGuire, Facilitator, NREL/DOE NE Wind for Schools
8:45 - 10:30		Nebraska Wind Power Basics Moderator: John Hansen NE Wind Working Group Co-Chair Public Power 101 Kevin Wailes, CEO, Lincoln Electric System (424 kb) Wind Speeds and the Power Curve Dr. Jerry Hudgins, Chair, UNL Electrical Engineering Department (868 kb) A Developer’s Perspective on Project Siting Issues Patrick Dalseth, Project Developer, Midwest Wind Energy, LLC (1.12 mb) Nebraska Public Power District’s Approach To Wind Development John O’Connor, Renewable Energy, Development Business Manager, NPPD (1.03 mb)
10:30 - 11:00	Morning Break in Exhibit Area
Tuesday Morning, November 9, 2010
Time	Place	Track A Session	Place	Track B Session	Place	Track C Session
11:00 - 11:45		Nebraska Wind Development Progress Report Moderator: Senator Cap Dierks, NE Wind Working Group Co-Chair David Rich, Renewable Energy Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power District (1.59 mb) Dean Mueller, Division Manager, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Stewardship, Omaha Public Power District (1.45 mb)		Working With Landowners Moderator: Senator Annette Dubas, LD34 David Bracht, Attorney Husch, Blackwell & Sanders (145 kb) David Levy, Project Developer Legal Counsel, Baird Holm LLP (279 kb) Stephen Bruckner, Partner, Fraser Stryker PC LLO (63 kb)		Small Wind Siting Considerations Moderator: Danielle Jensen, Public & Legislative Liaison, Nebraska Energy Office R. Nolan Clark, Small Wind Consultant, Amarillo, Texas (3 mb)
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch Featuring Keynote Speaker: James A. Walker
Tuesday Afternoon, November 9, 2010
Time	Place	Track A Session	Place	Track B Session	Place	Track C Session
1:25 - 2:10		NPA/NREL “Wind Integration Task Force” Report Update Moderator: Marc Nichols, Omaha Ed DeMeo, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc. (2.43 mb) David Rich, Renewable Energy Development Manager, Nebraska Public Power District (285 kb)				Net Metering in Nebraska - LB436 Moderator: Ken Winston,* Lobbyist Nebraska Sierra Club* Senator Ken Haar, LD 21 LB436 Sponsor (102 kb) Kristen Gottschalk, Government, Relations Director, NE Rural Electric Association (1.68 mb) Chris Dibbern, General Counsel Nebraska Municipal Power Pool (228 kb)
Tuesday Afternoon, November 9, 2010
Time	Place	Track A Session	Place	Track B Session	Place	Track C Session
2:15 - 3:00		Community Wind Incentives Moderator: Dan McGuire NE Wind Working Group Co-Chair Thomas A. Wind, PE, Wind Utility Consulting, PC, Jamaica, Iowa (300 kb) James A. Walker, Chair, AWEA Community Wind Committee Carlsbad, California (64 kb) Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind, Inc., Woodstock, Minnesota				Small Wind Turbine Selection “Sorting Through the Spin” Moderator: Dave Dingman, Energy Policy Advisor Nebraska Energy Office R. Nolan Clark, Small Wind Consultant, Amarillo, Texas (3.21 mb)
3:00 - 3:30	Afternoon Break in Exhibit Area
3:30 - 4:15		Working With the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Moderator : Marc Nichols,* Omaha* Pat Bourne, Director of Transmission Policy, SPP (1.86 mb) Pat Pope, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, NPPD, & Nebraska Representative to SPP (299 kb)		Wind Financing “The Dance Continues…” Moderator: Rich Lombardi, Lobbyist, American Wind Energy Association David Bracht, Partner, Husch, Blackwell & Sanders (66 kb) P. Brian Bartels, Attorney Fraser Stryker PC LLO (95 kb) David Levy, Project Developer Legal Counsel, Baird Holm, LLP (67 kb)		Moving Small Wind Development Forward Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Senator Ken Haar, LD 21 R. Nolan Clark, Small Wind Consultant, Amarillo, Texas Michael Shonka, Solar, Heat & Electric Ed Toribio, Home Energy Alternatives Robert Byrnes, Chairman Nebraska Renewable Energy Association
4:25 - 5:15		What Does LB 1048 Do? Moderator: Senator Chris Langemeier, LD23 Tim Texel, Executive Director Nebraska Power Review Board (36 kb) Andy Pollock, Nebraska Energy Export Association (364 kb)		Renewable Energy Incentives Moderator: Dean Mueller, Division Manager, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Stewardship, OPPD Bruce Hauschild, Energy Technical Advisor, Nebraska Energy Office (2 mb) Deb Yocum, USDA Rural Development Thomas A. Wind, PE, Wind Utility Consulting, PC, Jamaica, Iowa (886 kb)		County Planning and Zoning Issues For Large and Small Wind Moderator: Danielle Jensen, Public & Legislative Liaison Nebraska Energy Office John Richards, Engineer, NPPD (334 kb) Hank Thieman, Boone County Commissioner Graham Christensen, Burt County (1.85 mb) Keith Marvin, Marvin Planning Consultants (1.04 mb)
5:15 - 7:15	Reception in Exhibit Area
Wednesday Morning, November 10, 2010
Time	Place	Track A Session	Place	Track B Session	Place	Track C Session
7:30 - 9:00	Breakfast: Exhibits & Registration Open in the Exhibit Area
9:00 - 10:00		Landowner Associations Issues Moderator: Graham Christensen Public Affairs Director, Nebraska Farmers Union David Vavra, Saline County Wind Association (1.05 mb) Jim Young, Banner County Wind Energy Association, LLC (1.45 mb) Andy Pollock, Nebraska Energy Export Association (203 kb)		Moving Nebraska Wind Development Forward Round Table Discussion Moderator: John Hansen, NE Wind Working Group Co-Chair Tom Swierczewski, Senior Project Developer, Midwest Wind Energy Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind, Inc. Jim Kutey, Chief Development Officer, Third Planet Windpower		Wind for Schools Moderator: Dan McGuire* NREL/WPA Nebraska Wind for Schools Facilitator* Larry Flowers, NREL/DOE Wind for Schools Program Leader (2.12 mb) Joel Jacobs, Assistant Director of UNL Wind Application Center (411 kb) Ken Navratil, Superintendent, Elkhorn Valley Schools, Tilden Chad Johnson, Community Relations/Education Specialist, NPPD
10:00 - 10:30	Morning Break in Exhibit Area
10:30 - 11:50		Landowner Wind Generation Ownership Options Moderator: John Hansen, NE Wind Working Group Co-Chair Jeff Nelson, General Manager East River Electric Power Cooperative, Madison, South Dakota ( 490 kb) Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind, Inc Woodstock, Minnesota (481 kb) David Malleck, Managing Partner, Malleck Wind & Farm Ventures, LLC (888 kb)		Moving Nebraska Wind Development Forward Roundtable Discussion Moderator: Ginger Willson,* Director Nebraska Energy Office* Senator Chris Langemeier, LD23 Senator Annette Dubas, LD34 Senator Cap Dierks, LD40 Senator Heath Mello, LD5 Senator Ken Haar, LD21 Senator Ken Schilz, LD47		Wind Training Programs in Nebraska: Serving Nebraska’s Growing Wind Industry Moderator: Dr. Jerry Hudgins, Dir. UNL Wind Applications Center Lyle Kathol, Dean of Applied Sciences, Northeast Community College, Norfolk (2.56 mb) Dean Anderson, Carpenters Union (932 kb) Doug Mader, Business & Industry Curriculum & Training Specialist, Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff (379 kb) Foster Weyand, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (1.91 mb)
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch Featuring Keynote Speaker: Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy
Wednesday Afternoon, November 10, 2010
Time	Place	Track A Session	Place	Track B Session	Place	Track C Session
1:25 - 2:20		Growing the Grid-The Wind Farm to Market Highway Moderator: James Walker Past President of AWEA Ed DeMeo, President, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc. (2.04 mb) Pat Bourne, Director of Transmission Policy Southwest Power Pool (1.86 mb) David Berry, Vice President Strategy & Finance, Clean Line Energy Partners LLC (1.05 mb) Jim Hotovy, Transmission Service Consultant, NPPD (215 kb)				Nebraska Higher Education Wind Energy and Career Development Opportunities Moderator: Dan McGuire, Facilitator NREL/DOE NE Wind for Schools Dr. Jerry Hudgins, Chairman Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2.04 mb) John Pierce, Program Chair, Electronic Systems Technology, Southeast Community College (1.45 mb) Dr. Kevin M. Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sciences, Chadron State College (2.47 mb)
2:30 - 3:00	Afternoon Break in Exhibit Area
3:00 - 3:45		Maximizing The Nebraska Economic Benefits Of Wind Energy Development Roundtable Moderator: Ginger Willson,* Director Nebraska Energy Office* Larry Flowers, Wind Powering America, NREL Adam Herink, Assistant Vice President, Boyd Jones Construction Kevin Strudthoff, President & CEO, Katana Summit, LLC C.D. Smith, Triad Windgen Foster Weyand, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers		Environmental & Wildlife Considerations for Wind Projects & the Permitting Process Moderator: Dave Dingman, Energy Policy Advisor, Nebraska Energy Office State: Michelle Koch Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (1.27 mb) Federal: Robert Harms US Fish & Wildlife Service (1.06 mb) Regional: Rachel Simpson Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (2.62 mb)
3:45-	General Wrap Up

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Platinum Sponsor

The law firm of Husch Blackwell LLP advises clients in the development, construction, financing and acquisition of traditional and renewable energy projects throughout the United States. To date, the firm has represented wind and solar developers in over 1,500 megawatts under development; biofuel developers in 1 billion gallons in annual production; and various biomass and landfill gas facilities in over 1 million MMBtu of production.

Gold Sponsors

Fraser Stryker is a Nebraska-based full service law firm headquartered in Omaha. Fraser Stryker counsels developers, utilities, vendors and landowners in the financing, site acquisition, construction, and regulatory representation for renewable energy projects.

juwi a leading wind developer, is devoted to providing clean energy. juwi offices have been located in Lawrence, KS since 2002. With the support of our Germany parent company, we bring over 12 years of wind energy expertise.

National Farmers Union

Third Planet Windpower is a dedicated team of wind energy professionals developing projects throughout the United States. Our Nebraska Development Team currently has three projects in development totaling over 400MW’s. We’re proud to be sponsoring the Nebraska Wind Energy Conference for a second year.

TradeWind Energy, LLC is a leading developer of wind energy in Kansas and surrounding Midwestern states with a wind project pipeline of over 10,000 MWs. Their management team has a strong combination of independent power producer industry experience and a physical presence in, and focus on Midwest wind energy markets.

Student Sponsors

Baird Holm attorneys counsel developers, landowners, contractors and manufacturers regarding a wide variety of wind energy issues in Nebraska and throughout the Midwest.

Windlab is a global wind energy development company established in 2003. Our success in identifying, securing and developing sites is underpinned by the expertise of our people and our world-leading wind mapping technology. Our track record in progressing commercially viable sites is reflected in a growing portfolio spanning Canada, USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Lanyards Sponsor

Midwest Wind Energy

Silver Sponsors

Aksamit Resource Management

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Nebraska Public Power District

Olsson Associates

Omaha Public Power District

Bronze Sponsors

Kearney Visitors Bureau

Western Area Power Administration

Contributor Sponsor

Dasolar Wind Power

Northeast Community College

LODGING AND ACCOMODATIONS
Attendees must make their own hotel reservations. A block of rooms has been reserved at the three hotels listed below. Ask for the Wind Power 2010 room rate ($79.95 per night) which is guaranteed until rooms have been filled. All hotels are located one block north of I-80 at Kearney Exit #272 and next to the Younes Conference Center.

Holiday Inn Express Kearney
508 South 2nd Avenue
Phone: (308) 234-8100
(located at same exit, just south of I-80)
Hampton Inn Kearney
118 3rd Ave.
Phone: (308) 234-3400
Wingate Inn Kearney
108 3rd Ave.
Phone: (308) 237-4400
Holiday Inn Kearney
110 2nd Ave.
Phone: (308) 237-5971

Younes Conference Centre
110 3rd Avenue
Kearney, NE 68848
Phone: (308) 234-2212
heartland hospitality.com

For more Conference information, contact:
The Nebraska Farmers Union Foundation
1305 Plum St.
Lincoln, NE 68502
Phone: 402-476-8815
Fax: 402-476-8859
terri@nebraskafarmersunion.org

For more information on being a Sponsor or Exhibitor, contact:
Shawnna Silvius
Conference Planner
2522 Park Road
Nebraska City, NE 68410
Phone: 402-873-4027
Cell: 620-664-8286
eventuresmarketing@live.com

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