WC CERT: Getting the Best Wind Agreement - A Seminar for Landowners

Release Date: 06/13/2008

Contact:
Joel Haskard, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) Co-Coordinator
U of M’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
612-625-8759
haska004@umn.edu

Southeast CERT Meeting in Partnership with Southwest Initiative Foundation and Upper Minnesota River Valley Regional Development Commission.

Montevideo, MN—June 13, 2008—The purpose of this meeting is to educate the audience on wind rights and development choices, on how to ensure you get a fair agreement, on your options, about where to access resources for advice, and on some sense of the “big picture” and why this is an opportunity.

When: June 27th, 2008, from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Where: Chippewa County Assembly Room, Chippewa County Courthouse, Montevideo, MN 56265

Agenda:
9:00am: Welcome – Dawn Heglund, Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
9:15am: The Big Picture: Risks & Rewards – Representative of Windustry
9:45am: Red Flags for Wind Land Leases – Kevin Walli, Attorney with Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A.
10:15am: Rural Energy Development Initiative (REDI) – Cheryl Glaeser, Southwest Initiative Foundation
10:40am: Break
10:50am: Dispersed Generation Study Overview – Mike Michaud, Matrix Energy
Solutions, member of DG Study Technical Review Committee
11:20am: Panel Discussion – come with questions! Panel will consist of above listed speakers in addition to:
    – Charlie Daum, Geronimo Wind
    – Al Christopherson, President of MN AURI Board of Directors, landowner,
        farmer and member of Whirlwind Energy, LLC
    – Kevin Halvorson, member of Whirlwind Energy, LLC
12:00pm: Adjourn

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The Clean Energy Resource Teams are a joint program of the University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, the Southwest Regional Development Commission, the Minnesota Project, Minnesota Department of Commerce, and the Green Institute. The CERTs program brings together team members from diverse backgrounds including farmers, utility representatives, state and federal government staff, educators and academics, small business owners, members of non-profit and environmental groups as well as individuals interested in energy issues. Together they work to identify and implement community-scale energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across the state. Major funding is provided by Minnesota Department of Commerce, The Blandin Foundation, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, University of Minnesota Institute for Renewable Energy and the Environment, University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and U.S. Department of Energy.