utilities and wind power

AWEA Utility Working Group

Description / Purpose

The AWEA Utility Working Group is a group made up of electric utilities who are organized to exchange information on wind power for use at their utilities.  The purpose of the group is to provide a forum for the free exchange of information, best practices, lessons learned, operating experience, and challenges associated with the development of wind power by and for electric utilities in the U.S.

Activities

The group exchanges information to accomplish the objectives listed above in a number of ways, including:

1. In-person, face-to-face meetings twice a year (see below)
2. Periodic electronic newsletters from AWEA on topics of direct interest to electric utilities related to wind power
3. Conference calls and webcasts on particular topics to explore these topics in more detail
4. Reports and analysis performed on
5. eCommunity (coming soon, and on-line resource and interactive community)

Upcoming Meetings

The AWEA Utility Working Group typically meets two times each year in face-to-face meetings.  The first meeting occurs at the annual WINDPOWER conference and expo (http://www.windpowerexpo.org).  The second meeting typically occurs at the AWEA Fall Symposium (http://www.awea.org/events/symposium08/).  Some meetings are open to AWEA utility members only, while other meetings are open to non-member utilities as well.