Join us for this complementary session including breakfast and lunch
You’ll hear first hand how other business leaders have adopted energy efficiency as a key strategy to positively impact their contracting businesses for growth and profit.
Keynote Speaker Ron Binz, former Chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, will share the big picture view of utility Demand Side Management programs and some of the political highlights related to residential contracting businesses.
A panel of local energy efficiency contractors will discuss success stories and representatives from Xcel Energy will recap 2011 results of their energy efficiency rebate programs, present awards to leading contractors, and share updates for 2012.
What you’ll take away:
- business best practices for creating more sales and happy customers, that are local and specific to your business
- opportunities to create more revenue and profit through offering additional energy efficiency solutions
- an understanding of utility demand side management to help you plan your business for the next two years of Xcel Energy's energy efficiency programs
Event Dates and Locations
January 25, 2011 - Boulder
Millennium Harvest House
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January 26, 2011 - Denver
Cherry Creek Courtyard
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January 27, 2011 - Grand Junction
Courtyard Marriott
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Limited Space is Available Register before January 20th
Agenda
7:30am: Registration & Breakfast
8:00am: Keynote: Understanding Demand Side Management
Presented by Ron Binz, former Chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission
9:00am: Break & Exhibits
9:15am: Panel: Business Case Studies for Energy Efficiency Services
Moderated by Eric Van Orden, Executive Director of EEBC
10:45am: Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Announcements
Presented by Xcel Energy Program Managers
11:30am: Lunch & Exhibits
12:30pm: Event End
You could win!
All registered attendees will be entered in a drawing to win up to $500 toward the elite BPI or NATE certification trainings.
Who: Invitations are open to the energy efficiency business community, including contractors, distributors, manufacturers, program managers and affiliates.
Title Sponsor
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About the Speakers
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Ron Binz is President of Public Policy Consulting, specializing in policy and regulatory issues in the telecommunications and energy industries. Ron was former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and also served until 2003 as President of the Competition Policy Institute (CPI), based in Washington, D.C. For eleven years, until 1995, Ron directed the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel, the state's utility consumer advocate.
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Eric Van Orden is the Executive Director of EEBC and a leader in the business of new energy solutions. He has built multiple organizations from the ground up; creating jobs, economic activity and scalable growth for the industry. With working experience at SolarCity, Gridpoint and the EEBC, he is widely considered an expert and a leader in the emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency industry.
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