Events

The Athens Summit will bring together top government officials, corporate leaders, academia and analysts from the advocacy arena together for a dialogue on the leading environment and energy issues of our time. For event information highlights please visit the Athens Summit 2008 newsletter.

This Utility Business Forum Examines:

• The decoupling debate - Can utilities really retain their expected earnings
• Leveraging rate cases and performance incentives - Regulatory risk
• The potential loss of sales associated with energy efficiency efforts and its affect on utility credit ratings
• Amortization and depreciation of energy efficiency costs
• Integrating DSM and energy efficiency program costs
• The 2007 energy bill – More energy efficiency mandates for utilities?
• Are utilities the best vehicles to implement energy efficiency?

To register or for more information, please visit us online at http://www.platts.com/Events/2008/pc842/, call 866-355-2930 (781-430-2100 outside the US) or email registration@platts.com.

The Virtual Energy Forum is a unique online event focusing on how leading companies and institutions can adopt better energy management practices to cut costs, while implementing clean energy alternatives. The event is designed to meet the needs of corporate energy executives in a way that is not possible with physical events, webinars or other means. Best of all, the Virtual Energy Forum is free to attend!

ISO New England is pleased to present an informative, two-day conference to discuss the strategies we must pursue to assure New England’s electric energy future.

Conference panel sessions will examine ways to balance economic, environmental, and energy considerations through policy and technology, as well as the potential of renewable resources to improve electricity reliability, efficiency, and fuel diversity. Additional discussion will be focused on creating an investment climate that advances infrastructure expansion and demand-side and renewable-resource development. The event will feature a keynote address by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher. Other highlights of the forum include insights from key policymakers, senior executives, and energy experts, as well as a vendor showcase displaying innovative industry products and services.

For more information, please visit www.iso-ne-conference.com or call the ISO New England conference hotline at (617) 337-9500 x245.

The annual WEEC is one the key opportunities of the year for end users and decision makers from business, industry, and government to learn about the newest technologies, hear industry’s leading experts, and network. The World Energy Engineering Congress (WEEC) is recognized as the energy industry’s premier event and for 2008 it has been expanded to include the popoular GreenStreet(r) expo showcase . Now in its 31st year, the WEEC is bigger, better, and more comprehensive than ever before. The WEEC offers a 200-plus speaker conference and workshop program, a dynamic exposition, a series of in-depth seminars, poster sessions, facility tours, awards presentations, and much more. World Energy Engineering Congress 2008 will cover the full energy efficiency, sustainable technologies, distributed generation, HVAC , building systems, facilities management, renewable technologies, energy service, and power marketplace. Find out more by visiting www.energycongress.com Conference October 1-3, 2008 Expo October 1-2, 2008