NAPP to Exhibit at League of CA Cities Annual Conference.

League of CA Cities Annual Conference
September 17-18, 2009
San Jose, CA

http://www.cacities.org/index.jsp?zone=locc&section=prof&sub_sec=prof_courses_conf

North America Power Partners will be exhibiting at the West Coast Energy Management Congress, June 10-11, 2009.

The event will be held st the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach California.

For more information on the event, visit their website.

By Ron Marinelli, Director of Facilities, Lopatcong Township School District

Lopatcong Township School District is a public school district located in Warren County New Jersey that serves approximately 900 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The district is made up of two schools, the elementary school at 57,240 square feet and the middle school at 99,000 square feet. Making a difference has been my own personal goal for the past three years while serving as director of facilities.

Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, President of North America Power Partners has completed a series of speaking engagements across the USA as an advocate for Demand Response and its role as a financial solution in these challenging economic times. Most recently she spoke at the American Institute of Steel Technology’s annual conference in St. Louis, MO to participants in the steel industry, an industry hard hit by the recession. Her talk titled “Demand Response: How Facilities can be Paid a Recurring Revenue Stream to Improve Grid Reliability and Lower Wholesale Prices” was well received. She is currently a member of the Energy and Utilities Committee of AIST.

Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, President, North America Power Partners (NAPP), was recently awarded a prestigious Distinguished Service Award. The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a nonprofit professional Association of over 9,000 members, presented the award to Ms. Wiegand-Jackson at the 31st World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, DC. This AEE event is recognized as the most important energy event of national scope for end users and energy professionals in all areas of the energy field. The award recognized her for distinguished service in promoting the practices, principles and procedures of energy engineering, and for superior service to the Association.

Ms. Laurie Wiegand-Jackson is the Immediate Past President of AEE and the President of Utility Advantage, an energy service consulting company, and North America Power Partners, a premier demand response provider in the US . She organized the Council for Women in Energy and Environmental Leadership (CWEEL) at AEE and has been an active member of AEE’s New Jersey Chapter since 1995.

Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, president, North America Power Partners LLC (NAPP), was recently honored at the Executive Women of New Jersey’s (EWNJ) 2008 “Salute to the Policy Makers” Awards Dinner. This biennial event recognizes professional women of distinction throughout the state who are either members of boards of directors or senior executives at major New Jersey-based organizations and corporations.

Article in NEW YORK REAL ESTATE JOURNAL, “Sustainability through demand response programs: Generating Revenue and Meeting Sustainability Goals”

http://nyrej.com/27694

Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, President, North America Power Partners (NAPP), was recently awarded a prestigious Distinguished Service Award.  The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a nonprofit professional Association of over 9,000 members, presented the award to Ms. Wiegand-Jackson at the 31st World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, DC.  This AEE event is recognized as the most important energy event of national scope for end users and energy professionals in all areas of the energy field.  The award recognized her for distinguished service in promoting the practices, principles and procedures of energy engineering, and for superior service to the Association.

Ms. Wiegand-Jackson is the immediate Past President of AEE and the President of Utility Advantage, an energy service consulting company, and North America Power Partners, a premier demand response provider in the US. She organized the Council for Women in Energy and Environmental Leadership (CWEEL) at AEE and has been an active member of AEE's New Jersey Chapter since 1995.

On July 31, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) held a Demand Response Webcast to discuss opportunities for industrial facilities to earn a revenue stream as a demand source. The Webcast focuses on current issues driving the development of demand response across the United States including energy cost and reliability, sustainability, measurement and verification requirements, and developing a facility as a demand resource.

 http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/resources/videos.html

July, 2008

Through demand response programs, utility companies pay a regular revenue stream to scrapyards willing to shut down or scale back electricity use during high-demand periods.