The ACORE/ABA National Teleconference
Honing the Cutting Edge: Strategies and Challenges in Scaling Up Cleantech and Renewables
March 19, 2008 (add to Outlook Calendar)
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana Street
23rd Floor, South Tower
Houston, TX 77002
10:45 am - 11:00 am Registration
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Teleconference and Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Discussion and Commentary
Central Time
The single greatest challenge to growth of Cleantech and Renewable Energy is its inability to compete with traditional energy sources without subsidies or market preferences. If these technologies cannot surmount transitional economic challenges, can they ever become a “mainstream” component of the maturing energy sector? This program will assess the key challenges and some alternatives for addressing them.
Points of discussion for this month's teleconference include:
- How do the business economics of “cap-and-trade” carbon regulation and RECs mesh with the “right-scaling” of Cleantech and Renewable Energy companies and projects?
- How do the system planning rules of FERC and of the RTOs comport with the introduction and achievement of economic scale of Renewables and Cleantech?
- Does the “monetization” of regulatory economic incentives facilitate “right scaling” of Cleantech and Renewable Energy companies and projects?
- What is the most economically efficient basis for creating and allocating RECs and carbon emission credits?
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Sponsored by:
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Renewable Energy Resources Committee of American Bar Association
(ABA) Section on Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)