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GEA U.S. Technology, Finance, and Development Workshop Agenda has finally been released.  Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle will open the conference.  State Senator Adam Kline will also talk about recent legislative activities. DOE will be represented by Ed Wall, Director of Geothermal Energy

8:00 am Opening Keynote presentations, Karl Gawell, GEA, Moderator
Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle, WA, confirmed
Senator Adam Kline, State of Washington, confirmed
Representatives of Federal and State officials, invited
8:25 am Geothermal 101: Understanding geothermal resources and technology
Susan Petty, AltaRock Energy, confirmed
8:45 am Washington State Geothermal Status and Roadmap
Dave Norman, Washington State Geologist, confirmed
Dave Sjoding, Washington State University, confirmed
9:15 am BREAK
9:30 am Ormat, Gold Level Sponsor, Morning Keynote
9:45 am New Geothermal Projects Under Development: Leading Project Developers Discuss the Status of
Their New Geothermal Projects and Keys to Successful Project Development
Ken MacLeod, Western GeoPower, confirmed
Michael Hayter, Raser Technologies, confirmed
Dan Schochet, Ram Power, confirmed
Hank Sennott, Enel NA, tentative
Phil Messer, PBS&J, tentative
Saf Dhilon, U.S Geothermal, tentative
10:45 am New Geothermal Technology Panel: New and future developments in geothermal technology are
described and discussed
Ed Wall, DOE, Panel Chair:
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Paul Thomsen, Ormat, confirmed
Halley Dickey, TAS, confirmed
Lou Capuano, ThermaSource, confirmed
Charles Baron, Google, confirmed
Kevin Wallace, Power Engineers, confirmed
David Paul, UTC power, tentative
11:45 LUNCH 
12:30 pm Community/Environmental/Tribal: Invite environmental leader to speak on role of geothermal
and environmental issues; invite community official where geothermal is used or being developed to
discuss local issues/benefits
Panel Chair: Karl Gawell, GEA
Ross Macfarlane, Climate Solutions, confirmed
Laurie McClenahan Hietter, RMT, confirmed
Roger Taylor, State, Local & Tribal Deployment, National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
confirmed
Michael O?Connell, Stoel Rives, LLP, confirmed
Additional environmental, community or tribal views (lRachel Shimshak, Renewable NW
Projects, Nancy Hirsch, NW Energy Coalition, Tony Usibelli, WA State Energy Office, Dan
Ritzman, Sierra Club, Becky Kelly, Washington Environmental Council, Diana Enright, Oregon
Department of Energy, Shoshone Tribe, invited)
1:20 pm Transmission: Status and Outlook for Federal and State Actions to Ensure Adequate Transmission
for New Renewable Power Projects
Jonathan Weisgall, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, confirmed
1:40 pm Federal Stimulus and Other Support
Ed Wall, Geothermal Technologies Program Director, U.S Department of Energy,
confirmed
2:00 pm UTC Power, Gold Level Sponsor, Afternoon Keynote
2:15 pm BREAK
2:30 pm Financing Geothermal Projects: Status of Federal and State Incentives, Approaches to
Project Financing, and More…
Mark Taylor, New Energy Finance, confirmed
Tom King, U.S Renewables Group, confirmed
CJ Arrigo, Glacier Capital Partners, confirmed
John McIlveen, Jacobs and Company Securities, Inc., confirmed
3:30 pm Overcoming the legal/regulatory hurdles to new geothermal development
Jerry Fish, Stoel Rives, confirmed
John Pierce, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati, confirmed
Kermit Witherbee, BLM Geothermal Program Manager, confirmed
Bob Fujimoto, U.S Forest Service, to be invited
4:30pm Geothermal Energy from a Utility/Power Company Perspective
Chad Teply or Mark Tallman, PacifiCorp, confirmed
Craig Collar, Snohomish PUD, confirmed
Steve Ponder, NV Energy, confirmed
Additional Representative (Ben Farrow, Puget Sound Energy, Murray Grande, NCPA, and John
Pease, Bonneville Power Administration, invited)

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