Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 03/18/2019

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Minnesota Solar Challenge program. Brian has also worked extensively in energy and utility regulation, serving as an expert witness in cost of service and rate design, energy efficiency and renewables, fuel cost reconciliations, and integrated resource planning. Lisa Daniels Executive Director (Windustry) Lisa M. Daniels, Executive Director and founder of Windustry, has been providing wind energy education and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, elected officials, rural utilities and community groups since 1997. Lisa leads Windustry in contracts with the US Dept of Energy and US Dept of Agriculture and works as a partner with National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the Wind Powering America initiative. Nationally, Lisa is a leading voice for distributed renewable energy development and serves on the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Community Wind Steering Committee. Lisa is also a founding member and on the Board of Directors for Women of Wind Energy (WoWE). She was recognized in 2004, 2005 and Windustry in 2012 by the US Dept. of Energy Wind Powering America program, for demonstrating leadership and creativity in wind outreach work. -wide initiative and with Guy Fisher in Becker County to develop wind and solar on landfills. And I know of some areas where commercial scale wind has operated on a closed landfill for the last 10 years. So it can be done. I have several connections with people who were involved with the project. I also know of several wind projects on brownfields. I tracked on this for a few years. Diana McKeown Director (Great Plains Institute - Metro CERT Region) Diana McKeown joined the Great Plains Institute in July 2013 and is the Metro CERT (Clean Energy Resource Team) Director. Diana has led the Metro region of CERTs since October 2007, during which time she has coordinated and participated in a number of clean energy initiatives, including: Apple Connection and others to deliver residential energy workshops and home visits in all 17 neighborhoods in Saint Paul); an energy makeover of the Lao Family Community Center in partnership with Xcel Energy. Diana has also collaborated on the launch of a number of projects/programs including GreenStep Cities, Minnesota Schools Cutting Carbon, and a variety of energy savings measures through CERTified Campaigns. Joel Haskard Co-Director (Univ. of MN - Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships & Extension) Joel Haskard is the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) Co- Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and Extension. Joel has over fifteen years experience coordinating and managing community and economic development activities in the U.S. and abroad. A jack of all trades, Joel works across CERTs programming, and his current focus areas include MN Energy Stories, electric vehicles (EVs), and partnering with utilities on energy efficiency outreach. Mayor (Falcon Heights) Peter Lindstrom (CERTs) Peter Lindstrom is the Local Government Outreach Coordinator with the Clean Energy Resource Teams In this role Peter spearheads outreach and education to local units of government (i.e., cities, counties, townships, school districts) about approaches for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements, particularly through the Guaranteed Energy Saving Program (GESP). Peter is also the Mayor of the City of Falcon Heights, MN, and serves on the Regional Council of Mayors. Most recently, Peter was Assistant Director of the Center for Science, Technology & Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School, Executive Director of SciMathMN, and the Vice President of Public Affairs at the Minnesota High Tech Association. Eric Wojchik Resilience Planner (Metropolitan Council Twin Cities) Eric Wojchik is Senior Planner in Local Planning Assistance with the Metropolitan Council. He provides technical assistance in comprehensive planning and performs resiliency project work. Eric is from