Carbon Offsets Hill Briefing

March 26, 2008, 1:00-3:00p.m., Washington, D.C.

Jointly sponosored by the COPC and AES Corporation

Agenda (PDF)

Introduction (Karl R. Rábago, GHG Services, a GE-AES venture)

Session 1: Introduction - What is an Offset?

AES-Carbon Offset Providers Coalition (COPC) Offset Hill Briefing (Katie Dunn, Blue Source, LLC)

Case Studies from the U.S. Offset Market (Derek Six, Environmental Credit Corp.)

Session 2: Offset Markets and Economic Benefits

Offsets and Climate Policy: EPA Perspectives (Dina Kruger, EPA OAR Climate Change Division)

AES-COPC Offsets Hill Briefing (Annmarie Reynolds, AES Corporation)

Offsets and U.S. Climate Policy (Ruben Lubowski, Environmental Defense Fund)

Session 3: Offsets and Environmental Integrity

Integrity and Third Party Verification (Tod Delaney, First Environment)