Announcements : JEFFREY C. GENZER TO BE THE LEGAL PANELIST ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION'S JULY 7 WEBINAR ON SMART GRID GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 11:59 AM EST
APPA will offer a Webinar Tuesday, July 7 on Smart Grid Grant Opportunities for public power utilities. The Webinar will take place from 12:00 p.m to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Department of Energy announced June 25 that it is seeking applicants for $3.9 billion in grants to support modernization of the U.S. electric grid.  The Webinar will look at the details of the funding opportunity notices for the  Smart Grid Investment Program (DE-FOA-0000058) and Smart Grid Demonstrations (DE-FOA-0000036). The investment grant program is intended to enable smart grid functions on the electric system as soon as possible, while the demonstration program is aimed at identifying and developing new and more cost-effective smart grid equipment, tools, techniques, and system configurations that can significantly improve upon todays technologies.
 
Jeffrey C. Genzer, a principle with the law firm Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, and Ted Kelly, principal and senior project manager with consulting firm Burns & McDonnell will be the panelist.  Mike Hyland, APPA's vice president of engineering services, will be the moderator.
 
To participate, you need a telephone and a computer with Internet access. There is a registration fee of $79 for APPA members and $159 for others. Register at APPAnet.org. If you need an APPAnet username/password, e-mail Kimani Kinyua, APPA, at kkinyua@APPAnet.org or call him at  202/467-2955.
 
Registration is for one computer and one phone line (a speaker phone is allowed). When you register, information on the toll-free number and link will be provided. The Webinar will be archived and available as a download to attendees. A DVD of the archived Web conference will be available later through the APPA Product Store.