August 31, 2009

M.J. Beck was pleased to welcome New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to its New York office. Mayor Bloomberg gave a news conference in support of M.J. Beck and the twenty-six other companies who share the space at 160 Varick St. He encouraged entrepreneurship and announced the funding of additional business incubators in New York City to promote the growth of innovative new start-up companies. M.J. Beck is proud to be a part of this entrepreneurial spirit and the New York business community.

The official press release can be found here.

Video of the event can be found in high and low bandwidth.

June 23rd

M.J. Beck was delighted to participate in the international conference of the International Association for Energy Economics in San Francisco. Jonathan McClelland, Director in M.J. Beck's New York City office moderated a panel on Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and Regulation. Other participants on the panel included,

Galen Barbose - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Hubertus Bardt - Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Koeln

Becky A Lafrancois - Economics Department, Syracuse University

Audrey J Lee - U.S. Department of Energy

More information on the panel, the conference and the USAEE can be found at www.usaee.org

July 2009

M.J. Beck Consulting is please to announce its affiliation with the NYC Accelerator for a Clean and Renewable Economy (ACRE). M.J. Beck will has taken office space in the ACRE facility at 160 Varick St in New York City.

NYC ACRE helps clean technology and renewable energy companies in New York City grow, advancing the City as a role model for environmental sustainability and smart growth. NYC ACRE is seeded by a four year, $1.6M grant from the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) to NYU-Poly aimed at growing an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, international companies, and innovative local businesses that are providing solutions to climate and energy issues while growing the cleantech/renewable energy sector and creating jobs in NYC.

June 10th, 2009

Jonathan McClelland, Director in M.J. Beck's New York Office spoke on Renewable Portfolio Standards at the Deutsche Bank Alternative Energy Conference in Washington D.C. on June 10th 2009. Jonathan appeared on a panel focused on 'traditional' approaches to alternate energy with;

• Doug Arent, Director, Energy Analysis Center - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Donald Paul, Executive Director - USC Energy Institute
• Frank Kelly, Head of Government Affairs - Deutsche Bank
  

The panel was moderated by Adam Sieminski, Chief Energy Economist of Deutsche Bank. Jonathan gave an overview of the current State RPS programs, commenting on their diversity, complexity and relative impact on renewable energy investment. He also gave an analysis of the impact of a national standard, the size of a REC market ($ billions) and the fundamentals underlying long term REC prices.