This program is offered as part of the ABA Annual Meeting (registration for individual programs is available) will take place at Thursday July 30, 20092:00 - 3:30 pm at Columbus Hall AB, Gold Level, East Tower Hyatt Regency Chicago, IL.The program description is:This session will focus on a group of practitioners who are dedicated to the development of the nation's alternative energy resources to meet America's domestic energy demands in an environmentally responsible manner while reducing the nation's dependence on imported energy sources and stimulating state and national economic development - all in a challenging and ever-shifting regulatory environment. The Panel will share their thoughts on trends/ developments in specific environmental regulatory programs that intersect with alternative energy projects, specifically recent trends in regulation for nuclear, wind, and solar permitting and site assessment. Further, there will be a discussion regarding tax incentive programs specifically geared towards alternative energy projects. Finally, the panel will round out with "real life" experience of the Illinois Power Agency ("IPA") and some of the issues that the IPA faces in meeting the mandatory "cost effective" renewable energy component of centralized energy purchases.
