Recycled Energy and Regional CHP Application Centers:
A Local Energy Solution
December 14, 2005
2:00 - 3:00 p.m., 122 Cannon House Office Building

            The Northeast-Midwest Institute, Northeast-Midwest Congressional and Senate Coalitions and Environmental and Energy Study Institute invite you to a briefing addressing regional applications of combined heat and power.  Combined heat and power ( CHP ) technologies offer solutions to many of the problems and challenges this nation faces:  high energy costs, environmental degradation, electricity grid congestion and blackouts, a need for stable and economical energy to support vibrant economies, and energy emergencies.  However, the adoption of these technologies requires addressing numerous barriers to their ability to compete.  Moreover, most of these barriers are state and region specific.  The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Distributed Energy has created an effective strategy to overcome these barriers at the state and regional level through a network of Regional CHP Application Centers (RACs).  This briefing will focus on the RACs, what they do, how effective they are, and why they are needed.

Combined Heat & Power:  Recycled Energy and Regional Application Centers
Suzanne Watson, Watson Strategy Group
Presentation

A Panel Discussion on RAC Accomplishments and Why We Need Them: 

A Local Energy Solution
Sandy Glatt, U.S. Department of Energy
Presentation

When Energy Costs Are High: The Technology Fix  
Erin Russell Story, Northeast CHP Initiative
Presentation

Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response: What Could Have Been Done?
Louay M. Chamra, Mississippi State University
Presentation

The Economic Impact: It’s About High Tech Job Creation and What Congress Can Do To Help    
Ted Bronson, Power Equipment Associates
Presentation

The directors of the RACs will be present and available for questions as part of the discussion following the panel presentations.

This briefing requires no reservations and is open to the public.  Please feel free to forward this notice.  For more information, call Diane DeVaul, Northeast-Midwest Institute (202-544-5200) or Theresa Murzyn, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (202-662-1884).

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