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AWEA Wind Power
Project Siting Workshop

Milwaukee, WI
February 28 - March 2, 2007

Program Agenda

Program Chairperson
Jesper Michaelsen, Project Developer, Renewables,
PPM Energy

10:00 am
Registration Opens
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Pre-Conference Seminar:
Introduction to Wind Energy
(1:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
*There is an additional fee to attend this Seminar

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Overview of the Wind Industry & Transmission Issues
Jeff Anthony, American Wind Energy Association

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Technology Overview
Wes Slaymaker, Director of Wind Development, EcoEnergy LLCs
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2:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
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3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Project Economics Overview
Jordan Hemaidan, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Wind Resource Analysis
Jason Krieselman, Project Manager, AWS Truewind

7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast
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8:30 am – 8:45 am
Welcome
Laurie Jodziewicz, American Wind Energy Association

8:45 am – 9:00 am
Overview of Siting Issues
Jesper Michaelsen, Project Developer, PPM Energy

9:00 am – 10:30 am
Permitting & Procedural Issues

Permitting Regimes in the Region
Richard O’Conor, Manager Alternative Energy, We Energies

• Permitting Perspective on Wisconsin siting process
• Lessons learned and recommendations based on the Blue Sky project experience

Local Permitting Strategies
Michael Donahue, Executive Vice President,
Midwest Wind Energy, LLC

• How to successfully navigate through permitting regimes

Securing Transmission Access
Franc Fennessy, Manager of Local Relations, American Transmission Company

• Key to success in transmission line siting
• Lessons for siting new generation

Minnesota Siting Process
Tim Seck, Business Developer, PPM Energy

• Case study of Minnesota process

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10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
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11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Wildlife Issues

Overview of Wildlife Impacts – What We Know
Lynn Sharp, TetraTech EC, Inc.

• Collisions
• Habitat impacts
• Bats

Pre/Post Construction Monitoring Tools
Christine Sutter, Pandion Systems, Inc.

• Site survey tools: radar, acoustic,
  phase 1/phase 2/post-con studies
• What they provide
• Pro's & con's of each

Ongoing Research (Bats)
Ed Arnett, Conservation Scientist, Bat Conservation International

• New and old information about the
  Bats & Wind Energy Cooperative research

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12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch
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TOP

1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Community Relations

Visual Impacts
Jason Kreiselman, Project Manager, AWS Truewind

• Shadow/flicker mapping
• Visual simulations, studies

Effectively Working with Local Advocates
Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin

• What advocacy groups need

Case Study: Twin Groves
Robert Crowell, Horizon Wind Energy

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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
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3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Technical Issues/Micrositing

Radar/FAA Concerns
Bruce Beard, National Operations Manager, Federal Aviation Administration

Sound
Mark Bastasch, CH2M Hill

• Potential sound impacts
• Sound studies
• Infrasound/low-frequency sound or “Wind Turbine Syndrome”

Turbine Micrositing Considerations
Mandy Chan, Alliant Energy WindConnect

• Wind resource assessment
• Topography
• Environmental considerations
• Field micrositing (constructability, utilities, roadways, landowners, etc.)
• Geotechnical investigations

Immediately after sessions (for 1 hour)
Networking Reception

TOP

8:45 am – 9:00 am
AWEA Legislative & Grassroots Program
Bree Raum, American Wind Energy Association

• What AWEA is doing in Washington, DC

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9:00 am – 9:30 am
Break
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9:30 am – 11:15 am
Handling Potential Opposition - Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jesper Michaelsen, Project Developer, PPM Energy

Panelists:
Robert Crowell, Horizon Wind Energy
Joel Link, Director, Business Development, Invenergy LLC
Mick Sagrillo, Sagrillo Power & Light
Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin

Topics to be discussed:

• Strategies to Garner Public Support
• Combating Misinformation

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Program subject to change without notice.

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