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POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES FACING RENEWABLE ENERGY ENTREPRENEURS

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POLICY AND REGULATORY CHALLENGES FACING RENEWABLE ENERGY ENTREPRENEURS

Time: August 28, 2008 at 11:30am
Location: Plaza Club 20th Floor
Street: 900 Fort Street Mall
City/Town: Honolulu, HI 96813
Website or Map: http://www.hvca.org
Phone: 808-262-7329
Event Type: Lecture, Series, on, Renewable, Energy
Organized By: Bill Spencer
Latest Activity: May 16, 2016

Event Description

HVCA Renewable Energy Series
8/28/2008

Is Hawaii’s regulatory and policy environment primed sufficiently to fast track renewable energy projects? Can entrepreneurs and their investors expect minimal regulatory risk? Is the path to selling excess energy back to the grid a clear one? Although the challenges are recognized, progress in reducing the policy and regulatory risk of weaning Hawaii off of foreign oil is a major hurdle. It could take as long as three years for a renewable energy company to negotiate a “purchase power agreement” with the utility company.

On August 28, 2008 at the Plaza Club at the monthly luncheon meeting of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association, you will hear from a high powered panel of experts to discuss these challenges and address what Hawaii is doing to reduce the risk and smooth out regulatory headaches. Robert Alm, Executive Vice President of Hawaiian Electric Company, Warren Bollmeier, President of the Hawaii Renewable Energy Alliance, William Parks, on loan to the State of Hawaii from the U.S. Department of Energy and Erik Kvam, CEO of Zero Emissions Leasing, LLC, a renewable energy entrepreneur, will present their views on the state of our regulatory and policy environment and what entrepreneurs and their investors need to be aware of in pursuing renewable energy projects.

“It is nice to be in favor of weaning Hawaii off of foreign oil, but are our policy makers, utility companies and regulators doing enough to make this possible?” asks Bill Spencer, President of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association. “The political risk of doing business in Hawaii is higher than almost any place else in the country. Renewable energy companies must be prepared to endure this challenge or they will fail.”

The Hawaii Venture Capital Association, founded in 1988, is one of Hawaii’s oldest private non-profit economic development organizations devoted to entrepreneurship and capital formation.

This meeting will be held:

Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Plaza Club 20th Floor

11:30am-1:30pm

$29 for HVCA, Hawaii Angels, DualUse Council, TechHui, Bytemarks and HSTC Members, $39 non-members, $25 students.

Aloha attire is required by the Plaza Club.

Register at www.hvca.org or contact

Gail at (808) 262-7329

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