The Fueling Thought Energy Summit is proud to present Robert Wendling at the Moffat County High School Auditorium, Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:00 to 8:00pm.  Admission is free to the public. (Dr. Roger bezdek has a medical emergency and will not be able to attend.  His Vice-President will speak in his place)

In lieu of admission, the Energy Producers of Northwest Colorado are collecting voluntary contributions for energy assistance, that will benefit individuals and families in Routt and Moffat Counties who are currently facing challenges in meeting their home energy needs.  We thank you for your generosity, and spirit of caring.

Energy Myths and Energy Realities

There is currently much misinformation concerning the likely future contributions of renewable energy and energy efficiency, especially for meeting U.S. electricity needs.  This presentation analyzes the realistic potential for the renewable options and finds that conventional electricity production, in particular coal plants, will remain the mainstay for the foreseeable future.

Robert M. Wendling, Vice President

Management Information Services, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

Mr. Wendling has 30 years experience in consulting and management in the energy, environmental, statistical/econometric modeling, and regulatory areas, serving in private industry and the Federal government.  His consulting background includes economic and employment analysis of the energy and electric utility technologies, cost and benefit analysis of energy and environmental legislation, assessment of fossil fuel consumption and pricing by market sector, economic and employment forecasting and impact analysis using the Input-Output (I-O) model for national and regional applications, development of environmental impact statements, assessing the effects of regulatory policies, and management of energy technology demonstration programs.

Mr. Wendling has served in industry as Corporate CEO and President and as Corporate Vice President and in senior positions in the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Energy.  Mr. Wendling was Senior Economist at the U.S. Department of Energy, Director of the Commerce’s STAT-USA office, and also served as the lead U.S. representative for Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) tariff and trade negotiations.  Mr. Wendling is the co-creator of Commerce’s National–Regional Impact Evaluation System, the state-level econometric impact forecasting model at the Bureau of Economic Analysis used by private companies and federal and state government agencies.  He is the creator of the National Energy Accounts, a detailed system of industry-level energy production and consumption in the U.S. economy by fuel type.  Mr. Wendling has directed and conducted research in the economic costs and benefits of electric power technologies and is an expert in the field of U.S. Government subsidies and incentives for energy research, development and deployment. 

Most recently, Mr. Wendling conducted research determining the economic value of the coal power industry to the U.S. economy and the economic impacts of coal plant repowering and retrofitting for the Department of Energy.  He is co-author of the controversial Department of Energy report, Peaking of World Oil Production:  Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management and the author of 75 other reports and professional publications on energy and environmental topics.  He lectures frequently on various energy, electric utility, environmental, national and regional economic analysis, and economic and energy forecasting topics.  He received his B.A. in Economics from Indiana University and M.A. in Economics from George Washington University.