In the past, the E Source Energy Management Roundtable has drawn attendees from organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Sandia National Laboratories, Frito-Lay, JPMorgan Chase, Unilever, Verizon, AT&T, Lockheed Martin, Nordstrom, Merck, McDonald’s, Grubb & Ellis, the U.S. Air Force, Level 3 Communications, Boeing, Texas Instruments, Abbott Laboratories, Harrah’s, Baxter Healthcare, Target, Ball Aerospace, Gillette, Hewlett-Packard, Kaiser Permanente, the Federal Energy Management Program, Jones Lang LaSalle, Turner Broadcasting System, Pfizer, IBM, and Miller Brewing Co. to name just a few!

Chris Wiederspahn, Vice President, Enterprise EnergyManagement, E Source

Over the last several years there has been a frenzy of activity on the renewable energy front. Utilities are faced with goals for meeting renewable energy targets of 25 percent of generation by 2020, and it’s likely that they’ll have to meet even greater goals by 2050. In addition, a number of U.S. states are attempting to take advantage of the clean-energy provisions of the federal stimulus package and have introduced legislation to implement renewable energy projects. To succeed, the states will need to deploy a variety of strategies, including encouraging investment in customer-sited renewables. In this session, we’ll examine what it will really take to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and what this paradigm shift in the energy industry could potentially look like.

Jim Newcomb, Group Manager, Market, Policy, and Impacts Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

It’s an interesting time to be in the energy management business. Capital is tight and everyone’s looking for ways to do a lot more with much less. This session will focus on how energy managers were able to get the capital they needed to get projects approved and implemented during economic calamity. Now, more than ever, you can’t afford to reinvent the wheel. Learn how your peers are keeping their programs on track.

Ken  Black, Executive Vice President, E Source

Recently, there have been major advances in lighting technologies such as light-emitting diodes, fluorescents, and lighting controls. E Source lighting experts will discuss what’s hot today and look forward to what’s coming in the near future.

Ira Krepchin, Associate Research Director, E Source
Doug Barndt, Principal Energy Demand Engineer, Ball Corporation
Bill Gruen, Senior Manager, Simon Property Group
Paul Westbrook, Sustainable Development Manager, Texas Instruments

The last few years have seen unprecedented volatility in wholesale electricity and natural gas markets, challenging any reasonable projections. In this session, we’ll zoom out to review long-term market trends and energy business cycles. Then, we’ll zoom in for a closer view of select market forces that are emerging as the economy recovers from recession. Finally, we’ll dive deeper into the potential impacts of shale and liquefied natural gas in the new U.S. domestic fuels mix.

Bill Horton, Senior Research Associate, E Source
Chris Wiederspahn, Vice President, Enterprise Energy Management, E Source

Energy-efficiency technology changes fast. Brilliant new solutions and ineffective “black boxes” are released constantly; it can be difficult to keep track of which is which. That’s why the E Source technology team will present this rapid-fire roundup of energy-efficiency techniques and technologies. We’ll highlight the latest tools and technologies that have crossed the emerging technology threshold into genuine opportunities.

Micah Allen, Research Manager, E Source
Peter Criscione, Research Manager, E Source
Mary Horsey, Research Manager, E Source
Ira Krepchin, Associate Research Director, E Source
Essie Snell, Research Analyst, E Source
Jay Stein, Executive Vice President, Research, E Source

Energy supply management remains a low-cost, high-return-on-investment means of reducing or at least avoiding increases in energy costs. In this session, we’ll review trends and recent developments, and we’ll provide the outlook for electricity and natural gas markets and prices in both deregulated and regulated retail markets. Quantitative and qualitative information meant to inform your energy supply management and sourcing strategies will be included. We’ll share our perspectives on energy strategies and how they are informed by corporate strategies. We’ll also facilitate an exchange of perspectives among the attendees.

Bill Horton, Senior Research Associate, E Source
Chris Wiederspahn, Vice President, Enterprise Energy Management, E Source

Bring your most pressing and challenging questions to this session. Tap your peers to get input on best practices, efficient technologies, and energy management strategies.  We'll facillitate an open discussion about the day-to-day obstacles that energy managers face when trying to achieve their energy management goals and ways to overcome them.

Ken Black, Executive Vice President, E Source

Ron Gerrans, Chief Executive Officer, E Source

Will climate legislation move forward this year in Washington, or will the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continue down the path of regulating large greenhouse gas emitters under the Clean Air Act? In addition to shedding some light on these and other key policy issues affecting energy managers, we’ll highlight the World Resources Institute’s new draft standard for voluntary reporting of Scope 3 emissions. We’ll also provide a brief update on markets for voluntary carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates.

Michael Shepard, President, E Source
Neil Kolwey, Senior Associate, Industrial Program, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project

Depending on who you talk to, smart grid is myriad things—new high-tech metering, a catalyst for the rapid deployment of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), and a massive investment in infrastructure development. So, what is smart grid really and why does it matter? What does smart grid mean to your bottom line? What are the implications of PEVs for your company’s reduction of emissions and overall expenses? This session will help put it all in perspective so that you have the information you need to demystify smart grid for your senior management as well as your facility operators.

Carol Stimmel, Research Director, E Source
Micah Allen, Research Manager, E Source

Chris Wiederspahn, Vice President, Enterprise EnergyManagement, E Source