2015
Aspen Accord
Study and Discussion Tour
May 24–29
Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
Aspen Accord is a program of The Energy Coalition
Schedule of Events
Sunday, May 24 - Tokyo
5:00 pm
Welcome & Opening Reception
Welcome and Introductions
Warren Mitchell, Chairman, The Energy Coalition
Connecting people and ideas is the key to energy innovation
W
elcome to the 2015 Aspen Accord Study & Discussion Tour!
We are very excited that 2015 marks the twenty-first anniversary of the
Aspen Accord policy forum. During these years, the Aspen Accord has
brought together thought leaders, technical experts, elected officials
and key stakeholders from California and other countries to exchange ideas and
perspectives on important energy and resource management issues. Through on the
ground investigation and cutting edge policy discussions, the Aspen Accord seeks to
gain mutual understanding and forge innovative linkages among participants that
will move us toward a more sustainable energy future.
This 2015 study tour will facilitate an informative and relevant conversation
about the energy policies and actions at the local and national level in Japan that
have been taken in the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake, tsunami and the
Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. The planned site visits and discussions
will focus on alternatives to nuclear power and other centralized electricity
generation, integrated and decentralized clean energy solutions, distributed
generation and storage projects, Japan’s smart grid market which is predicted to
boom from $1 billion to $7.4 billion between 2011 and 2016, as well as innovative
and comprehensive sustainable community initiatives.
As is the case for all past Aspen Accord study tours, the expected outcome is for
participants to be exposed to ideas and experiences that can guide, inform and
improve future policies and practices in California. The lessons to be learned from
the recent Japanese experience are both significant and timely for California.
Kanpai!
Craig Perkins
President and Executive Director
The Energy Coalition
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Cover: Temple in Japan
Overview of the 2015 Aspen Accord Study and Discussion Tour
Presentation by Teruyuki Ohno
Executive Director of the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation
Before joining JREF in August 2013, Teruyuki Ohno served as the Director General
of the Bureau of Environment at Tokyo Metropolitan Government for three years,
covering a broad range of environmental issues including energy, climate change,
waste management, pollution control, natural environment and sustainable
development. His notable achievements include reducing air pollution and
particulate matter emissions through “No Dirty Diesel Vehicle Strategy in Tokyo” and
implementing Japan’s first cap and trade program in 2008.
Tokyo Tower
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Monday, May 25 - Tokyo
9:30 am
Presentation by Emir Jose Macari, PhD
Dean of Engineering at The University of New Orleans
Smart Grid and Energy Efficiency – Technologies for a Planet at Risk
Emir Macari’s presentation will provide an introduction to recent changes related
to smart grid technology, design and policy in the US. He will discuss challenges,
success stories and how the smart grid is changing our energy future.
10:15 am
Presentation by Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto
Managing Executive Officer, President of TEPCO Research Institute
Monday, May 25 - Tokyo
11:00 am
Presentation by Allan Jones, Chair
International Energy Advisory Council
Building a Low Carbon Energy Future with Decentralized,
Integrated, Community-Scale Solutions
Allan Jones will share his experiences and insight from his work in England and
Australia where he led pioneering strategies for building a low carbon future. As
Chief Development Officer for the City of Sydney, Allan led the Sustainable Sydney
2030 Plan which included innovative green infrastructure, approaches to waterenergy conservation, a decentralized energy master plan, and advanced water
treatment. In London, Allan delivered the City’s Green Infrastructure plan which
advanced a decentralized, integrated and community scale energy strategy.
TEPCO’s Smart Grid Initiatives
TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is a Japanese electric utility established in
the 1950’s servicing Japan’s Kanto region, Yamanashi Prefecture and the eastern
portion of Shizuoka Prefecture which encompasses the City of Tokyo. Dr. Okamoto
will share how TEPCO is working to realize smart grid as a platform that improves
efficiency and optimization of energy use corresponding to the liberalized market
in Japan. TEPCO will also share its experiences and responses to the March 2011
nuclear disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant following the Tohoku
earthquake and tsunami.
12:30
Lunch
Tokyo Harbor
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Monday, May 25 - Tokyo
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Tuesday, May 26 - Tokyo
3:30 pm
Presentation and Tour: Panasonic Fuijsawa SST
Smart City Demonstration Project
Fujisawa SST is a project aiming to build a sustainable smart town on the roughly
19-hectare vacant lot of Panasonic’s former factory site in Fujisawa City, about 50 km
west of Tokyo. With a 100-year vision for the lifestyles of the 1,000 households in the town,
the project will foster a community that develops sustainably through the introduction of
new services and technologies. The new town has ambitious targets including an overall
70% CO2 reduction from 1990 levels for comparable housing and virtual zero emissions
from the detached houses (600 are to be built, along with 400 apartments) through a
combination of solar panels and storage batteries. The plan is for 30%
of the town’s energy to be generated renewably.
10:30 am
Presentation by Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) on Local
Policies, Regulations, Incentives and Strategies Towards Innovative
Energy Generation and Conservation Approaches for the City of Tokyo
TMG launched a comprehensive Green Building Program that includes a series of
energy efficiency measures for newly built commercial and residential buildings.
TMG believes this reduction in energy demand prevented major power-outages
across the wider metropolitan area during the devastating earthquake and tsunami
of 2011. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government was the first city in the world to
establish a city-based cap and trade program in 2010.
12:30
Lunch
5:00 pm
Presentation and Tour: Sumitomo Electric Yokohama Works
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. began operating a megawatt-class electric power
generation/storage system on the premises of its Yokohama Works in 2012. The system
consists of the world’s largest redox flow battery and Japan’s largest concentrated
photovoltaic (CPV) units. Connected to external commercial power networks, the
system can also store electricity provided by power companies during the night. This
system employs an energy management system (EMS) which monitors the amount of
CPV-generated electric power, battery storage and power consumption.
Panasonic Fuijsawa SST Smart City Demonstration Project
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Tuesday, May 26 - Tokyo (continued)
Wednesday, May 27 - Tokyo/Osaka
2:30 pm
1:00 pm
Presentation and Tour of Kashiwa-No-Ha Smart City and Museum
Train Transportation to Osaka
Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City is a partnership among the public, private and academic
sectors. Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City aims to create an Environmental-Symbiotic
City for the future. By taking advantage of abundant natural surroundings and
leveraging world-class knowledge and technology, Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City
tackles environmental and energy issues and ensures that lifelines are in place
during disasters. The museum showcases future smart city lifestyles.
Thursday, May 28 - Osaka
10:00 am
Presentation by Osaka City Government Economic Strategy Bureau
Adapting their own Livability Index to incorporate smart density (over sprawling
cities), the Economist Intelligence Unit recently ranked Osaka third in the world in
their Spatially Adjusted Livability Index. Aside from transit and livability, Osaka has
been testing smart home technology since 2011. In collaboration with Osaka Gas,
the Smart Home project implemented a combination of clean energy solutions and
a home energy management system (HEMS), resulting in an 88% reduction in power
consumption over comparable homes in Osaka. Next steps include integration of EVs
and a conversion to 100% solar for home heating.
Kashiwa-No-Ha Smart City
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Osaka Bullet Train
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Thursday, May 28 - Osaka
Friday, May 29 - Osaka
12:30
9:30 am
Lunch
2:00 pm
Presentation and Group Discussion: Lessons Learned,
Implications for California and Action Steps
12:30
Presentation and Tour: Sakashima District
Smart Community Demonstration Project
The City of Osaka is promoting the Sakashima District Smart Community
Demonstration Project as part of its energy policy within the Kansai Innovation
International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone. One of the aims is to stimulate
the area by involving new players in this energy project. One goal is to develop
technologies to enable the supply of distributed energy, including renewable
energy, to all equipment needing energy in the Sakishima District, which is located
in Osaka City’s coastal region. Another is to develop a regional exchange-based
energy system that has EMS for optimally controlling energy supply and demand
at the city-block level built into the energy network. The final goal is to dramatically
reduce primary energy usage and CO2 emissions while achieving local production
for local consumption, an affordable and stable energy demand and supply, and the
vitalization of local communities. The site visit will also include a presentation from
Professor Masaki Nakao from Osaka City University.
Lunch
2:00 pm
Presentation and Tour of NEXT 21 Demonstration
Residential Project - Open Building Project by Osaka Gas
Osaka Gas launched a new five-year habitation experiment (the fourth phase of the
experiment) in June 2013 at its experimental residential complex NEXT 21 (Tennojiku, Osaka City; 18 housing units with a total floor area of 4,577 m2, six stories above
the ground and one story underground). The presentation will include a summary
video of the project followed by a walking tour to include the following:
• Green roof, solar panels, solar heat collection panel;
• Fuel cells and related storage, hot water storage;
• Next-generation, high-efficiency SOFC prototype; and
• A demonstration of the home energy management system (HEMS).
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks
NEXT 21 Demonstration Residential Project
Osaka City Central Hall
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Presenters and Participants
Presenters and Participants
Teruyuki Ohno
Masaki Nakao
Allan Jones
Richard Bloom
Before joining JREF
Teruyuki Ohno
served as the Director
General of the Bureau
of Environment at
Tokyo Metropolitan
Government for three
years, covering a broad
range of environmental issues including
energy, climate change, waste management,
pollution control, natural environment,
and sustainable development. His notable
achievements include reducing air pollution
and PM emissions through “No Dirty Diesel
Vehicle Strategy in Tokyo”, and implementing
Japan’s first Cap-and-Trade Program in Tokyo
in 2008. He was awarded Haagen-Smit Clean
Air Awards by California Air Resources Board
in 2014. His latest publication is “Energy
Strategies of Municipality Governments”
(Iwanami, 2013, Japanese). He also serves as
part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo.
After extensive
research and business
accomplishment in
NTT, NTT Facilities
and Sokon Consulting
Corporation, Dr.
Masaki Nakao joined
Osaka City University
faculty in 2004 as sProfessor in the
graduate school of Engineering. He has
served as an active member of the national
committee by Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry and of Osaka city and local
government in the field of urban efficient
energy utilization in Japan.
Allan Jones is Chair
of the International
Energy Advisory
Council (IEAC) and
owner of Allan
Jones Energy and
Climate Change, an
energy and climate
change consultancy working both in the
UK and overseas. Allan is also a Member
of the Seoul International Energy Advisory
Council advising the Seoul Metropolitan
Government on its energy and climate
change policies and strategies. Allan was
Chief Development Officer, Energy and
Climate Change at the City of Sydney (20092014) and a Board member of Australia’s
National Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility (2010-2013). Prior to
his Sydney appointment Allan was Chief
Executive Officer of the London Climate
Change Agency (2004-2008) and prior to
that Woking Borough Council’s Director
of Thameswey Ltd in the UK. Allan’s role
at the City was to deliver the City’s Green
Infrastructure Plan, including trigeneration,
renewable energy, advanced waste
treatment and decentralised water master
plans and major building energy efficiency
retrofits, LED street lighting and solar PV
projects on the City’s own buildings and
operations. During his appointment the
City reduced Council’s overall greenhouse
gas emissions by 20% over 4 years as well as
setting in place the green infrastructure to
supply 100% of the City’s local government
area electricity, heating and cooling
demands from renewable energy resources
and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
70%, both by 2030.
Richard Bloom
was elected to the
California State
Assembly (50th
district) in November
2012. The 50th
Assembly district
is comprised of
Agoura Hills, Malibu, Topanga, Pacific
Palisades, Bel Air, Brentwood, Santa Monica,
Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and much
of West Los Angeles, Hancock Park and
Hollywood. He focuses on a broad range of
priorities including protecting California’s
environment. Prior to the Assembly, Richard
was elected to the Santa Monica City
Council in 1999. Over a span of 13 years he
served as Santa Monica’s Mayor three times
and Mayor Pro Tempore twice.
Executive Director
Japan Renewable Energy Foundation
Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto
Managing Executive Officer,
President of TEPCO Research Institute
Tokyo Electric Power Company
Dr. Hiroshi Okamoto
was recently appointed
the Managing Executive
Officer and President
of Tokyo Electric Power
Company (TEPCO)’s
Research Institute. In
April of 2015, TEPCO
announced the establishment of several new
divisions, including the Research Institute. As
manager of this new division, Mr. Okamoto’s
efforts are primarily focused on technological
development, intellectual property
management, and construction/architecture
technology related functions. Prior to this
position, he was Head of Engineering for the
R&D Department and Interregional Power
Exchange Promotion Office as well as General
Manager for the Power System Engineering
Center. He has also been an author of several
papers on the topics of energy efficiency and
smart grids.
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Professor
Osaka City University
Emir Jose Macari, PhD
Dean of Engineering
University of New Orleans
Emir Jose Macari is the
Dean of the College
of Engineering at
the University of
New Orleans. Prior
to this he was the
Dean and Professor
of Engineering
and Computer Science and Director of
the California Smart Grid Center at the
California State University, Sacramento.
Dr. Macari was Program Director of
the Centers of Research Excellence in
Science and Technology at the National
Science Foundation and was Chairman
and Distinguished Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at LSU. In
addition, he has been on the faculty at
Georgia Tech and University of Puerto Rico.
He has authored and co-authored more
than 100 technical papers.
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Chair
International Energy Advisory Council
California State
Assemblymember - District 50
Todd Campbell
Board Member
The Energy Coalition
Todd Campbell is a
Board Member of The
Energy Coalition (TEC)
and is also the Vice
President of Public
Policy and Regulatory
Affairs for Clean
Energy Fuels, North
America’s leader in clean transportation
technology. Prior to his position at Clean
Energy Fuels, he served as the Policy and
Science Director for the Coalition for Clean
Air, a non-profit dedicated to restoring
clean air for California. In addition to
Todd’s environmental and transportation
expertise, he was elected to the Burbank
City Council in 2003 and finished his first
term of office as Mayor. He also currently
serves on the Board of Directors for the
Coalition for Clean Air and the Green
Advisory Board for the California League of
Conservation Voters.
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Presenters and Participants
Wade Crowfoot
Deputy Cabinet Secretary and
Senior Advisor, Office of the Governor
State of California
Wade Crowfoot is
Deputy Director of the
Governor’s Office of
Planning and Research
(OPR). He is part of
the Governor’s energy
and environment
team working to
advance distributed generation, California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
processing/analysis, land use, and local
government issues. Prior to joining the
Governor’s administration, Wade served
as West Coast Regional Director for the
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Wade
formerly worked for San Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom as his environmental advisor
and Director of Governmental Affairs. His
career also includes experience in the
fields of public opinion research and urban
economic development.
Felipe Fuentes
Councilmember
City of Los Angeles
Felipe Fuentes is a
Council Member
of the 7th district.
He currently serves
as Chair of the City
Council’s Energy
and Environment
Committee and Vice
Chair of the Housing Committee. Felipe
was elected to the State Assembly in
2007 to represent the 39th District, which
includes the majority of the Northeast San
Fernando Valley. During his tenure, Felipe
passed legislation that spurred economic
development, created jobs, improved the
quality of schools and increased accessibility
to affordable healthcare and housing. Prior
to being elected to the Assembly, he served
as Deputy Mayor of the San Fernando Valley
in Los Angeles and later as Chief of Staff
to then Los Angeles City Council President
Alex Padilla.
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Mark Gold
Acting Director
Institute of the Environment and
Sustainability, University of California,
Los Angeles
Mark Gold is the Acting
Director Coastal Center
Director, and Adjunct
Professor at The
University of California,
Los Angeles’ Institute
of the Environment
and Sustainability
(IoES). Mark formerly served as President
of the environmental group Heal the Bay,
an environmental group dedicated to
making Southern California coastal waters
and watersheds, including Santa Monica
Bay, safe, healthy and clean. He has been
inducted into the UCLA School of Public
Health Hall of Fame, and has received the
James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
and the Aspen Institute Catto Fellowship.
Mark has also authored or co-authored
numerous California coastal protection,
water quality and environmental education
bills. He served on the USEPA Urban
Stormwater Federal Advisory Committee
and was the vice chair of the California
Ocean Science Trust and is vice chair of the
National Estuary Program’s Santa Monica
Bay Restoration Commission.
Allison Hart, PhD
Executive Vice-President
The Energy Coalition
Allison Hart is The
Energy Coalition’s
(TEC) Executive Vice
President, focusing
on strategic planning,
business development,
management
and leadership
development. Prior to joining TEC, Allison
was the City Manager for the City of Irvine
and during her tenure served as the
President of the California City Managers
Association. Over the course of her career
Allison has served as the Director of Human
Resources for the City of Santa Ana, as an
assistant professor of public policy, and as
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the executive director of three communitybased criminal justice programs in Denver,
Colorado. She has worked extensively with
public, private and non-profit organizations
in management development and training,
human resources, strategic business
planning and energy management.
Meaghan Laverty
Program Manager
The Energy Coalition
Meaghan Laverty is a
Program Manager at
The Energy Coalition
(TEC) and has more
than fifteen years
of experience in
communications
and marketing,
management, and event planning.
Meaghan currently manages TEC’s
Communications & Marketing department,
is the Executive Assistant to Craig Perkins
and Allison Hart, and coordinates TEC’s
Aspen Accord policy forums.
Michael Nguyen
Assistant Director
The Energy Coalition
Michael (Mike) Nguyen
is the Assistant
Director of Policy and
Leadership at The
Energy Coalition (TEC)
and has over twenty
years of experience
dealing with energy,
utilities, program development and
implementation, EM&V, technology, and
business development. Mike previously
worked at Sempra Utilities where he
developed market transformation
strategies and led the California IOUs
in the development of the Program
Implementation Plan for the Statewide
Energy Efficiency Plug-load program, as
well as at Energy Star, DOE, CPUC’s Energy
Division, CEC and other various energy
efficiency organizations.
Tim O’Donnell
City Manager
City of Brea
Warren Mitchell
Chairman
The Energy Coalition
Warren Mitchell was
elected Chairman
of the Board of The
Energy Coalition (TEC)
in 2008. He is the
retired Chairman of
the Board of Southern
California Gas
Company and San Diego Gas and Electric
Company. He is also Chairman of the Board
of Clean Energy Fuels Corporation and a
Board Member of the Fullerton College
Foundation and Pegasus Solutions, Inc.
Tim O’Donnell is the
City Manager for
The City of Brea and
has been active in
municipal government
for the past 38 years,
serving four different
communities. He is an
ICMA credentialed City Manager, and for
the past 13 years has been Co-Chair of the
Cal-ICMA Preparing the Next Generation
Initiative, a program aimed at identifying
and preparing the next generation of public
managers. He has focused much of his
energy in the last 12 years on developing
the principles and practices of collaborative
leadership in public organizations. Tim has
not only trained and presented extensively
on the topic, he has a living laboratory in
the City of Brea, where civic engagement
and collaboration are becoming the new
cultural norm.
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Presenters and Participants
Craig Perkins
Edward Randolph
Craig Perkins is
President and
Executive Director
of The Energy
Coalition (TEC), a nonprofit organization
that designs
and implements
sustainable energy programs on behalf of
public agencies, utilities and other clients
throughout California. The mission of TEC
is to serve as a catalyst for individual and
community actions that lower energy
demand, reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and promote efficient stewardship of scarce
resources. Prior to joining TEC, Craig was
Director of Environmental and Public Works
Management for the City of Santa Monica
where he was responsible for the water,
wastewater, solid waste and stormwater
utilities; managed the construction
and maintenance of City buildings and
infrastructure; designed and implemented
alternative fuel vehicle and renewable
energy programs; and directed Santa
Monica’s Sustainable City Plan. He serves on
the Citizens Oversight Advisory Committee
for the City of Los Angeles stormwater
program, and is a Board Member of Heal the
Bay and the Coalition for our Water Future.
Edward (Ed) Randolph
is the Energy Division
Director of the
California Public
Utilities Commission
(CPUC). Prior to
serving in this
capacity he was the
CPUC’s Director of Governmental Affairs
and Senior Policy Advisor. Ed joined
the CPUC in 2010 from his position as
Chief Consultant to the California State
Assembly’s Committee on Utilities and
Commerce, a position he held since
2003 where he worked extensively on
expanding California’s use of renewable
power, the creation of the California
Solar Initiative, and energy efficiency
legislation. Prior to his role with the
Committee on Utilities and Commerce,
Ed served as Senior Consultant to
Assemblymember Lloyd Levine, as both
Chief of Staff and Senior Consultant to
former Assemblymember Joe Canciamilla,
and as Chief of Staff to Former
Assemblymember Lou Papan.
President & Executive Director
The Energy Coalition
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California Public Utilities Commission
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Gene Rodrigues
Demand Side Management Expert
Gene Rodrigues is
an energy efficiency
expert with more than
23 years of experience
in the energy efficiency
field. Currently a
Vice President at
ICF International,
he priorly served as Senior Director of
Demand Side Management (DSM) Strategy
for Southern California Edison, one of the
largest electric utilities in the United States.
Gene serves on the Boards of Directors of
the American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy and the China–U.S. Energy
Efficiency Alliance. He also serves in an
advisory capacity to numerous initiatives,
including as a member of the executive
leadership group for the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental
Agency (EPA)-led State Energy Efficiency
Action Network. In 2012, he received EPA’s
first Climate Leadership Award for individual
leadership.
Janea Scott
Commissioner
California Energy Commission
Janea Scott is one of
five Commissioners
on the California
Energy Commission,
the State’s primary
energy policy and
planning agency. She
was appointed by
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in February
2013 to serve as the Commission’s public
member. Janea is the lead Commissioner
on transportation and western regional
planning, and last year she led the 2014
Integrated Energy Policy Report Update.
Janea serves as the chair of the California
Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative,
a public/private organization focused
on accelerating the adoption of PEVs
to meet California’s economic, energy
and environmental goals. She is also a
member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory
Committee. Prior to joining the Energy
Commission, Janea worked at the U.S.
Department of the Interior in the Office of
the Secretary as the Deputy Counselor for
Renewable Energy and at Environmental
Defense Fund in both the New York and Los
Angeles offices as a senior attorney in the
climate and air program.
Nancy Sutley
Chief Sustainability and
Economic Development Officer
Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power
Nancy Sutley is the
Chief Sustainability
and Economic
Development Officer
of Los Angeles
Department of Water
and Power (LADWP),
the nation’s largest
municipal utility. At LADWP she focuses
on energy efficiency, water conservation,
economic development, and electrification
of the transportation network, among
other key issues. Nancy is the immediate
past Chair of the White House Council on
Environmental Quality where she served
from 2009-2014, and previously served
as Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for Energy
and Environment, Board Member of the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California and the California State Water
Resources Control Board, energy advisor to
Governor Gray Davis and Deputy Secretary
for Policy and Intergovernmental Relations
for the California Environmental Protection
Agency.
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2015 marks the twenty-first anniversary of The Energy Coalition’s Aspen Accord
policy forum which connects people and ideas to explore innovative solutions
that advance energy efficiency and clean energy actions.
Through developing white papers and hosting workshops, conferences and
study tours, the Aspen Accord identifies and highlights pioneering work in
energy leadership communities both within the U.S. and internationally while
connecting key energy stakeholders to their counterparts to tap into the
influential expertise of global leaders.
To date, ideas that originated at Aspen Accord events have resulted in notable
pilot demonstration projects and cutting-edge energy policies including:
• Development and implementation of the first Local Government-Utility
partnerships in California
• Creation of an energy education partnership between California and
Sweden
• Advocacy for local government actions that support the California Energy
Efficiency Strategic Plan
• Advocacy for innovative energy and greenhouse gas data collection and
tracking protocols by local governments
• Completion of white papers including innovative options for communityscale distributed generation and requiring carbon reduction as the metric
for evaluating energy efficiency
Recent Study & Discussion Tours
Barcelona, Pamplona and Bilbao, Spain May 2014
Sustainable Energy Study & Discussion Tour - Focus on Spain’s Energy Efficiency,
Renewables and Regulatory Policies, and Market Responses
Sydney and Adelaide, Australia May 2013
Sustainable Energy Study & Discussion Tour - Focus on Understanding the
Water-Energy Nexus and Climate Adaptation Best Practices in Australia
Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, China May 2012
Sustainable Energy Study & Discussion Tour in Collaboration with the Global Forum
on Human Settlements - Focus on Exploration of Innovative Sustainable Energy
Technologies for Buildings, Infrastructure and Transportation Systems
The Energy Coalition has been the architect of smart energy solutions for over
40 years through partnering with government agencies, private companies,
key stakeholders and entire communities to design, implement and evaluate
innovative programs and initiatives which transform energy use, generate
capital and move people to action. The Energy Coalition is experienced in
guiding customers to smart energy management. Together we can help create
an abundant and healthy world.
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