Facilitator: Gina Pugliese, Premier
Nick DeDominicis, Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange
Tom Hawes, World Energy
Walter Vernon, Mazzetti and Associates
Jeffrey Keyak, Kaiser Permanente
Hospitals can begin reducing their disproportionate contribution to climate change by participating in the Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange (HCEE) for the procurement of energy and environmental commodities at prices significantly lower than the prices found on the open energy market.
Nick and Tom
- tremendous energy savings from green energy
- ask for green energy, because it creates demand
Jeffrey
- RFPs include requirement of amount of green power
- power purchase agreement – asked for photovoltaic
- political, legal and financial issues require use of experts as soon as possible in the procurement process
Walt
-Hospitals do not have processes set up for this, so time needed to set up decision-making process
-Risks from uncertainties must be balanced by benefits of certain energy costs
Filed under: Energy/water conserv, Envir. pref. purchasing
