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About the Western Renewable Power Development Summit Development of Renewable power sources has taken on a new urgency in the West-many states have established ambitious Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) for their utilities to meet, and California's recently passed Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is likely to drastically change the patterns of power purchases across the West. Developers are eager to take advantage of these opportunities, but significant difficulties remain: individual states' RPS differ significantly in what they consider sources of renewable energy, as well as provisions for handling the Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and other financial incentives, and utilities have very different ways of planning and procuring renewable energy. Developers must learn how to get the inside track in the race to meet looming RPS requirements.
The Western Renewable Power Development Summit will bring together regulators, utility renewable energy policy and planning executives, developers and financiers to discuss obtaining required renewable energy sources effectively, efficiently, and quickly. They will identify where states' RPS programs are creating opportunities for wind, solar and biomass developments, how to get sufficient renewable sources developed, financed and built, and how the thorny transmission issues involved in getting power from the typical remote site for renewables to load centers in the West are likely to be surmounted.
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