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AGENDA

FIRST MEETING OF THE

ARIZONA WIND WORKING GROUP

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER
Board Room
600 E. Washington St.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Over the past two decades the cost of generating electricity using wind turbines has dropped dramatically.  As a consequence, wind energy is the fastest growing energy source in the world. Present day wind turbines are quieter, less expensive (per kW), more reliable, and better understood than they were just 10 years ago.  Harnessing wind energy in Arizona offers the potential for economic growth while also generating electricity from a clean energy source. With this motivation, the purpose of the meeting today is to address the following fundamental questions:
  1. Does Arizona have a wind resource worth developing?
  2. If a viable wind resource does exist, can it be developed economically and sustainably?  What are the costs and what are the benefits?  What are the barriers and what are the opportunities?
  3. In order to answer these questions and resolve the issues raised at this meeting, how do we proceed?  

To address these questions, the agenda to follow has been broken into the following categories:
  1. Overview of Wind Energy
  2. Status of Wind Energy in Arizona
  3. Arizona Stakeholders: Activities and Perspectives
  4. Future of Wind Energy in Arizona

AGENDA


8:30 – 9:00 Arrival/Check-in

Introductions/Kick-off

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome, Introductions, Objectives Tom Acker, NAU

Overview of Wind Energy
9:15 – 10:00 Wind Energy Update Larry Flowers, NREL

10:00 – 10:15 Wind Powering America Program Curtis Framel, DOE

10:15 – 10:30 Break

Status of Wind Energy in Arizona

Does Arizona Have a Wind Resource Worth Developing?

10:30 – 11:45 Wind Resource: available wind data Tom Acker, NAU

Karen Conover, GEC

10:45 – 10:55 New Arizona Wind Map Larry Flowers, NREL

10:55 – 11:25 Policy Environment Bud Annan, Consultant

11:25 – 11:35
Land Use / Land Access
Tom Hansen, TEP

11:35 – 11:50 
 Environmental Situation

11:50 – 12:00 
 Native American Energy Use / Issues
Paul Denetclaw, NTUA

12:00 – 1:00  LUNCH – served at Science Center (no formal discussion during lunch)

Arizona Stakeholders: Activities and Perspectives
1:00 – 2:00 Utility Perspectives

Utilities describe current activities and interests, and discuss issues with wind energy Tom Hansen, TEP
Cassius McChesney, APS
Rick Schumm, SRP
Paul Denetclaw, NTUA



2:00 – 3:00 Other Stakeholders

  • 1 Small Wind Turbine Industry Perspective
Jorge Ayarza, SW WindPower


David Sears, Aeromax
Alex Kollitz, Nexwind Energy

  • 2 Legislative Caucus
 Craig Cox, B.L. & Assoc.

  • 3 Arizona Corporation Commission
 Ray Williamson

  • 4 State Energy Office
 Maxine Robertson

  • 5 Sandia National Laboratory
 Roger Hill

  • 6 University Programs
 Earl Duque, NAU


Mike Pasquelleti, ASU
Dennis Larson, UoA

  • 7 Native American Issues
 Bob McNichols, BIA

  • 8 Others

3:00 – 3:15 Break

Future of Wind Energy in Arizona
3:15 – 4:30
 Implementation Barriers and Opportunities

  • 1 Issues Summary
 L. Flowers / T. Acker

  • 2 Possible Actions

  • 3 Arizona Wind Working Group

  • 4 AZ WWG – Strategic Plan


  • 5 Action Items


  • 6 Next Meeting(s)


4:30 Adjourn