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Energy Efficiency Market Transformation Opportunities for Texas

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

Thompson Conference Center
Austin, TX
September 13, 2007

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.

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