Clean Energy Legislative Reception - Thursday, January 27 - Annapolis - is ON as scheduled

Thu, 11/11/2010 - 7:07pm — jcalhoun

walk-up registrations will be accepted. or you can register now.

Click here to register.

The snow is NOT affecting the Reception schedule unless Governor O'Malley declares a State of Emergency.

Please be sure to make as many appointments as you can with your personal lawmakers, as well as those on the Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees, which control clean energy legislation. You can find who your senators and delegates here: http://MDElect.net/ElectedOfficials.

Check back on this web page for more speaker updates.

8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Visit our sponsors (below) during the buffet breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Opening remarks by Maryland Clean Energy Center Executive Director I. Katherine Magruder

Legislators who have confirmed their intention to speak include:

U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Senate President Mike Miller
Senate Finance Committee Chair Thomas “Mac” Middleton
Senate Majority Leader and Senate Finance Committee member Rob Garagiola
Sen. Paul Pinsky, Environmental Matters Committee
House Economic Matters Committee member Del. Brian Feldman
Del. Dana Stein, Environmental Matters Committee
Del. Jon Cardin, Ways & Means Committee
Del. Heather Mizeur, Appropriations Committee

Special featured speakers include:

Jim Harkins, Director, Maryland Environmental Service
Susan Gray, Senior Staff, Power Plant Research Program
Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration
Barbara Hoffman, Artemis Group

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Questions and answers

Make Your Tax Dollars Work For Your Organization in the 2011 General Assembly

The Session will have already begun so collaborating with like-minded professionals and their representatives in Annapolis will be integral to the success of what you and your organization need from the General Assembly before it concludes its work in mid-April.

Last year’s Legislative Reception drew more than 200 participants. This year it is expected to draw even more considering how voters spoke up at the polls November 2 and how the O’Malley Administration is prioritizing its legislative agenda after the Governor’s resounding re-election.

Please visit our sponsors

What do lawmakers need to understand about the valuable role for power purchase agreements for large renewable energy projects?
How does the composition of the Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees alter the outlook for clean energy legislation?
How will Maryland’s budget deficit hamper the legislators’ options?
How can clean energy play an even more effective role in generating permanent, good-paying jobs and further reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
What can Maryland do to assemble a hub of manufacturing activity for the burgeoning offshore wind opportunities?
Can the energy net metering law be modified to achieve its original legislative intent?

These and other questions will be front-and-center on January 27. So sign up now while space is available in the meeting and reception space at the historic Calvert Governor House right on State Circle just a few steps from the legislators offices.

Grab your VISA or MasterCard and click here to register. Cost is only $35 if those registering by Noon, Tuesday, January 25. After that registration increases to $50.

Check back on this page for updates on Reception speakers.

Legislators and staff, please call Deborah Parrish at 301-738-6282 to register.

Registrants are welcome to contact the Maryland Clean Energy Center by Noon, Tuesday, January 25 about speakers they want to hear from and topics they want addressed.