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The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE), with support from the Florida Municipal Electric Association (FMEA) and the Alliance for Renewable Energy (ARE) are pleased to invite you to join us for a discussion on:

Effective Renewable Energy Policies: Stimulating the Economy, Creating Jobs, and Expanding Long-Term Investments in Green Energy

Featuring discussions on Feed-in-Tariffs, Net Metering, Rebates, and Gainesville, Fla., the first municipality in the United States to introduce a Feed-in-Tariff policy.

Workshop Overview:
The focus of the conference is the deployment of renewable energy in Florida. Participants from various stakeholder organizations will discuss policies to expand investment in renewable energy to stimulate the economy and create jobs in Florida. Recognizing Governor Crist’s vision of 20 percent renewables by 2020, this event will provide first-hand experiences from Florida, other states and European countries on what policies are most effective in achieving renewable targets.

Conference Agenda:
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Panels will include:

• Lessons from Europe and other U.S. States – Deployment of successful renewable policies.
  
• Costs vs. Benefits – The opportunity if policies are right, and the costs if they are wrong.
  
• Energy policies that will drive the market and bring jobs to Florida.
  
• Florida-based implementation.
  
• Legislative roundtable.

Registration fee:
There is no fee to attend this workshop, but participants must register.
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Who should attend?
State legislators, environmental and energy advocates, renewable energy industry representatives, utilities, local government officials interested in green job economic development, nonprofits and foundations involved in promoting renewable energy.

You will learn about:

• Green jobs and long-term investments.
  
• Renewable Energy Payments, also known as Feed-in-Tariffs.
  
• Policies that have created the clean-tech markets.
  
• Update on the Renewable Portfolio Standard rules proposed by the Florida PSC.
  
• Legislative initiatives in Florida.
  
• The Gainesville Solar Feed-in-Tariff.
  

Speakers will include leading environmental organizations, Florida State legislators, investors, renewable energy industry organizations and leading energy and utility companies.

Featuring:

• Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan
• Florida State Representative Keith Fitzgerald
• Paul Gipe, Alliance for Renewable Energy
• Toby Couture, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Dr. Murray Cameron, Phoenix Solar
• Jerry Karnas, Environmental Defense Fund
• Barry Moline, Florida Municipal Electric Association
• Ed Regan, Gainesville Regional Utilities
• Christy Herig, Solar Electric Power Association
• Jerome Guillet, Head of Energy, Dexia

Additional Support Provided by: World Future Council, Phoenix Solar, BP Solar, ACORE.

Questions
Mike Antheil: mikea@farenergy.org
(561) 703.4345

Hotel & Workshop Location
DoubleTree Hotel
101 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 224-5000
doubletree1.hilton.com

FMEA, P.O. Box 10014, Tallahassee, FL 32302-2114
Tel: (850) 224-3314 Fax: (850) 224-2831
E-mail: fmea@publicpower.com • www.publicpower.com

For more than 60 years, the Florida Municipal Electric Association has supported and strengthened Florida's community-owned municipal utilities, their 6,000 employees, and the 3 million Floridians they serve. FMEA's Utility Training Institute offers statewide training and certification programs for Florida's municipal electric utilities, electric cooperatives and investor-owned utilities.