Intro to the Clean Air Act Seminar

The role of clean energy in Clean Air Act requirements is receiving increasing attention. New EPA rules for both greenhouse gas and non-greenhouse gas emissions increasingly point to energy efficiency and clean energy as effective compliance techniques. The Alliance to Save Energy and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy will conduct an “EPA 101” educational session for their associates and members to help demystify the Clean Air Act and the role of clean energy solutions.

Those in attendance will walk away with a working knowledge of pertinent portions of the Clean Air Act and a basic familiarity with the relevant issues facing clean energy in the coming months and years. The session will provide an opportunity to begin strategic discussions of how clean energy businesses can help regulated industries, EPA, and the states achieve their Clean Air Act obligations.

To RSVP, please contact Nancy Gonzalez at: ngonzalez@ase.org

Program

I. Welcome

Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
Lisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy

II. Origins, History, and Framework of the Clean Air Act

Rodney Sobin, Senior Policy Manager, Alliance to Save Energy

III. CAA Implementation and What to Watch for in 2011

Kyle Danish, Member, Van Ness Feldman

IV. Forthcoming Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Mark McLeod, Director of Special Projects, National Climate Campaign, Environmental Defense Fund

V. State and Local Air Regulators’ Roles and Perspectives

Bill Becker, Executive Director, National Association of Clean Air Agencies

VI. Implications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Joel Bluestein, Senior Vice President, ICF International

VII. Panel Discussion of Strategic Issues

David Gardiner, Principal & President, David Gardiner and Associates (Moderator)
Jon Sohn, Council, McKenna Long & Aldridge
Michael Goo, Staff Director, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

Reception and informal discussion to follow

Presentations

Intro to the Clean Air Act, moderated by Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy, and Lisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Origins, History, and Framework of the Clean Air Act, Rodney Sobin, Senior Policy Manager, Alliance to Save Energy
CAA Implementation and What to Watch for in 2011, Kyle Danish, Member, Van Ness Feldman
Forthcoming Regulation of Greenhouse Gases, Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense Fund
State and Local Air Regulators’ Roles and Perspectives, Bill Becker, Executive Director, National Association of Clean Air Agencies
Implications for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Joel Bluestein, Senior Vice President, ICF International