25th Annual Spring Conference
PIONEERING PARTNERSHIPS: Empowering Energy Innovation and Growth
IPPNY's 25th Annual Spring Conference - Troy Hilton Garden Inn - Troy, NY
May 10 & 11, 2011
AGENDA
8:00 to 9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration
9:00 to 9:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gavin J. Donohue, President & CEO
Independent Power Producers of New York
9:15 to 10:15
Legislative Leadership Update
Hon. George Maziarz
Senator & Chairman
NYS Senate Energy Committee
Hon. Kevin Cahill
Member of Assembly & Chairman
NYS Assembly Energy Committee
10:15 to 10:45
Inside the Executive Office
Thomas Congdon, Assistant Secretary for Energy and the Environment
Office of the Governor
10:45 to 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 to 11:30
Balancing Energy, Environment and Economic Development
Joseph Martens, Commissioner
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
11:30 to 12:00 PM
New York State & Federal Regulatory Update
Sam Laniado, Principal
Read & Laniado and IPPNY Outside Counsel
12:00 to 1:15
Empowering Energy Innovation & Growth - The Marcellus Shale Debate
Katherine Sinding
Senior Attorney and Deputy Director of the New York Urban Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
Michael Joy
PhD, Adjunct Professor of Oil and Gas Law
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Partner
Biltekoff & Joy, LLP
Moderator: Fred LeBrun, Columnist, Albany Times Union
1:15 to 2:15
Lunch and Keynote Address
Hon. Eric Schneiderman
NYS Attorney General
Eric T. Schneiderman was elected the 65th Attorney General of New York State on November 2, 2010. As Attorney General, Schneiderman is the highest ranking law enforcement officer for the State, responsible for representing New York and its residents in legal matters. Schneiderman has established restoring the public's faith in its public and private sector institutions as key priorities for the Attorney General's office, by focusing on areas including public integrity, economic justice, social justice and environmental protection.
In his first weeks in office, Attorney General Schneiderman has launched an aggressive plan to root out fraud and return money illegally stolen from New York taxpayers at no additional cost to the state. This initiative includes a new "Taxpayer Protection Unit" specifically designed to go after corruption in state contracts, pension fund rip-offs, and large-scale tax cheats. Schneiderman has also bolstered the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which has already recovered millions of dollars to taxpayers under his watch by cracking down on fraud in the Medicaid program. In addition, Schneiderman has repeatedly stood up to powerful interests on behalf of New Yorkers, suing a Pennsylvania power plant emitting dangerous sulphur dioxide into our air, taking on several tobacco companies for illegally selling cigarettes online amid a teen smoking epidemic, and shutting down fake immigration services companies scheming to defraud victims of the Haiti earthquake.
As the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Schneiderman brings with him a wealth of experience, in both the public and private sectors. Before becoming Attorney General, Schneiderman served in the New York State Senate as a leading reformer, and was praised by numerous editorial pages and good government organizations as a rare leader in Albany who stood up to leaders of both parties to reform government and get results for New Yorkers. Among his many legislative accomplishments, Schneiderman passed the most sweeping ethics reforms in a generation, chaired the committee to expel a corrupt senator for the first time in modern history, and passed the toughest law in the nation to root out fraud against taxpayers.
The Attorney General previously spent 15 years in private practice as an attorney, and later as a partner at the firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, where he handled complex litigation. He was also a public interest lawyer for many years, representing taxpayers in historic lawsuits against the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), tenants trying to evict drug dealers from their buildings, and women seeking access to health clinics.
Attorney General Schneiderman graduated from Amherst College in 1977 and Harvard Law School in 1982. He is the proud father of a daughter, Catherine.
Are you an IPPNY Member interested in sponsoring an event? Contact Vanessa LaClair, CMP at (518) 436-3749 for more information.
Thank you to this year's reception sponsors!
Read and Laniado, LLP
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Couch White, LLP
All exhibitors and attendees will be responsible for making their own hotel and travel reservations. To make hotel reservations, contact Hotel Albany* at 518-462-6611 and refer to Group Code: ECR Or let reservations know that you are booking in the Independent Power Producers of New York room block for our Spring Conference.
You can also book your reservation online!
Guest rooms are available for $119 per night until the reservations deadline date of April 20, 2012 or until rooms are sold out.
Self parking in hotel garage for is complimentary for overnight guests and event attendees (excludes valet). Complimentary transportation to and from the Albany International Airport and the Amtrak Train Station is also available. High Speed internet access will be available throughout the entire hotel.
*Hotel Albany, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza Albany, is an affiliate of Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Guests at Hotel Albany are eligible to earn Hilton HHonors points and miles.
Directions To Hotel Albany
89 State Street
Albany, New York, 12207
518-462-6611
(an affiliate of Hilton Hotels & Resorts; formerly knowns as the Crowne Plaza Albany)
From the South:
Take the NYS Thruway (I-87) North to Exit 23. After the toll, follow to I-787 North. Take Exit 4 and follow the signs to Broadway by turning left at the 1st traffic light. Continue on Broadway and turn left on State Street. Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hotel Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
From the North:
Take the 'Northway' (I-87) South to I-90 East. Follow I-90 East to I-787 South. Use Exit 4B (Clinton Avenue). At the light, turn left onto Broadway. At the 4th traffic light, turn right on State Street . Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hotel Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
From the West:
Take the NYS Thruway (I-90) East to Exit 24. After the toll, continue to follow signs for I-90 East to I-787 South. Use Exit 4B (Clinton Avenue). At the light, turn left onto Broadway. At the 4th traffic light, turn right on State Street . Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street . The Hotel Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
From the East:
Take I-90 West to I-787 South. Use Exit 4B (Clinton Avenue). At the light, turn left onto Broadway. At the 4th traffic light, turn right on State Street. Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hotel Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
From the Albany International Airport:
Go straight out of the airport. Follow the Albany signs to I-87 South. Take I-87 South to I-90 East. Follow I-90 East to I-787 South. Use Exit 4B (Clinton Avenue). At the light, turn left onto Broadway. At the 4th traffic light, turn right on State Street. Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hotel Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.