All Day Event
Location:
www.awea.org/events/offshorewind09

All Day Event
Location:
www.power-gen.com/index.html

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern

The next NWCC Transmission Update Briefing will explore interconnection-wide planning and renewable energy, particularly on the issues of securing bulk renewables in the Midwest to load centers in the East.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Monthly Steering Committee Call

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
On this call, the group will discuss: - Kansas State University’s 3rd Quarter Report (distributed to Oversight Committee members) - Proposal to release interim report - Proposed GS3C organization - Lessons to share with sage grouse collaborative

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The NWCC Transmission Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC transmission-related projects and activities. Members of the Transmission Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC wildlife-related projects and activities. Members of the Wildlife Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

All Day Event
Location:
http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/v8-12/Prospectus/Index.php?sEventCode=WE1002US

All Day Event
Location:
Texas is the leading producer of wind energy among all 50 states, with solar development about to take off, and geothermal prospecting in the early stages. Now in its fifth year, the University of Texas Wind Institute expands beyond wind energy to include solar and other renewable development.

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT Location:  Boulder, Colorado

This is the first meeting of the NWCC GS3C Sage Grouse Collaborative Steering Committee.

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM MT Location:  Boulder, Colorado

This is the first meeting of the NWCC GS3C Sage Grouse Collaborative Steering Committee.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Transmission Updates cover transmission issues that affect wind energy, with particular emphasis on regions with high potential for wind development. They are prepared by Kevin Porter (porter@exeterassociates.com) and Sari Fink of Exeter Associates, Inc. and James Damon (jdamon@resolv.org) for the NWCC.

All Day Event
Location:
www.awea.org/events

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location:

United States

Will explore how communities and utilities benefit from the development of wind projects.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

All Day Event
Location:
www.appanet.org/events/calendar.cfm

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern

This forum, organized in collaboration with AWEA, National Hydropower Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, US Department of Energy Solar Technologies Program, National Association of State Energy Officials, and others, will provide participants with the opportunity to review federal, regional, and state level policy development and transmission planning activities and identify opportunities and gaps in the context of examining where renewables fit in these discussions.

All Day Event
Location:
www.renewableenergyworld-events.com/index.html

7:30 AM - 3:15 PM
Location:
At the 41st NWCC Business Meeting, steering committee members and other parties will discuss 2010 NWCC activities and strategic direction for the NWCC.

8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Adequate transmission is necessary to the expansion of wind energy. Learn about the opportunities, potential solutions and challenges the wind industry is facing as we work to overcome the transmission barrier. This workshop will explore ways wind and transmission companies can make more use of existing transmission capacity, work through the logjams in interconnection queues, and expand transmission capacity. It will also examine the roles that the U.S. Congress, FERC and the Department of Ener

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC wildlife-related projects and activities. Members of the Wildlife Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sage Grouse Collaborative Steering Committee Call

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The NWCC Transmission Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC transmission-related projects and activities. Members of the Transmission Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

All Day Event
Location:
www.awea.org/events

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:

Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge

Avian Interactions with Power Lines Workshop

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Transmission Updates cover transmission issues that affect wind energy, with particular emphasis on regions with high potential for wind development. They are prepared by Kevin Porter (porter@exeterassociates.com) and Sari Fink of Exeter Associates, Inc. and James Damon (jdamon@resolv.org) for the NWCC.

All Day Event
Location:
For more information, please contact Sandy Smith at sandy@uwig.org or 855-218-4600, x6141

All Day Event
Location:
www.ieeet-d.org

1:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC wildlife-related projects and activities. Members of the Wildlife Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The NWCC Transmission Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC transmission-related projects and activities. Members of the Transmission Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location:

United States

This Webinar will address such topics as interconnection costs, standards and the engineering issues that need to be considered before interconnecting wind turbines to distribution systems.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

All Day Event
Location:
www.windpowerexpo.org

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Transmission Updates cover transmission issues that affect wind energy, with particular emphasis on regions with high potential for wind development. They are prepared by Kevin Porter (porter@exeterassociates.com) and Sari Fink of Exeter Associates, Inc. and James Damon (jdamon@resolv.org) for the NWCC.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.

All Day Event
Location:
For more information, please contact Sandy Smith at sandy@uwig.org or 865-218-4600,x6141.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
The NWCC Wildlife Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC wildlife-related projects and activities. Members of the Wildlife Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The NWCC Transmission Workgroup convenes bi-monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and discuss upcoming NWCC transmission-related projects and activities. Members of the Transmission Workgroup will receive the call agenda and dial-in information in advance of the call.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Steering Committee convenes monthly conference calls to share information, receive updates on and evaluate NWCC projects and activities.