Blair County Chamber / ABCD Corporation

ENERGY WORKSHOP AGENDA

6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Vendor Set-Up

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration and Vendor Booths

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome

Michael Cortez – Chair

Blair County Chamber Legislative Action Committee

8:05 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. “The Impact of Rate-Cap Removal on Your

Bottom-Line”

James Cawley – Chairman

Pennsylvania Utilities Commission

8:30 a.m. – 8:55 a.m. “Transition to the Future”

Marty Grzasko – Director of Customer Support

Penelec

8:55 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. “The New World of Energy and What it Means

for Your Business”

Thomas Tuffey – Director, Penn Future’s Center for Energy, Enterprise & the Environment

9:55 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Break

10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. “Lighting Efficiency: An Easy Way to Save”

Robert Shostek, Lighting and Energy Specialist

The Hite Company

10:40 a.m. – Noon Panel Discussion “Stories From the Trenches”

• Sheetz – Joe Raia
• REI – George Frazier
• Digital.iway – Mike Danchanko
• Gary Shultz - Ward Trucking

Noon - 12:30 p.m. “Funding Opportunities in PA’s New Energy Bill”

Daniel Griffiths – DEP’s Deputy Secretary for Energy

and Technology Deployment

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch With the Vendors

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Vendor Tear-Down