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Hilton Garden Inn Denver Cherry Creek (3 miles from DU) - $109

Call 303-754-9800 and ask for the NHA room block

Hampton Inn & Suites Denver Cherry Creek (5 miles from DU) - $99

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Magnolia (Downtown – 1 block from light rail) - $129

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National Hydropower Association

25 Massachusetts Ave, NW Suite 450

Washington, DC 20001

202 682 1700



National Hydropower Association

Southwest Regional Meeting and

Colorado Small Hydropower Workshop

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Tuesday June 14, 2011

NHA Southwest Regional Meeting

Sponsored by

The National Hydropower Association (NHA) Members

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Wednesday June 15, 2011

Colorado Small Hydropower Workshop

Sponsored by

The Colorado Small Hydro Association (COSHA)

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall

University of Denver, Denver, CO

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

NHA Southwest Regional Meeting

Presented by the National Hydro Association (NHA)

Based on new incentives and increased interest in renewable energy, the U.S. hydropower industry is primed for growth. Numerous opportunities are available to expand the region’s hydropower base while at the same time providing responsible environmental stewardship of the region’s rivers. At the NHA Southwest Regional Meeting, industry members, regulators and interested members of the public will share their experiences and recommendations on how to accelerate regional development of hydropower.

NHA thanks the following member companies for sponsoring this event: AECOM, Alstom, Black & Veatch, Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon Ltd, HDR|DTA, HISINC. , LCC, Knight Piesold, MWH, Telluride Energy, and Voith.

The NHA Southwest Regional Meeting agenda will include:

• NHA Initiatives -- Washington Update

• Hydropower Development and Project Financing – development alternatives, DOE funding and tax incentives

• Resource Assessments-- featuring newly released USBR and EPRI hydro resource assessments

• Lease of Power Privilege Process – process, schedule, timelines and case studies

• Pumped Storage in the Southwest

• FERC Licensing -- recent developments

• Fisheries – Zebra Mussel update

• Recent Projects Roundtable

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

COSHA Small Hydropower Workshop

Presented by the

Colorado Small Hydro Association (COSHA)

Colorado has hundreds of megawatts of currently undeveloped hydropower available at existing impoundments and diversions as well as existing municipal water systems. The workshop will provide an update on current small hydro activities and opportunities in Colorado. COSHA thanks the following sponsors and cosponsors for supporting the workshop: Sponsors: Colorado Governor’s Energy Office, San Juan County Historical Society with support from History Colorado’s State Historical Fund. Cosponsors: Applegate Group, Black & Veatch, Blue Earth, Canyon Hydro, Community Hydropower Consulting, Delta Montrose Electric Association, Dietze and Davis, Ecosphere Environmental Services, Flux Farm , Gravity Renewables Group, Hydroscreen, Hydrowest, iCAST, McMillon Engineering, NRCS, San Miguel Power Association, Telluride Energy.

The COSHA Small Hydropower Workshop agenda will include:

• An overview of small hydro in Colorado

• Review of technologies and case studies for hydro on agricultural property

• Financing of small hydro projects in Colorado

• Innovative utility policies to support small hydro

• An update on the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office FERC assistance pilot program

• A recent projects roundtable featuring Colorado project representatives

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