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Baker & Daniels and B&D; Consulting invite you to join us for the ninth webinar in our 2009 series focusing on clean energy and climate change and developed by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the American Bar Association.

Federal legislation and DOE grants are promoting the “smart grid” but have not given extensive policy guidance. Meanwhile, state public utility commissions are experimenting with a variety of approaches to “decoupling” utility returns from megawatts sold. Smart grid technology can provide all the players with more information and more energy management capability, but unless utility incentives are aligned with the effort, distributed generation, energy efficiency and demand response will not develop as hoped. This program explores the interface between these two so far independent trends.

Baker & Daniels and B&D; Consulting will provide brief federal and state updates prior to the webinar (updates start promptly at 11:40 a.m., and the webinar begins at noon). A light lunch is provided and networking and discussion follow the webinar.

This event is presented free of charge, however, you must register in advance to receive the login instructions for attending remotely. Login instructions will be e-mailed to you prior to the webinar. Registration for onsite attendance is encouraged to allow us to plan for lunch.