Resources from the 2007 NCAF Energy Programs Leveraging Conference

Presentations

Leveraged Program Models

• Results from Integrated Affordability Programs - Gil Peach
  • Nevada Best Practices
  • Real Energy Burdens
  • Northwest Job Gap Study
• Utility Programs that Work with Weatherization or: Leverage for Impact, Not Money - Dave Rinebolt (OPAE)
• W.A.P. Plus Affordable Rural Housing - NECAC (Missouri)
• W.A.P. Plus Affordable Housing - Funding Sources - NECAC (Missouri)

‘Green’ Sustainable Development Resources

• Weatherization Plus Sun and Wind: Model Local Projects - Coastal Community Action Program (WA) … [An update on this project]
• Programs for ALL Low-Wage Workers and Retirees with Unaffordable Bills
• Rural Organizations Using Land to Catch the Solar and Biodiesel Gold Rush - Max Goldberger (Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council)
• Selling Weatherization Savings into the Carbon Offset Market and Elsewhere: A new revenue stream? - Jerrold Oppenheim

Protecting Small Consumers

• How to Win and Claim Your State’s Consumer Protections - Charlie Harak, National Consumer Law Center
• "Decoupling" Utility Rates: What is it? Why Should We Care? What Can We Do? - Jerrold Oppenheim
• Getting Started at Your Public Utility Commission and Responding to the Most Common Arguments Against Low-Income Programs - Theo MacGregor, Jerrold Oppenheim
• Putting the Negotiation Back into Negotiated Deferred Payment Arrangements - Roger Colton
• Forgiving Utility Debt, Waiving Penalties and Punitive Deposits - How to Make the Case for Polices that Fit the Needs - Gil Peach

Understanding Energy Markets

• Energy Bills Tomorrow, And The Day After Tomorrow, Too
• Competition Fails: Opportunity Opens - Dave Rinebolt (Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy)
• Taking Back the Power: Next Steps to Restore a Utility Industry in the Public’s Interest - Jerrold Oppenheim, Theo MacGregor

Tools that Leverage More Resources

• Beginner’s Leveraging Session: Getting Started - Options, Resources, and Strategies (handout) - Lisa Kesecker, WV Office of Economic Opportunity
• Utility Practices and Policies that Will Raise Small Consumer Bills: How to Analyze and Stop Them
• 10 Steps to Fill the Home Energy Affordability Gap in Warm Weather States - Roger Colton
• Getting Started at Your Public Utility Commission and Responding to the Most Common Arguments Against Low-Income Programs - Theo MacGregor, Jerrold Oppenheim
• Meet the Press (More Effectively) - Laura Monchuk, NCAF
  • Presentation Handout
  • Sample News Release
  • When Reporters Call - Media Inquiry Form
  • Start Your Communications Plan Today
• Taking Back the Power: Next Steps to Restore a Utility Industry in the Public’s Interest - Jerrold Oppenheim, Theo MacGregor

See resources from the 2008 Conference.