Windustry invites you to participate in the:
New Federal Tax Exempt Bonding Bill for Community Energy Webinar

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 9:00 AM Mountain Time
(11:00 AM Eastern, 10:00 AM Central, 8:00 AM Pacific)
Expected to take 75 minutes

The proposed Rural Community Renewable Energy Bonds Act (S. 672), introduced by Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) and Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), would provide tax exempt private purpose bonds to fund locally owned community energy projects, e.g. those under 40 MW with at least 49% local ownership. If enacted, this bill would give local community energy project developers a better alternative to federal renewable energy production tax credit funding.

Please attend this webinar to learn more about this legislation and federal bonding, why our local communities need a new renewable energy bonding program and what you can do to support S.672.

If you can not attend the Webinar please write a letter in support of S. 672. Visit Windustry's website to see several examples of letters of support to inspire your writing:

http://www.windustry.org/news/TaxExemptBond4Wind.htm

Speakers participating in the webinar will include:

John Covert - Executive Director, Colorado Working Landscapes (Introduction)

Lisa Daniels - Executive Director, Windustry (Moderator)

Steve Black - Energy Advisor to Senator Salazar (Federal Renewable Energy Legislation and Senate Bill 672: Rural Community Renewable Energy Bonds Act and the Senate Energy Committee)

Gregory Johnson - Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP (Bond Financing Renewable Energy Projects)

Lee White - Executive Vice-President, George K. Baum & Company (Bond Financing Renewable Energy Projects)

Andy Olsen - Environmental Law and Policy Center (Next Steps)


For more information about the Rural Community Renewable Energy Bond Act contact:

Lee White
Renewable Energy Finance Coalition (http://www.refcoalition.com)
303-292-1600
whiteml@gkbaum.com

or

Lisa Daniels
Windustry (www.windustry.org)
612-870-3462
lisadaniels@windustry.org


Sign in to the Webinar:

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/colostate/

This is a free webinar. No pre-registration is necessary. To allow broad participation, when possible, please share a computer and telephone line.

When you go to the webinar URL you will find yourself at a login page. Simply click on “Click to Enter” under the “Enter as a guest” heading. You will then be prompted for your name. Enter your name and click “Ok” to enter the meeting space. The next step is to have the system call you. When you get into the system, there is an attendee list window. Click on My Status, Call my phone. You will enter your phone number and the system will call you. If you have trouble or have a system that needs to dial an extension to access your line, you will need to dial direct. The phone number is 866-249-8583 and the passcode: 193951.

Before the meeting please visit the following URL to confirm your ability to connect to the Breeze server: http://breeze.extension.iastate.edu/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

If you have difficulties accessing the webinar contact:

Ruth Willson, 970-491-6988 or ruth.willson@colostate.edu


Webinar Sponsored by:
Renewable Energy Finance Coalition
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Windustry

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