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Maine’s Wind Energy Future: New Opportunities, New Challenges

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Maine Wind Energy Conference —Maine’s Wind Energy Future: New Opportunities, New Challenges

On behalf of the Maine Wind Working Group, our sponsors, and all who have helped make this conference happen, welcome to the second Maine Wind Energy Conference, “Maine’s Wind Energy Future: New Opportunities, New Challenges”.

Since our first wind conference held in October 2009, Maine has made great progress in becoming the Northeast’s leader in wind development. Over 95% of all wind development in this region is located here in Maine. Currently, Maine hosts over 266 mw of wind generation, with another 782 mw within 6 months of permitting, or closer - and that’s just counting the on-shore, large commercial wind projects. Counting the potential for deepwater wind, and small, medium, and community wind, Maine’s long-term expectations for wind development is impressive and inspirational. Maine has what it takes – now - to grow the wind industry to even higher national leadership levels. Nu-merous task forces over the course of the last three years have spent significant time creating thoughtful and conscientious frameworks for developing wind power here. While not perfect, Maine has a predictable regulatory structure that developers understand and can plan for. Precisely because of all this hard work, an estimated $1.4 billion has already been invested into projects operating now in Maine - and another $4-5 billion will be spent - if we continue on this track. With our natural wind assets, and vast potential, Maine’s wind power industry is ready and poised to be a major player in getting local and state economies back to stable and prosperous levels.

But we also have our challenges: the weak economy, volatile natural gas prices, lack of access to adequate transmission, and public acceptance, among other topics, all pose challenges to achieving our future wind development goals.

Today and tomorrow while here at the conference, I urge you to fully participate in all aspects of it, by en-gaging with the speakers and exhibitors, by asking questions, by starting new dialogues, and by thinking in new and creative ways about your individual role in growing the wind sector in Maine now. We have the momentum, we have opportunities, and we certainly have our challenges. I look forward to working with you to grow new projects, jobs, innovation and R & D in the year ahead.

Sue JonesMaine Wind Working Group

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8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit Area Open (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. doors open to the public for $5 registration fee)

Opens at 8:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introduction to the Maine Wind Working Group and Initiatives for 2011, and Overview of Today’s Conference: Sue Jones, Maine Wind Working Group

9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.Achieving 20% Wind Generation by 2030 in the U.S.: Maine’s Role and Overcoming Challenges in Getting There: Ian Baring-Gould, NREL’s Wind Powering America Program

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.Overview of Maine’s Wind Energy Goals and How Wind Fits into the State’s Comprehensive Energy Plan: John Kerry, Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Wind in Maine Today: Progress, Projects & Prospects: Dylan Voorhees, Natural Resources Council of Maine

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Buffet Lunch, and Keynote Address: Dr. Donald Zillman, President of University of Maine at Presque Isle

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Dessert in Exhibit Hall

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Keeping and Reaping the Local Benefits of Wind Power Wind Project Developments in Action Around the U.S. and Maine Powering the Future of Maine

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Wind for Schools Programs and Nurturing a New Workforce in MaineFacilitator, Jennifer Puser, Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security

• NREL Wind Powering America’s “Wind for Schools Program” and National Workforce Development - Ian Baring - Gould, NREL’s Wind Powering America Program

• University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Medium-Scale Wind Turbine and Curriculum, One Year Later: How it is Growing Expertise, Skills and Awareness - Dr. Donald Zillman and Charles Bonin, UMPI

Celebrations in Community Wind ProjectsFacilitator, Paul McGlinn, Community Generation Partners

• New Models, Hybrids, and Examples of Community Wind (including Large-scale and Piggyback) - Lisa Daniels, Windustry

• Community Wind Examples in the Northeast U.S. - Kevin Schulte, Sustain-able Energy Developments, Inc.

• Fox Islands Wind, the East’s First Co-op Community Wind Project: Demon-strating Price Reduction - Suzanne Pude, Island Institute and Fox Islands Electric Co-op

Offshore Deepwater Wind and Keeping Maine in the LeadFacilitator, Paul Williamson, Maine Wind Industry Initiative

• Update on the DeepCwind Consortium’s Research Program and the Maine PUC’s RFP for a 25 MW “Prototype for the Future” Wind Farm - Dr. Habib Dagher, University of Maine

• State & Federal Funding Opportunities for Wind-related R & D including SBIR/STTR and Maine Technology Institute - Karen West, Consultant to the Maine Technology Institute

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. “Community Benefits” and Other Economic Development in MaineFacilitator, Jeremy Payne, Maine Renewable Energy Association

• Maine’s Unique Leadership Approach to Ensuring that its Host Communities Benefit: Maine’s Community Benefits Requirements - Jeffrey Thaler, Esq., Bernstein Shur Law Firm

• The Economic Development Potential of Wind Power and What’s at Stake for Wind Businesses in Maine - Jackson Parker, Reed & Reed

Innovations and Developments in Public AcceptanceFacilitator, Beth Sturtevant, CCB, Inc.

• Landowner Agreements, a New Form of Organizing and Local Leadership - Lisa Daniels, Windustry

• Wind-powered Heat - Sam Zaitlin, Thermal Energy Storage of Maine

• New England Wind Energy Education Project: Gathering and Presenting Objective Information to Support Improved Decisionmaking - Bob Grace, Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC

• Public Acceptance Developments in the U.S. - Larry Flowers, AWEA

Open Panel Discussion of Criteria and Advice from 3 Turbine Manufacturers on Growing the Supply Chain for Maine Businesses Facilitator, Paul Williamson, Maine Wind Industry Initiative

• Daniel Charette, Pioneer Wind Energy Systems, a Large Turbine Manufacturer

• Jason Greenspan, Vergnet Americas, a Medium Turbine Manufacturer

• Chris Lamonia, Northern Power Systems, a Small and Large Turbine Manufac-turer

4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Policy and Next Steps: Sen. Philip Bartlett, District 6, Member and former Chair of the Utilities and Energy Committee. Rep. Stacey Fitts, District 29, House Chair of the Utilities and Energy Committee

5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Networking and Social Reception in Exhibit Area (Cash Bar and Light Hors D’Oeuvres)

6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Public Expo in Exhibit Area

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8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibit Area Open

8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m. Welcome, and Overview of Today: Sue Jones, Maine Wind Working Group

8:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Morning Keynote: Reflections and Visions for Growing Community Wind and Offshore Wind in Maine, Rep. John Martin, District 1, and Lead Sponsor of the “Act to Promote Municipal Wind Development”

Developing Small, Medium, and “Small Scale Commercial” Community Wind Projects Creating an Offshore Wind Framework for Maine and other States

9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Getting Started from Small to Small Scale Commercial Facilitator, Sue Jones, Maine Wind Working Group

• Video: “Wind 101: The University of Maine at Presque Isle Builds a Wind Turbine”, which docu-ments the entire process of creating a medium project in Maine

• First steps: Siting and Sizing, and Other Initial Considerations for Projects, Trudy Forsyth, NREL Wind Powering America

Introduction to Offshore Wind: The Long-term ViewFacilitator, Bob Lindyberg, University of Maine

• Introducing Offshore Wind, Robert Lindyberg, University of Maine• From 20 to 10 Cents, Gary Hunt, University of Maine

10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Technical and Permitting Facilitator, Kevin Schulte, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc.

• Making Sense of Financing - Kevin Schulte, Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc.• Permitting Projects, Katherine Joyce, Bernstein Shur

Statewide SurveyFacilitator, Mario Teisl, University of Maine

• Statewide Public Opinion Survey Results: The Big Picture, Mario Teisl, University of Maine• Statewide Public Opinion Survey Results: Getting Down to Details, Caroline Noblet, University of Maine

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch, and Keynote Address: Sarah Bittleman, Senior Advisor to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, who specializes in energy and environmental policy issues

12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Dessert in Exhibit Hall

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Manufacturer Presentations and Facilitated Q & A Moderator, Trudy Forsyth, NREL Wind Powering America

• Northern Power Systems (Vermont) - 100 kw • Vergnet Americas (France and Massachusetts) - 275 kw • Unison DXP (Colorado) - 750 kw and 2 mw • Nordic Windpower (California) - 1 mw • Pioneer Power Solutions (New Jersey) - 1.65 mw

Offshore Wind: Maine Made Facilitator, Paul Williamson, Maine Wind Industry Initiative

• An Overview of the Offshore Wind Supply Chain in Maine, Paul Williamson, Maine Wind Industry Initiative• Maine’s Port Infrastructure, John Henshaw, Maine Port Authority• Large-scale Manufacturing in Maine, Bill Follett, Cianbro

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Area Refreshment Break in Exhibit Area

2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. Funding and Financing Community Wind Projects Facilitator, Sue Jones, Maine Wind Working Group

• Wind Rebates and Low Interest Loans for Small Wind, Andy Meyer, Efficiency Maine • Maine’s Feed in Tariff and Netmetering, Christine Cook, Maine Public Utilities Commission• USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program, Dean Churchill, USDA Rural Development

Critical Path PermittingFacilitator, Michael Murphy, HDR/DTA

• Navigating the BOEMRE Process in Maine, Jake Ward, University of Maine• Federal Permitting, Peter Browne, HDR/DTA• Maine State Permitting Issues, Andy Qua, Kleinschmidt• The Ocean Energy Task Force and the Offshore Wind Test Sites, Matthew Nixon, Maine State Planning Office

4:15 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Funding and Financing Projects (continued) • USDA’s Community Facilities Program, Ron Lambert, USDA Rural Development• USDA Farm Service Agency’s Loan Program, Deborah Dufour, USDA Farm Service Agency

Environmental Issues Facilitator, Dr. Heather Deese, Island Institute

• Overview of Environmental Conditions in the Gulf of Maine, Dr. Pete Jumars, University of Maine• Birds and Renewable Energy Projects in the Gulf of Maine, Dr. Rebecca Holberton, University of Maine• Geophysical and Geotechnical Conditions in the Gulf of Maine, Dr. Melissa Landon Maynard, University of Maine

4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Wrap Up Session for All

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rural utilities and other interested groups since 1995. Currently, Lisa leads Windustry in contracts with the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and is an active partner on the Wind Powering America initiative. Nationally, Lisa serves on the American Wind Energy Associa-tion’s Community Wind Work Group Steering Committee, and the National Wind Coordinating Committee’s Steering Commit-tee. Lisa is also a founding member and on the Board of Direc-tors for Women of Wind Energy. She was recognized in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program, which awarded her with the Chicago Regional Of-fice’s Wind Advocacy Award for regional leadership, creativity, and commitment to wind energy development. She was hon-ored again in 2005 for her work with Wind Powering America’s Agriculture Outreach Team.

Dr. Heather Deese: Dr. Deese is the Marine Programs Direc-tor at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine. Dr. Deese jointly manages the environmental impacts research at the UMaine Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site with Dr. Peter Jumars. She specializes in the translation, communication, and application of scientific understanding for practical purposes, including management of multi-disciplinary research programs to inform oceans planning, management, and development. Dr. Deese has 15 years of experience conducting sea-going, laboratory, and theoretical oceanographic research. She holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Maine.

Phillip Dickinson: Phillip joined Nordic Windpower in Febru-ary 2010 as the Director of Sales and Marketing. Additionally, he has more than 15 years of sales, marketing, and commer-cial operations experience with large, global corporations, in-cluding General Electric, Siemens, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He has established himself as an expert in the power generation industry, with over 13 years experience with original equipment manufacturers and service providers that serve the industry. As a proven sales leader, Phillip has repre-sented various products and services with both long and short sales cycles, ranging from renewable and fossil fueled power generation equipment to sensing technologies.

Pete Didisheim: Since 1996, Pete Didisheim has been the Advocacy Director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organi-zation. Pete served on the Governor’s Task Force on Wind Power Development in Maine. Prior to his position at NRCM, he worked in Washington, D.C. for 13 years, including as Special Assistant to U.S. Secretary of Energy Hazel R. O’Leary and Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. He received his B.A. in biology and environmental studies from Williams College, and an M.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Deborah Dufour: Deborah is a graduate of Husson University with a business degree. She has worked for USDA’s Farm Servicing Agency (FSA), formerly known as the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), since 1978 in several capacities involv-ing agricultural lending. She currently is the director of the farm loan program overseeing both direct and guaranteed loan making and servicing for FSA in Maine.

Wayne Emerick: Wayne joined Unison DXP in 2009 as its Director of Sales for Wind Turbines in the United States where he is responsible for all sales development in the U.S. He re-ceived his MBA from the Cornell University Johnson School of Management in 2003, and received a B.A. in economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College.

Rep. Stacey Fitts: Representative Fitts is serving his fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives representing District 29, which includes Clinton, Detroit, and Pittsfield. He also works as a Senior Engineer (mechanical) at Kleinschmidt Associates. He was a key player in the passage of numerous wind-related bills, including the Community-Based Renewable Energy Pilot Program that passed in 2009.

Larry Flowers: Larry is formerly the Principal Project Leader of NREL’s Wind Powering America Program (WPA) located in Colorado. A frequent speaker on wind topics and WPA programming across the country, this is his third trip to Maine in four years. He is a seasoned expert and works collabora-tively with States, developers, and all stakeholders on wind topics. He has spent the past 30 years working in various technologies and applications, including solar thermal, indus-trial applications, buildings technologies, international applica-tions, village power, and wind energy. He just started his new position at the American Wind Energy Association, specializing in wind for schools and community wind.

Bill Follett: Bill is a Senior Project Engineer at Cianbro, whose role in the DeepCWind Consortium is to serve as the Task Manager for the construction and deployment of the first float-ing wind turbine in the U.S. Cianbro is working with Bath Iron Works and the University of Maine to construct the selected floating turbine design and deploy the unit in the summer of 2012. The deployment of the floating wind turbine off of Mon-hegan Island, Maine will be the culmination of the multi-year DeepCWind project. Bill has been with Cianbro for 11 years as a Project Manager and engineer in the Commercial Vessel and Power Plant construction markets. Additional experience in the maritime sector as a Licensed Merchant Mariner and Naval Officer has allowed him to bring a broad-based marine and construction background to the Offshore Wind Market.

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Ian Baring-Gould: Ian Baring-Gould graduated with a Mas-ters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mas-sachusetts in 1995 and started working at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) soon thereafter. Ian’s work has focused in three primary areas; applications engi-neering for renewable energy technologies (RET), assistance in RET uses, and educational outreach for RET, primarily wind. Ian also sits on the International Energy Agency’s research taskforce looking at wind turbine operation in cold climates and is an editor for Wind Engineering. Ian has authored or co-authored over 60 publications on wind energy and wind diesel power systems. Ian is currently leads NREL’s wind technology deployment team, focusing on assisting organizations deploy wind technologies and addressing barriers to the implemen-tation of wind energy through programs like DOE’s Wind Powering America Project, the Wind for Schools activity, and Integrated Deployment programs.

Sen. Phil Bartlett: Senator Bartlett, a seasoned legislative leader who is also a practicing attorney, represents Senate District Six and is the former Senate Chair of the Utilities and Energy Committee and the Select Committee on Maine’s Energy Future, among numerous other legislative committees. Senator Bartlett was a major force in crafting and enacting “An Act Regarding Maine’s Energy Future” in 2009 that now, in its implementation, will significantly revamp how the State man-ages all of its efficiency and renewable energy programs.

Charles Bonin: Charles is the Vice President and Chief Finan-cial Officer of the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) and has been a member of the UMPI staff for over 35 years. Under his leadership in 2004, planning began for the campus medium-scale wind turbine. He subsequently was involved in all aspects of planning, contracting, permitting, and install-ing the turbine. VP Bonin has also led campus activities in other renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. These include heat pump technology, energy efficient renovation pro-grams, installation of solar photovoltaic panels, and installation of a biomass boiler.

Peter M. Browne: Peter is a Senior Consultant with HDR|DTA in Portland, Maine. He has over 18 years of experience as a regulatory specialist. During the past five years, he has focused on permitting for ocean energy projects located in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Maine, and New York, and he has evalu-ated the potential for development of hydrokinetic projects at a number of Air Force bases. He has prepared Environmental Assessments for wave, tidal, and conventional hydropower generating clients and the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-mission to fulfill the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Peter graduated from Bowdoin College.

Daniel Charette: Daniel has held numerous positions in the

field of wind energy in North America. In 1998, he was ap-pointed Director of Wind Turbine Manufacturing by NEG Micon and led efforts to set up Montreal’s first wind turbine assembly plant. In 1999, he participated in the establishment of Que-bec’s first regional centre for operations and service. Daniel was also NEG Micon’s Director of Sales for Canada, building up a loyal clientele and overseeing the completion of several projects, including the company’s merger with Vestas Wind Systems AS. In 2005, he was appointed both Project Manager and Business Development Manager for Renewable Energy at Brookfield Power. Soon thereafter he joined AAER Inc., a company acquired by Pioneer Power Solutions in August, 2010. At AAER, Inc., Daniel served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Today, he is President of Pioneer Wind Energy Systems, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA) since 2002.

Dean Churchill: Dean is a 1979 graduate of the University of Maine, Orono, with a B.S. degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics. He is a career employee of USDA Rural Develop-ment and its predecessor agencies, with nearly 33 years of service and 20 years in business programs. He is currently the appointed Director of its Business and Cooperative Programs Director.

Christine Cook: Chris, an attorney at the Maine Public Utili-ties Commission, has extensive experience in electricity-related issues in Maine. She oversees the administration of Maine’s Community Energy Pilot Program, and is an expert in netme-tering, the green standard offer, long-term contracts, renew-able energy credits, and other key drivers to community wind development in Maine.

Dr. Habib Dagher, P.E.: Dr. Dagher is the Director of the Uni-versity of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Cen-ter and Principal Investigator for the DeepCwind Consortium. Dr. Dagher served on Governor John Baldacci’s Ocean Energy Task Force and the Maine Innovation Economy Advisory Board. He has conducted over 100 research and develop-ment projects and managed individual research projects from National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and more. Dr. Dagher holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Lisa Daniels: Lisa is the Executive Director and founder of Windustry, which has provided wind energy information and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, elected officials,

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and lobbyist, she is also the President of Community Energy Partners, a renewable energy consultancy based in Freeport, and President of Community Generation Partners, a com-munity wind development firm that focuses on partnering with farmers and large landowners. In 2009, she co-led efforts to pass Maine’s Community Energy Pilot Program, a “first-in-the-nation” law that promotes 50-mw of new, locally-owned renewable energy projects in Maine. Among other affiliations, she is a member of the 9-member Steering Committee of the American Wind Energy Association’s Community Wind Working Group, whose policy goal is to chart a new course of federal policy action for community wind. In May 2010, she received the Eastern Regional Wind Advocacy Award by the Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program. In October 2010, she visited Japan as a Governor’s Delegate and Invitee to explore energy and community wind topics.

Kathryn Joyce: Kat is a member of the Energy and Environ-mental Practice Group at the law firm of Bernstein Shur. She focuses her practice in environmental permitting and compli-ance, particularly as it pertains to power generation facilities, large-scale commercial development, real estate remediation, solid waste, water, and air pollution issues, including existing and developing regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. She has been participated in the permitting, financing and opera-tion of multiple renewable energy projects, including wind.

Dr. Peter A. Jumars: Dr. Jumars is Professor and Director of the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and serves as the DeepCwind Consortium’s project manager for environmental monitoring. He is UMaine’s lead on the NOAA Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region, has 24 years of experience at the University of Washington and was Program Officer with the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Jumars serves on executive boards of NERACOOS, Atmosphere and Oceans of APLU and the Regional Ocean Science Initiative. He is President of the Maine Marine Research Coalition. Dr. Ju-mars holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is a Fellow of AGU, and received ASLO’s G. Evelyn Hutchinson Medal for interdisciplinary research.

John Kerry: John has been the Director of the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security since 2006. John led efforts in 2009 to develop Maine’s first Comprehensive En-ergy Plan, served on the Governor’s Wind Power Development Task Force, the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task Force and cur-rently serves on the Efficiency Maine Trust’s Board of Directors. John provides policy guidance and advice to the Governor on energy issues and ways to reduce the state’s dependence on fossil fuels. Prior to that, he served in the State House as a Senator, and before that, as a Representative.

Ron Lambert: Ron is a career USDA employee with over thirty-four years of lending experience, fifteen of which have been in Community Programs. He is currently the Program Director of the Rural Utility Service and Community Facility Division at USDA in Maine, administering a wide variety of loan and grant programs for essential community infrastructure. The Community Programs Division is responsible for annual expenditures in excess of $45 and an existing loan portfolio of 233 borrowers.

Chris Lamonia: Chris is a Regional Director at Northern Power Systems. Chris is responsible for all market develop-ment initiatives for Northern Power’s Northwind 100 wind turbine program in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions. He is also responsible for the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec, Canada regions. Northern Power Systems is a global leader in the manufacturing and deployment of permanent magnet direct drive wind turbines. Prior to joining Northern Power Systems, Chris was the Director of the Wind Division at Alteris Renewables, one of the largest renewable energy developers on the east coast. Chris played an integral role in permitting and installing the first community wind turbines in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Dr. Melissa Landon Maynard: Dr. Landon Maynard is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine and project manager for the DeepC-wind Consortium micrositing and geophysical engineering. Her area of expertise is in the characterization of engineering properties and geohazards for coastal and offshore soils. Dr. Maynard holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus on geotechnical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Robert Lindyberg: Bob is a Professional Engineer and is the Assistant Director for Boat Building and Composites at the Advanced Structures and Composite Center at the University of Maine at Orono. He is a civil engineer specializing in boat building and marine composites, structural engineering and design at the Advanced Structures and Composite Center, a world-leading center for advanced structures and composites research and development.

Rep. John Martin: Rep. Martin’s legislative career spans 23 years, with time spent both as a Senator as well as a Repre-sentative. He represents District 1, serving Allagash, Ashland, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, St. Francis, Wallagrass and Plantations of Garfield, Nashville, St. John and Winterville, plus the unor-ganized territory of Northwest Aroostook County. He received his B.A. in History and Government from the University of Maine at Orono in 1963 and went on to do advanced graduate study in Political Science at the University of Maine at Orono.

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Trudy Forsyth: Trudy is a Senior Project Leader at the National Wind Technology Center (NETC), which is part of NREL. She received both her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Denver. She has worked in the wind technology field since May 1994 as a leader of NREL’s distributed wind turbine projects. Since 1995, she coordinated efforts between the NWTC technical staff and U.S. manufacturers for designing new small wind turbines and testing new prototypes. She served as the DOE/GO liaison and coordinator of NREL technical support for the Field Verification Project cooperative agreements, which involved testing small wind turbines against IEC standards. She has also served as the DOE/GO distributed wind turbine liaison for grant activities that involve concept studies, as well as compo-nent and prototype development. She is the NREL liaison with the AWEA Small Wind Turbine Committee, which wrote and published the AWEA Small Wind Turbine Industry Roadmap, a multi-year strategy for the small wind industry. Under the Wind Powering America program, she leads small wind stakehold-ers in developing strategies to open the marketplace and has made small wind turbine technical and state policy/market presentations to wind audiences throughout the United States. Trudy is currently part of the National Organizing Committee for ASES 2009, is a member of the Small Wind Certification Council, chairs the ASES Small Wind Division, and serves on the steering committee for Women of Wind Energy.

Robert Grace: As President of Sustainable Energy Advan-tage since 1998, a renewable energy consultancy located in Framingham, Massachusetts, Bob is a leader and innovator in technical and policy analysis of renewable energy markets and developing markets, and identifying opportunities and infrastructure for bulk renewable electricity supply. Trained as an interdisciplinary analyst in energy and environment, he has accumulated a diverse experience base over 20 years in the electricity industry, including working with a broad range of stakeholders and a diverse array of functions.

Patrick Graham, P.E.: Patrick is the Director of Renewable Energy Services for James W. Sewall Company and is Project Director for the Permitting Team for the DeepCwind Consor-tium. For the past four years, he has managed civil engineer-ing design and permitting support for commercial-scale wind projects in Maine and Vermont, as well as numerous spatial data development and GIS analysis projects for proposed wind farm sites in New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Patrick has over thirteen years of consulting engineering experience and holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jason Greenspan: Jason brings a diverse range of skills to the Sales, Business Development, and Customer Relations processes that are critical to the U.S. growth of Vergnet Ameri-

cas. For over 15 years, he has led sales teams and initiatives in the hybrid electronics and electronic component industries. Jason’s business philosophy is to partner with his customers to support their needs throughout the project lifecycle. To do so, he brings his strong personal values of honesty, integrity, and mutual respect to each relationship.

John Henshaw: John is the Executive Director of the Maine Port Authority and the Director of Ports and Marine Transpor-tation at the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT). He is responsible for the development and maintenance of Maine’s port infrastructure, and marketing Maine’s ports to shippers, carriers, and the cruise shipping industry, to the economic benefit of the state. With the U.S. Coast Guard, he co-chairs the Maine and New Hampshire Port Safety Forum, and oversees the Maine Pilotage Commission and the Cruise-Maine Coalition, Maine’s cruise ship marketing program. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the North Atlantic Ports Association. In 2009, he was named Maritime Person of the Year by the Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Portland, Maine. Prior to taking on his current responsibili-ties, John worked at Fairchild Semiconductor, where he led the eBusiness organization. John holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dr. Rebecca Holberton: Dr. Holberton is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Maine. She received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York, Albany. Her research interests include the endocrine basis of bird ecology and behavior, reproductive biology, and bird migration and conservation.

Dr. Gary Hunt: Dr. Hunt is a professor in the School of Economics at the University of Maine where he teaches econometrics, international economics, economic growth, and energy economics. He also holds cooperating appointments in the University’s School of Policy and International Affairs and AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. His research has addressed domestic and international migration, regional economic growth and development, capital-energy complementarity in the macroeconomy, and renewable energy economics. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Hunt worked in government and in small and large private consulting firms. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Sue Jones: Sue is the Coordinator for the Maine Wind Working Group, one of 32 state-based groups that work to grow wind in the U.S. An energy and environmental attorney

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with regulatory strategies, document preparation and resource analyses in support of Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-sion (FERC) licensing and associated Environmental Assess-ments for hydropower developments. He is experienced in agency consultation and facilitation as well as with National Environmental Policy Act process, state and federal permitting requirements and Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act. Andrew holds a B.S. in Bioresource Engineering Technol-ogy from the University of Maine.

Kevin Schulte: Kevin is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Sustainable Energy Developments, Inc. (SED), located in Ontario, New York, where he manages business development, as well as provides executive oversight and consulting services for the design of wind energy systems. At SED, Kevin concentrates chiefly on designing economically viable decentralized wind turbine installations through regula-tory analyses and advancement, innovative financial modeling, public education and wind turbine selection. Under Kevin’s leadership, SED has reached its 2010 goal of 6.6 mw of wind energy production for its clients in the Northeastern U.S. In addition to guiding SED, Kevin recently helped found the newly formed Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) that will serve the distributed wind industry as a lobbying group and educational resource. He serves as the Vice President of DWEA’s board of directors. Kevin has served as Vice-Chair-men of the Distributed Wind Committee for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) since 2005, and is a current mem-ber of AWEA’s Community Wind Energy Steering Committee.

Dr. Robert Steneck: Dr. Steneck is a professor in the Uni-versity of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences, which studies marine communities living on or near the sea floor in Maine. He leads the benthic invertebrate research for the DeepCwind Consortium’s environmental monitoring task. Since the mid 1970s, he has worked with Maine’s fishing community study-ing lobsters, sea urchins and groundfishes. Bob has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He received awards from the International Lobster Congress and Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his research on “ancient and contemporary processes that influence marine communities.” Dr. Steneck’s Ph.D. is from The Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Jason Stockwell: Dr. Stockwell is a Research Scientist in Pelagic Ecology at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and is lead investigator on pelagic fish assessment for the DeepC-wind Consortium’s environmental and ecological monitoring. Dr. Stockwell serves on the New England Fisheries Manage-ment Council’s Herring Plan Development Team, is a Fellow of the National Conservation Leadership Institute, and conducts collaborative research with Maine’s fishing industries. He has

held research positions at universities, state and federal agen-cies, and NGOs, and has conducted research on fish survey designs, fish behavior, and their interactions. Dr. Stockwell holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Toronto.

Beth Sturtevant: Beth has over 27 years experience in all areas of the construction Industry. As President of CCB, Inc., she oversees all operations of a Construction Services Com-pany with $30 million in annual revenue. Since CCB’s partici-pation in The Big Rock Wind Farm Project at Mars Hill in 2006, CCB has participated in, or completed, 6 other wind projects. Beth has steered CCB’s growth in the Green Construction Services Industry with a focus on community wind. Beth is Second Vice President of the Associated General Contractors of Maine and is a member of the Deans Advisory Council for the University of Maine College of Engineering.

Dr. Mario Teisl: Dr. Teisl serves in several capacities at the University of Maine, including Director of the School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA,) and as a professor for the School of Economics. He has authored or co-authored over 50 journal articles and monographs, and has received numerous awards for his teaching and research in the areas of behavior economics, environmental and social marketing, environmental economics, and food safety. He recently was a Principal Investigator on a Sustainability Solutions Initiative Project which modeled stakeholder acceptance of various renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives, including offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. Mario received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, and his M.S. in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine.

Jeff Thaler: Jeff is a senior member of Bernstein Shur’s Energy, Environmental, and Litigation Practice Groups, has a wide-ranging practice that includes environmental and energy permitting, compliance, enforcement and litigation. He is legal counsel for onshore and offshore wind projects, including the only deepwater floating wind project in the United States. Jeff has been recognized for many years by Best Lawyers in America for his work in environmental and natural resources law, commercial litigation and appellate law; by Chambers USA for both his environmental and litigation practices; and was selected by the leading American environmental lawyers to be 2010 President of the American College of Environmen-tal Lawyers, a prestigious organization for which he was also a founder and charter member.

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He has served in numerous leadership positions and commit-tees including as Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, Appropriations and Financial Affairs, the Joint Select Commit-tee on Joint Rules Appropriations, and others. He was the lead sponsor of the “Act to Promote Municipal Wind Develop-ment” which passed in 2009.

Paul McGlinn: Paul has over 20 years experience in energy project finance transactions with companies such as GE Capital, Heller Financial and El Paso Corporation. For the last year and one-half, he has served as financial consultant to Community Generation Partners, LLC for its Maine-based wind projects.

Andrew Meyer: Andy is Efficiency Maine’s Manager of Residential Programs. He came to Efficiency Maine from Safe Handling where he was the Vice President of Sustainable development. Safe Handling was a leader in the Governor’s Carbon Challenge, having developed a way to transport bulk chemicals with 90% fewer emissions. Before that, he spent 14 years at IDEXX Laboratories as a Director of Marketing with global responsibility for their environmental diagnostics products. His first job was with IBM Corporation working as a Marketing Representative. Andy received his Bachelors in Chemistry at Bowdoin College in 1985. He, his wife and two children live in Falmouth. Their house has a blower door test of 1,300 cfm50 and is heated with 100% local biodiesel and powered by 100% hydroelectricity generated in Lisbon Falls. He carpools in a 2006 Toyota Prius.

Michael Murphy: Michael is Vice President of Renewable En-ergy Services for the HDR, and has over 30 years of consulting experience in the permitting and development of renewable energy projects. In his current capacity as the Offshore Energy Practice Lead at HDR, he is responsible for the management and oversight of HDR’s efforts in supporting the development and commercialization of new offshore and near-shore renew-able energy generation and transmission projects including off-shore wind, tidal, wave, and subsea transmission. This support includes regulatory, environmental and engineering disciplines.

Matthew Nixon: Matthew is a Senior Planner with the Maine Coastal Program, State Planning Office. Matthew served as staff for the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task Force and is involved in implementing several of the interim and final recom-mendations. In addition to his spatial analyst responsibilities, Matt also works as staff to the Gulf of Maine Council; manages the state’s Clean Marinas, Right of Way Discovery, Shore and Harbor Planning Grant Programs; and participates in numer-ous regional planning initiatives corresponding to the new National Ocean Policy. He holds a Master of Marine Affairs in Marine Policy and Law from the University of Rhode Island.

Dr. Caroline Noblet: Dr. Noblet is a lecturer and Research Associate from the School of Economics and the Margaret Chase Public Policy Center at the University of Maine. Caro-line received her M.S. in Resource Economics from the Univer-sity of Maine. She is involved in a variety of research initiatives but enjoys focusing on environmental education, environmen-tal psychology/marketing and community development. Her current research includes work with the Maine Department of Transportation, and the Maine Arts Commission with respect to defining and analyzing Maine’s creative economy. She recently was a key researcher on a Sustainability Solutions Ini-tiative Project that modeled stakeholder acceptance of various renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives, including offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. She is also involved in an ongoing project funded by the U.S. EPA Star Grants Program focusing on the effect of environmental marketing in the Maine.

Jackson Parker: Jack is the President of Reed and Reed, Inc., a major wind construction company located in Woolwich. Reed and Reed has grown many times over by expanding into new markets, acquiring two competitor companies, forming joint ventures for several major projects, establishing a new business unit in the Caribbean and becoming the premier wind power services contractor in New England. It has worked on numerous wind projects in Maine and is an advocate for grow-ing the wind industry in Maine.

Suzanne Pude: Suzanne joined the Island Institute in June 2009 as Community Wind Director. She provides support to islands considering wind power through community outreach, data analysis and research. Suzanne also helps to direct the Institute’s wind power policy work.

Suzanne’s experience with island community wind power began in February 2008 when she worked with the Monhegan Plantation Power District (MPPD) to produce a preliminary fea-sibility study for a wind-diesel hybrid system. Her understand-ing of Maine islands has also been shaped by her time spent interning for the Monhegan Island Sustainable Community As-sociation (MISCA) during the summer of 2008. Suzanne has a passion for projects that connect community and economic development to environmental sustainability.

Jennifer Puser: As Deputy Director, Jennifer covers wind energy and other renewable energy and efficiency topics for the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security. In that capacity for 5 years, she has worked on numerous initia-tives involving wind and renewable energy in Maine.

Andrew Qua: Andrew is the Regulatory Team Leader at Klein-schmidt Associates and serves as a Senior Licensing Coordi-nator. In his project management role, Andrew assists clients

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Dylan Voorhees: Dylan directs the Clean Energy Project at the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organization. Since 2006, Dylan has led NRCM’s involvement in a variety of energy and climate issues, including adoption of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, wind power and renewables policy and permit-ting, and energy efficiency funding and standards—including the establishment of Maine’s statewide energy building code in 2008 and the restructuring of energy efficiency programs in 2009. Prior to joining NRCM, he worked on wind power issues for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs in Mas-sachusetts, and on sustainable land use development for the Vermont Forum on Sprawl. Dylan holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard Univer-sity’s Kennedy School of Government, where he concentrated in environmental and energy policy.

Jake Ward: Jake is the Assistant Vice President of the University of Maine, Research, Economic Development and Government Relations. His office acts as the liaison between business and industry, supporting economic development with the assistance of University of Maine resources. Jake actively supports economic development projects at the University of Maine and in partnership with many state and non-profit programs. He sits on the boards of the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the Applied Technology Development Center, the Composites Technology Development Center, the Bangor Area Target De-velopment Corporation, the Maine Development Foundation, Maine Rural Partners, and the Maine Composites Alliance. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Ocean Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Karen West: Karen is the Principal of C & P Management Ser-vices, LLC, where she has thirty years of business experience, including government and civilian contracting, subcontracting and supply management. She has hands-on, in-depth experi-ence from small purchases to complex multi-million dollar environmental, electronic, aerospace and R & D proposal preparation, contract negotiation and administration. Since 1999, Karen has been a consultant to the Maine Technol-ogy Institute assisting small businesses in writing competitive SBIR/STTR proposals.

Paul Williamson: Paul currently serves as the Director and Principle Coordinator of the Maine Wind Industry Initiative (MWII). MWII is a collaborative effort between leading wind industry partners, industry associations, the Maine Port Au-thority, and the University of Maine to promote the growth and organization of the wind industry supply chain in Maine. He has been working as a workforce and economic development specialist in Maine since 2006. Much of that work began with the boat building and advanced materials industries, and then broadened to include a variety of manufacturing and fabricat-

ing industries. Paul now focuses his efforts in identifying op-portunities related to wind and ocean energy.

Samuel Zaitlin: Sam has enjoyed a career in business and public policy that goes back more than 35 years. He served as mayor of Saco in the mid-1970s and was later named to a seat on Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP). He served as chairman of the BEP in the mid-1980s before joining the board of the Maine State Chamber where he rose to the position of Chairman in 1995. In 1999, he was appointed to a seat on the Maine Turnpike Authority and served in that ca-pacity for more than seven years. His tenure with the Author-ity includes serving as Chair during its successful Widening Project. Prior to his involvement with Thermal Energy Storage of Maine, he was a public policy consultant in the waste and recycling field. From 1970 to 1997, he was president of I. Zaitlin and Sons, Inc., a third-generation family business with operations in Maine and Massachusetts. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Donald Zillman: Dr. Zillman has been President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle since September 2006. He previously served as Dean of the University of Maine Law School, Interim Provost at the University of Maine, and Interim President at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. President Zillman’s academic work at Arizona State University, the University of Utah, and in the University of Maine System has furthered his studies of many aspects of energy law and policy and resulted in publication of half a dozen books and many articles and public presentations on the topic. During his presidency, the University of Maine at Presque Isle planned for and installed a 600 kw wind turbine on campus.

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