Speech Category: Renewable Energy
Location: Pierce Atwood LLP - Boston, MA; Portland, ME; Portsmouth, NH*
Date: 1/20/2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Pierce Atwood LLP's Renewable Energy Practice Group invites you to join us on Wednesday, January 20th for the monthly national teleconference series presented by The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) in collaboration with the Renewable Energy Resources Committee of the American Bar Association SEER Section & Renewable Energy Committee of the Energy Bar Association.
Pierce Atwood is proud to be returning as a Gold Sponsor of this series and hopes you will join us for this month's program.
The Renewable Energy industry survived 2009 intact with much promise and a clouded future. The economic stimulus package provided enormous support for the Renewable Energy community, but project development, investment and finance is still lagging. Congress did not pass a comprehensive Energy and Environmental legislative package, but continues to work toward wide-ranging national legislation in 2010 with significant implications for the industry. The stock market has rebounded, job growth is sluggish (although job terminations have been arrested) -- but the economy is still struggling. Main Street has met Wall Street, but new business, technology and innovation and small business has not yet flourished.
Now, it's 2010 -- a bright new year with a brand new budget! What is the outlook for financing, development, infrastructure and the law for 2010? Were the concerted and commendable federal and state stimulus efforts enough to overcome the economic challenges that lie ahead? Will financing for renewable energy projects be more readily available in 2010? Will job-recovery legislation help the renewables industry? What are its implications for the industry based upon the Congress' failure to pass comprehensive legislation in 2009? Will any such legislation be passed in 2010? Will new tax legislation extend existing incentives, or will major tax restructuring occur driven by the thirst for revenue and balancing the US budget? Will post-Copenhagen maintain the push for climate change legislation or foster a new post-Kyoto model?
Please join us for a lively and provocative discussion concerning financing, development, legislative and regulatory initiatives that will shape the future of renewable energy in 2010.
Our distinguished panel of industry experts will focus on 2010 from their vantage points on financing, development and legislation and will address the following issues:
- Financing Renewables: What Lies Ahead in 2010?
- Will Credit Remain Tight and What Will Lenders Be Looking For To Finance Projects?
- What New Finance Mechanisms, Sources Of Funds and Institutions May Emerge?
- Will the Shortage of Tax Equity Ease, and What Alternative Structures Will Work In 2010?
- Did the Stimulus Package Provide the Necessary Support for Sustained Renewables Development? What Will Jobs Recovery Mean?
- Will There Ever Be a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Will EPA/Regional Carbon Emissions Regulation Continue to Expand, and What Are the Expectations For National Regulation or Legislation?
- Will Carbon, Export Markets and the Domescic Renewables Industry Demand Support for a Domestic National Manufacturing Base for US Renewables?
- Will Cap & Trade Survive; What Are the Alternatives; and Do Market Prices and Offset Policies Under Discussions Support a New Carbon Trading Regime?
- How Will Community Development and The Building Sectors Help the Renewables Industries in 2010?
Q& A Submission:
Q & A both on the teleconference and live at the host firm sites, will follow the speakers' presentations. Please email questions to abaquestions@acore.org.
Teleconference Co-Chairs:
Robert F. Riley, Williams Mullen PC, Washington, D.C.
David E. Nash, McMahon DeGulis LLP
Moderator:
Michael T. Eckhart, President, ACORE (Washington, DC
Robert F. Riley, Esq. Williams Mullen (Washington DC)
Speakers:
Neil Z. Auerbach, Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, L.P.
Prior to forming Hudson, Neil was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he founded and managed the US Alternative Energy Business and several other businesses. Prior to Goldman, Neil was a Managing Director at Barclays Capital in New York, and launched his banking career at Morgan Stanley, where he was a Principal. Neil is a member of the CEO Council of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
Kathleen A. McGinty, Operating Partner, Element Partners
Founding partner, Peregrine Technology Partners LLC, a firm focused on the commercialization of clean technologies. She is also a Director at NRG Energy, Inc., Ms. McGinty was Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and as Chair of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority. Previous to her service in Pennsylvania, Ms. McGinty was Bill Clinton’s Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Legislative Assistant and Environmental Advisor to then-Senator Al Gore.
Lunch: Please feel free to bring your own lunch; desserts and beverages will be provided. (A full lunch will be provided at our Boston location.)
This session has been approved for 1.5 Maine CLE credits.
To register for this event, click here. Be sure to choose "Host Firm Registration", the 2nd link below Select Registration Type.
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*If you would like to attend at our Portsmouth, NH office, please contact Amber Elliott at 207-791-1143 or aelliott@pierceatwood.com. |
