Solar Symposium to Feature Solar Exec

SEPTEMBER 2007 - The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce’s Green Team San Joaquin is proud to have Sue Kateley, Executive Director of the California Solar Energy Association speaking at the Symposium on Solar on October 4, 2007 as part of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce’s Tradeshow. From 3 p.m. until the start of the tradeshow, Ms. Kateley will give the bottom-line benefits of businesses going solar, including rebates, tax credits and other incentives.

Kateley has a career spanning 30 years developing and implementing energy policies and programs. Beginning as a technical advisor at CALSEIA, her first assignment was to work on the Model Solar Energy Code in 1980. Her early career at the Energy Commission included working with the commission on the solar tax credits and the Public Utilities Commission on the original OII-42 Solar Demonstration Program (1980-1983), and with the Contractors’ State License Board to establish the C-46 license classification.

From 1983 to 1986 Kateley served as CALSEIA’s Executive Director until she joined the California Energy Commission. Her career at the Energy Commission included setting standard input assumptions used in the computer models (Micropas and Calpas) that generate T-24 energy standards compliance, writing compliance manuals, providing training for local building officials on building standard compliance requirements, and evaluating alternative compliance proposals. Sue also worked closely with the California Building Industry Association and the California Building Officials on implementing changes to the energy standards.

Sue moved into the Energy Commission’s Office of Governmental Affairs to work on Legislative Analysis and developing Energy Commission recommendations to the Legislature and Governor’s Office. Sue also served as Principal Author of two major policy reports (the 1990 Conservation Report and the Governor’s 1992 Biennial Report). Following her assignments on those reports, she went back to program work on the Energy Commission’s Electric Vehicle Program. During that time Sue and her staff developed and implemented an Electric Vehicle Incentive program, the Electric Vehicle Emergency Responder Training Program, amendments to the State Building Code to adopt uniform Electric Vehicle Charging Standards, and developed training materials for building officials and emergency responders to familiarize them with electric vehicle technologies.

Sue also worked for a short time at the California Air Resources Board on the implementation of the Zero-Emission Vehicle Regulations. Sue was recruited back to the Energy Commission to sell or dismantle PVUSA in Davis. PVUSA was successfully sold to the City of Davis. In the last several years Sue led the Commission’s rule making to revise mandatory oil industry reporting requirements and managed a major database migration project to convert 20 years of oil industry data into a modern database. Several reports on gasoline prices and oil supplies were managed by Sue in response to price spikes. Her last assignment at the Energy Commission was in the Public Interest Energy Research Program where she supervised a staff of 9 employees, 12 contractors, and graduate students to implement research studies and fund projects.

Sue is a Master Windsurfing Instructor, certified advanced SCUBA, and a trained meeting facilitator. Sue taught classes on the legislative and state budget process for the California Journal Magazine.

She has received awards and recognition from CALSEIA (the Solar Hall of Fame), the California Building Officials Association, the National SEIA, and the Energy Commission for her work.

For more information on the Symposium on Solar, please contact Mikki Gilbert at 337-2718.