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Seeing solar success

Solar Fact Finding Mission to Germany by Utility Decision Makers, June 2008

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List of participants

Utility Participants

Alphabetical by Company

Marc S. Gerken
President/CEO
American Municipal Power-Ohio

Eran Mahrer
Renewable Energy, Planning and Regulatory Manager
Arizona Public Service

David Holmes
Manager of Applied Research & Development
Avista Utilities

Alex Tu
Sustainability Specialist
BC Hydro

Joanne Fletcher
Assistant General Manager-Customer Service
Burbank Water and Power

Fredric Fletcher
Assistant General Manager-Power Supply
Burbank Water and Power

Jim White
Senior Energy Services Engineer
Chelan County PUD

Jay Hasheider
Energy Services Supervisor
Columbia Water and Light

Brian Skeahan
General Manager
Cowlitz PUD

John Kosub
Project Manager, Generation Research and Planning
CPS Energy

Tracy Beer
Duke Energy Corp

Cara Libby
Program Manager
Electric Power Research Institute

Maude Grantham-Richards
Director
Farmington Electric Utility System

Ed Regan
Assistant General Manager
Gainesville Regional Utilities

Charles Berrie
Assistant General Manager
Grant County PUD #2

Jack Janda
Commissioner/Board Member
Mason County PUD#1/Energy Northwest

David Rubin
Director
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Roy Kuga
Vice President
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Thor Hinckley
Manager, PGE Renewable Power Program
Portland General Electric

Bruce Fulmer
Program Manager - Solar Generation
Public Service of New Hampshire

Kimberly Harris
EVP, Chief Resource Officer
Puget Sound Energy

Roger Garratt
Director Acquisitions & Emerging Technologies
Puget Sound Energy

Lori Singleton
Manager Environmental Initiatives
Salt River Project

Jeffrey Deren
Principal Utility Analyst
Snohomish PUD

Rudy Perez
Manager
Southern California Edison

Ervan Hancock
Manager, Renewable Generation
Southern Company

Steve Johnson
Executive Director
Washington Public Utility Districts Association

Erik Poulsen
Government Relations Director
Washington Public Utility Districts Association


Participants from Presenting Organizations

Christy Herig
Regional Director, Eastern US
Solar Electric Power Association

Julia Hamm
Executive Director
Solar Electric Power Association

Jim Harding
Regional Director, Western US
Solar Electric Power Association

Tom Nicholas
Regional Director, Central US
Solar Electric Power Association

Mike Taylor
Director of Research
Solar Electric Power Association

Jake Fey
Director, Extension Energy Program
Washington State University

Mike Nelson
Director, Northwest Solar Center
Washington State University

Bianca Barth
Climate/Energy Policy Officer
World Future Council

Caren Herbstritt
World Future Council

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