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The Novogradac Financing

Renewable Energy Conference

brought together the most

forward-thinking professionals

from the industry to discuss

the legislative and market

dynamics driving renewable

energy activity. As we prepare

for a very busy 2015 and 2016,

it was invaluable for both

newcomers and experienced

practitioners alike to access

rich educational content and

networking opportunities—

further ensuring they remain

competitive in this ever-

changing marketplace.

Stephen Tracy Conference Chairman

Novogradac & Company LLP

Demographics & DataIndustry Role

Region

Top 5 States

Syndication

Investing/Lending

Development

Accounting Other Energy

Banking/Finance

Law21%

43% 19%15%

23%

18%

18%15%

14%

10%

4%

West Midwest Northeast

South

California32%

Missouri9%

WashingtonD.C.

8%New York

7%Colorado

5%

Syndication

Investing/Lending

Development


Banking/Finance

Law21%

43% 19%15%

23%

18%

18%15%

14%

10%

4%


South

California32%

Missouri9%

WashingtonD.C.

8%New York

7%Colorado

5%

Syndication

Investing/Lending

Development


Banking/Finance

Law21%

43% 19%15%

23%

18%

18%15%

14%

10%

4%


South

California32%

Missouri9%

WashingtonD.C.

8%New York

7%Colorado

5%





Networking

Face-to-face interaction is vital to driving activity in the renewable energy industry. The conference luncheon and networking reception were pivotal in providing attendees with the opportunity to discuss the day’s takeaways, develop new business and strengthen existing relationships.

Renewable Energy Power Awards

The Renewable Energy Power Awards ceremony, presented by the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, recognized three innovative projects that had a positive impact on job creation and the energy footprint of their communities. Winners included Urban Greenfit LLC for itsRoosevelt Landings Project, SunEdison Inc. for its Regulus Solar Project, and Affirmed Housing Group for its Arbor Green development.





Education

The conference offered cutting-

edge professional education.

Guided by the industry’s most

influential experts, session

topics focused on the innovative

financing and deal structures

driving down today’s cost of

capital for renewable energy

projects.

Project Finance

Advanced Primer

In this interactive workshop,

project finance experts discussed

analytical and strategic techniques

for successfully structuring

renewable energy transactions.

Attendees participated in group

discussions and advanced financial

modeling exercises.





Conference Agenda At-A-Glance with PresentationsThurs., April 23, 2015

9–9:15 a.m.Welcome Address

9:15–10:15 a.m.Washington Report and Industry Update

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10:30–11:45 a.m.A Deeper Look into YieldCos


11:45 a.m.–NoonRenewable Energy Power Awards

Noon–1:15 p.m.Luncheon

1:15–2:15 p.m.Sponsor/Developer Financing Issues

2:30–3:30 p.m.Debt Market Update

3:45–5 p.m.Tax Equity Update

5–6:30 p.m.Reception

Fri., April 24, 2015

9–9:50 a.m.Energy Storage–What Does the Future Look Like?


10–11 a.m. Current Issues–Closing a Renewable Energy Transaction

11:10 a.m.–NoonPACE Financing


NoonConference Concludes

8–9 a.m.Registration and Breakfast



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Sponsors

Co-Hosts





Project Finance Advanced Primer AttendeesJohn Albrecht, Recurrent Energy Inc.Darren Anderson, Capital PowerOla Assem, Cleopatra Inc.Joe Avedisian, Novogradac & Company LLPGary Band, Nixon Peabody LLPNico Barawid, SunEdisonAlana Becquette, SunEdisonThomas Boman, Novogradac & Company LLPJeffrey Buzen, Aon Risk ServicesLuis Castellanos, Novogradac & Company LLPShilpi Jethani Chavda, SunEdisonJae Choe, LG International (America) Inc.Erin Chui, Novogradac & Company LLPYonette Chung, RBC Capital MarketsChrista Clark, Arkansas Capital CorporationGregory Clements, Novogradac & Company LLPSean Collins, Novogradac & Company LLPGenni Combes, SungevityThomas Crofts, Partners Capital ManagmentMichael Cung, King-SolarmanDavid Davenport, Urban Greenfit LLCMichael Deeg, Baltra Consulting LLCJ.R. Dehring, IGS EnergyNimisha Dharam, NRG Energy Inc.Elaine DiPietro, Enterprise Community Investment

Inc.Neal Divver, Sunrun Inc.Ed Dunne, NRG Energy Inc.Chad Durden, Novogradac & Company LLPNat Eng, Novogradac & Company LLPKristie Espiritu, Sempra EnergyTom Fantin, Novogradac & Company LLPRich Fenske, DynaSolar EPCMAdam Flock, Sempra EnergyLori Fowler, SungevityTyler Gibbs, Novogradac & Company LLPNicole Greenfiled, Cypress Creek RenewablesJoel Griffiths, Leverage Law Group LLCWhitney Hampton, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationBo Harwell, Butler Snow LLPKatie Heath, Blanco Tackabery

Trevor Hill, SunPower CorporationJetson Hollingsworth, Butler Snow LLPJake Hoppe, EnphaseMasatoshi Ito, Development Bank of Japan Inc.Jennifer Kerrigan, Blanco TackaberyPat Kilcullen, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Inc.Eric Klipfer, RBC Capital MarketsAlan Knudson, Basin Energy Services LCSaid Kordestani, Farella Braun + Martel LLPMichael Kremer, Cypress Creek RenewablesAlvin Lee, Novogradac & Company LLPSean Lee, LG International (America) Inc.Zarek Lee, Sempra EnergyKen Lehman, Kendall InvestmentsMatthew Lockhart, Novogradac & Company LLPJennifer Ma, Novogradac & Company LLPMary Beth Mandanas, RBC Capital MarketsMike Maniscalco, Bay4 Energy Services/Kenyon

EnergyScott Manning, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLPDavid Maurer, F&M CapitalMark McCreery, MuniStrategies LLCMacon McDonald, West Company of MidlandEuan McNair, SunEdisonJohn Meredith, F&M CapitalCliff Mesner, Mesner Development Co.Kathy Mesner, Mesner Development Co.Jon Miller, Gardner Capital Inc.Richard Millett, W.G. Nielsen & Co.Nigel Morton, SunEdisonCraig Mulcahy, Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen &

Russ PAStephanie Murr, National Cooperative BankMary Margaret (Mo) Ogburn, Blanco TackaberyTony Parisi, Dynamic EnergyKathy Parker, Rodman & Rodman PCAbhi Parmar, Altus Power AmericaSam Paules, Diamond Ridge DevelopmentDavid Peterson, APSSara Pietka, Roeder & Company LLCMark Purser, NRG EnergyReynold Roeder, Roeder & Company LLC





Project Finance Advanced Primer AttendeesPablo Rosas, Novogradac & Company LLPGlenn Sansbury, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection

And InsuranceMonica Schmidt, Crowe HorwathJennifer Simmons, Thompson Coburn LLPMatthew Simpson, Mintz LevinFrancesco Spagnolo, Building EnergyMichael Sponseller, SungevityTodd Surbey, RBC Capital MarketsAileen Thomas, Jones Walker LLPH. Shaw Thomas, Vectra Bank ColoradoJennifer Thomas, American Solar Direct Inc.Scott Toburen, Novogradac & Company LLPStephen Tracy, Novogradac & Company LLPTong Tran, Novogradac & Company LLP

Todd Travis, National Foundation For Affordable Housing Solutions Inc. (NFAHS)

Thomas Treinen, NRG Home SolarKimberly Vanderlaan, Neighborhood Power

CorporationSteven Varady, Novogradac & Company LLPSteve Waack, SunEdisonDustin Weber, Altus Power AmericaLaura Weingartner, Dykema Gossett PLLCTami Wilson, IGS EnergyDean Yamamoto, Yamamoto CalibosoPhillip Yim, Novogradac & Company LLPDaniel Yonkin, Sol Systems LLCMatt Yunker, Novogradac & Company LLP





Conference AttendeesJohn Albrecht, Recurrent Energy Inc.Morgan Allen, Global XAdam Altenhofen, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationDarren Anderson, Capital PowerBrian Ashin, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiOla Assem, Cleopatra Inc.Tom Athan, Altus Power AmericaLarry Baerveldt, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationAndrae Baly, National Trust Community Investment

Corp. (NTCIC)Gary Band, Nixon Peabody LLPGeorge Barry, Foss And CompanyRandy Bartholomew, National Trust Community

Investment Corp. (NTCIC)Tim Beach, Media Venture PartnersAlana Becquette, SunEdisonJoe Benga, Gardner Capital Inc.Marcelo Bermudez, DC SolarAlexandra Bernard, Novogradac & Company LLPPaul Bernardino, Aon Strategic Advisors &

Transaction SolutionsAndrew Bernstein, Kearsarge Energy LPGary Blitz, Aon Risk SolutionsDavid Boisture, Novogradac & Company LLPThomas Boman, Novogradac & Company LLPThomas Boothby, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLPAdam Boucher, Promise EnergyJerry Breed, Bryan Cave LLPMegan Broccoli, ConergySusan Brodie, HESP Solar LLCDaniel Brown, KeyBanc Capital Markets Energy

Utility GroupRob Bryant, Novogradac & Company LLPMolly Bryson, Ballard Spahr LLPJeffrey Buzen, Aon Risk ServicesJake Carney, SunEdisonJeffrey Carpoff, DC SolarPaulette Carpoff, DC SolarJames Carter, Leverage Law Group LLCGregg Cassarini, Conergy

Luis Castellanos, Novogradac & Company LLPBen Catt, FLS Energy Inc.Jason Cavaliere, Sunrun Inc.Christy Chang, Intel Corp.Paul Charron, Novogradac & Company LLPShilpi Jethani Chavda, SunEdisonMichelle Chen, Bridge BankJeffrey Cheng, Stion Energy ServicesJae Choe, LG International (America) Inc.Yonette Chung, RBC Capital MarketsEd Cichon, Marathon Energy LLCChrista Clark, Heartland Renaissance Fund LLCGregory Clements, Novogradac & Company LLPRichard Cogen, Nixon Peabody LLPAbby Cohen, Novogradac & Company LLPMike Cohen, Cypress Creek RenewablesSean Collins, Novogradac & Company LLPGenni Combes, SungevityBrian Confrey, Ernst & YoungAnthony Conklin, Entropy Solar Integrators LLCMercedes Crouthamel, Nationwide Mutual Insurance

CompanyMark Crowdis, Global XMichael Cung, King-SolarmanMona Dajani, Baker & McKenzie LLPJohn Dalton, Bryan Cave LLPDerek Daly, George K. Baum & CompanyDavid Davenport, Urban Greenfit LLCForrest David Milder, Nixon Peabody LLPAndrea De Lugnani, Intel CorporationMichael Deeg, Baltra Consulting LLCJ.R. Dehring, IGS EnergyScott DeMartino, Bryan Cave LLPNimisha Dharam, NRG Energy Inc.Chris Diaz, Seminole Financial ServicesRyan Didier, Leverage Law Group LLCElaine Dipietro, Enterprise Community Investment

Inc.Neal Divver, Sunrun Inc.Michael Dubansky, National Trust Community

Investment Corp. (NTCIC)James Duffy, Nixon Peabody LLP





Conference AttendeesSimms Duncan, Hanwha Q CELLS USAEd Dunne, NRG Energy Inc.Chad Durden, Novogradac & Company LLPChris Earl, Affirmed HousingJohn Eliason, Foley & Lardner LLPNat Eng, Novogradac & Company LLPKristie Espiritu, Sempra EnergyTom Fantin, Novogradac & Company LLPRich Fenske, DynaSolar EPCMEdwin Feo, Coronal Management LLCLauren Finefield, Rockwood Asset ManagementAdam Flock, Sempra EnergyRuben Fontes, BE SolarJon Fortune, Sunverge Energy Inc.Lori Fowler, SungevityKathleen Galvan, National Trust Community

Investment Corp. (NTCIC)Robert Gambo, Esq., Chadbourne & Parke LLPJason Gellman, Snell & WilmerTyler Gibbs, Novogradac & Company LLPMark Gipner, CAHECMichael J. Goldman, Nixon Peabody LLPStacey Gore, Leverage Law Group LLCJustin Gravatt, Heelstone EnergyWilliam Graves, Sol Systems LLCNicole Greenfield, Cypress Creek RenewablesAbe Grohman, HESP Solar LLCJonathan Gross, State Tax Credit ExchangeJesse Grossman, Soltage LLCDaniel Hale, Sunthurst Energy LLCWhitney Hampton, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationBo Harwell, Butler Snow LLPKit Hazel, Rockwood Asset ManagementKatie Heath, Blanco TackaberyBrent Hendricks, EKS&HSteve Hibbard, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationTrevor Hill, SunPower CorporationThane Hodson, Butler Snow LLPR. Thomas Hoffman, Ballard Spahr LLPJet Hollingsworth, Butler Snow LLP

Jake Hoppe, EnphaseCarol Hough, Novogradac & Company LLPJames Howard, Dudley VenturesDerek Huntington, Promise EnergyMasatoshi Ito, Development Bank of Japan Inc.Jay Jablonow, Rockwood Asset ManagementChristi Jacobsen, Chapman And Cutler LLPOliver Janssen, Media Venture PartnersMichael Johnson, Spear Point EnergyRob Karmann, DC SolarPaul Kasper, Enhanced CapitalEli Katz, Chadbourne & Parke LLPJennifer Kerrigan, Blanco TackaberyPat Kilcullen, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Inc.Blair Kincer, Novogradac & Company LLPJohn Kinney, Clean Fund LLCEric Klipfer, RBC Capital MarketsAlan Knudson, Basin Energy Services LCSaid Kordestan, Farella Braun + Martel LLPJosie Kotsioris, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLPMichael Kremer, Cypress Creek RenewablesMichael Kressig, Novogradac & Company LLPChris Lang, Legacy Risk & InsuranceJocelyn Lavallo, Chadbourne & Parke LLPAlvin Lee, Novogradac & Company LLPPhilip Lee, Diamond Ridge DevelopmentSean Lee, LG International (America) Inc.Zarek Lee, Sempra EnergyKen Lehman, Kendall InvestmentsJaime LeMaire, Novogradac & Company LLPMatthew Lockhart, Novogradac & Company LLPDavid Lutz, Stinson Leonard Street LLPJennifer Ma, Novogradac & Company LLPNik Mainka, Enerparc Inc.Mary Beth Mandanas, RBC Capital MarketsMike Maniscalco, Bay4 Energy Services/Kenyon

EnergyScott Manning, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLPJohn Marciano, Chadbourne & Parke LLPKeith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke LLPDavid Maurer, F&M CapitalShane McCarthy, Enhanced Capital





Conference AttendeesDan McCready, Double Time CapitalMark McCreery, MuniStrategies LLCArthel McDaniel III, Polsinelli PCMatt McGovern, Cypress Creek RenewablesDavid McIlhenny, SunPower CorporationEuan McNair, SunEdisonMatt Meeker, Novogradac & Company LLPRaj Mehta, SunEdisonJohn Meredith, F&M CapitalCliff Mesner, Mesner Development Co.Kathy Mesner, Mesner Development Co.Michael Midden, Energy & Infrastructure CapitalJon Miller, Gardner Capital Inc.Richard Millett, W.G. Nielsen & Co.Scott Monaco, global XMark Moriarty, Duxbury Energy LLCNigel G. Morton, CPA, SunEdisonCraig Mulcahy, Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen &

Russ PAStephanie Murr, National Cooperative BankBrooke Nester, Rockwood Asset ManagementAlec Nethercott, V3 ElectricDana Newman, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

LLPMichael Novogradac, Novogradac & Company LLPMary Margaret (Mo) Ogburn, Blanco TackaberyRalph Palumbo, Southern Sky Renewable Energy LLCTony Parisi, Dynamic EnergyKathy Parker, Rodman & Rodman PCAbhi Parmar, Altus Power AmericaSam Paules, Diamond Ridge DevelopmentDoug Pemerl, PemReal AdvisorsMiguel Peñaloza, Solar Energy Industries Association

(SEIA)David Peterson, APSSara Pietka, Roeder & Company LLCJohn Pimentel, Foundation Windpower Inc.Jerry Polacek, Energy & Infrastructure CapitalMark Purser, NRG EnergyMichael Quinlan, CCA Group LLCZulaikha M. Rahim, Foley & Lardner LLPDick Rai, PNC Energy Capital

Raymond Redmon, Denton New HorizonElke Rehbock, DentonsLewis Reynolds, Entropy Investment Management

LLCAllan Riska, Cypress Creek RenewablesJoe Ritter, Seminole Financial ServicesCraig Robb, Zions Energy LinkJessica Robbins, Sol SystemsReynold Roeder, Roeder & Company LLCChris Roetheli, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationChad Sachs, Radian GenerationAnuj Saigal, SunEdisonGlenn Sansbury, Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection

And InsuranceKevin Savory, Stinson Leonard Street LLPMonica Schmidt, Crowe HorwathDaniel Schoenberg, Aon Strategic Advisors &

Transaction SolutionsMarc Schultz, Snell & WilmerKen Schwarz, SungevityNihar Shah, OnPACE Energy Solutions LLCRay Shem, FLS Energy Inc.Philip Shen, Roth Capital Partners LLCAlex Shewchuk, National Trust Community

Investment Corp. (NTCIC)Phyllis Shih, Diamond Ridge DevelopmentDaniel Siegel, U.S. Bancorp Community

Development CorporationJennifer Simmons, Thompson Coburn LLPMatthew Simpson, Mintz LevinGuy C. Smith, Stinson Leonard Street LLPAnna Smukowski, Local Initiatives Support

CorporationBen Snydacker, Ernst & YoungFrancesco Spagnolo, Building Energy Holding U.S.Sue Sparks, PNC Energy CapitalMichael Sponseller, SungevityTodd Surbey, RBC Capital MarketsLindsey Sutton, Novogradac & Company LLPStefan Szulc, Marsh Risk & Insurance ServicesAileen Thomas, Jones Walker LLP





Conference AttendeesShaw Thomas, Vectra Bank ColoradoScott Toburen, Novogradac & Company LLPGaye Tomlinson, Vaha Sustainable EnergyGeoffrey Tomlinson, Vaha Sustainable EnergyStephen Tracy, Novogradac & Company LLPTong Tran, Novogradac & Company LLPTodd Travis, National Foundation For Affordable

Housing Solutions Inc. (NFAHS)Thomas Treinen, NRG Home SolarShelly Tucciarelli, Turtle Clan Development Services

LLCRoger Tullberg, Clean Coal Solutions LLCKimberly Vanderlaan, Neighborhood Power

CorporationSteven Varady, Novogradac & Company LLP

Steve Waack, SunEdisonBrian Weaver, Stinson Leonard Street LLPDustin Weber, Altus Power AmericaLaura Weingartner, Dykema Gossett PLLCDavid Weisblat, Foley & Lardner LLPTracy Welch, Solar3DMark Williams, PNC BankTami Wilson, IGS EnergyDean Yamamoto, Yamamoto CalibosoPhillip Yim, Novogradac & Company LLPDan Yonkin, Sol SystemsJennifer Young, Novogradac & Company LLPMatt Yunker, Novogradac & Company LLPScott Zajac, Rockwood Asset Management







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