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The Energy for the Future conference draws participants from around the world, including energy producers and distribution providers, environmental groups, educators and policy makers at the local, state and federal level, and large corporate users of energy. Organizations participating in the forum include:
ABB Corporation
As one of the world's leading engineering companies, ABB helps its customers to use electrical power effectively and to increase industrial productivity in a sustainable way.
American Superconductor Corporation
American Superconductor Corporation serves the utility, industrial and wind power markets with a host of leading energy technologies based on proprietary high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires and power electronic systems.
Brookhaven National Laboratories
Established in 1947 on Long Island, Upton, New York, Brookhaven is a multi-program national laboratory operated by Brookhaven Science Associates for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Six Nobel Prizes have been awarded for discoveries made at the Lab.
Caithness
Caithness Energy, L.L.C. (Caithness) is a privately held Independent Power Producer specializing in power generation. Our primary focus for over 25 years has been the development, acquisition, operation and management of independent power generation.
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Con Edison of New York provides electric service to approximately 3.2 million customers and gas service to approximately 1.1 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. The company also provides steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R provides electric service to 300,000 customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and gas service to more than 126,000 customers in southeastern New York and adjacent areas of eastern Pennsylvania.
Edison Electric Institute
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies. EEI's members serve 95 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder-owned segment of the industry, and represent approximately 70 percent of the U.S. electric power industry. EEI also has more than 65 International electric companies as Affiliate members, and more than 170 industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate members.
Electric Power Research Institute
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), with major locations in Palo Alto, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Knoxville, Tennessee, was established in 1973 as an independent, nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research. EPRI brings together members, participants, the Institute's scientists and engineers, and other leading experts to work collaboratively on solutions to the challenges of electric power.
Fuel Cell Energy
FuelCell Energy, Inc. based in Danbury, Connecticut, develops and markets ultra-clean fuel cell power plants that generate electricity with higher efficiency than other distributed generation plants of similar size and with virtually no air pollution.
Gas Technology Institute
GTI is the leading research, development and training organization serving the natural gas industry. For more than 60 years, GTI has been meeting the nation's energy and environmental challenges by developing technology-based solutions for consumers, industry, and government.
Lazard
Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 31 cities across 16 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and capital raising, as well as asset management services, to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals.
Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
Nexans
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling systems for the utility market. They are partnered with American Superconductor and Air Liquide on the Long Island Power Authority HTS cable project funded by the U. S. Department of Energy.
NY Independent System Operator
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is a nonprofit organization formed as part of the restructuring of New York State’s electric power industry. Its mission is to ensure the reliable, safe and efficient operation of the state's major transmission system and to administer an open, competitive wholesale market for electricity in New York.
NYS Energy Research and Development Authority
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation created in 1975 by the New York State Legislature. NYSERDA administers the New York Energy $martSM program, which is designed to support certain public benefit programs during the transition to a more competitive electricity market.
NYSEARCH
For over 20 years, NYSEARCH has worked as a consortium of natural gas Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) who have a common interest and need for research and technology development and demonstration. Today, as part of the Northeast Gas Association, NYSEARCH manages over 30 projects in various stages of development for LDCs, federal agencies and their manufacturing and commercial partners.
Peter Caradonna Architects
As one of the only LEED qualified Green Building Architects in Suffolk County peterCARADONNArchitecture and Planning aims to provide our clients with the most efficient and cost effective strategies to obtain a safe, green and environmentally, non-destructive, approach to living.
Renewable Energy Long Island
RELI is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization promoting clean, sustainable energy use and generation for Long Island. RELI seeks public participation in energy policy decisions to encourage energy efficiency, use of renewable energy sources, and to protect our environment, economy, and public health.
Siemens
Siemens, headquartered in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. Siemens provides innovative technologies and comprehensive know-how to benefit customers in 190 countries. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is active in the areas of Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical, and Lighting.
SUNY Stony Brook
Whether it's making new and exciting discoveries in science, medicine, and technology, infusing the region's economy with new vigor and strength, or providing primary medical services to more than half a million Long Islanders, Stony Brook is aiming higher and shining brighter than ever.
Tokyo Gas Group
As an energy frontier corporate group whose main line is natural gas, the Tokyo Gas Group conducts its business under a management philosophy grounded in contribution to pleasant living and environmentally friendly community improvement, and ongoing advancement always backed by the trust of our customers, shareholders, and society as a whole. In accordance with the philosophy, we formulated Frontier 2007, our medium-term management plan for fiscal years 2003–2007, in October 2002, and steadily executed measures to its goals. Frontier 2007 put the provision of gas, electric power, and other types of energy as well as added value on the periphery of the energy sector at the core of our business.
U.S. Department of Energy
The Department of Energy's overarching mission is to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States; to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; and to ensure the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.
United Technologies Corporation
United Technologies Corporation is a diversified company whose products include Carrier heating and air conditioning, Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems and industrial products, Otis elevators and escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Sikorsky helicopters, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power fuel cells.
Winergy Power LLC
The generation of 'green power' from wind is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Although the offshore wind industry is in its infancy in the U.S., it is a frontier ready for expansion. Winergy Power intends to be a leader in the deployment of large offshore wind farms in the U.S.



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