Many thanks to CPS Energy for hosting the very successful 16th bi-annual Spring ALCA meeting and our wonderful vendor sponsor’s RF Demand Solutions, LLC and Servidyne/Fifth Fuel Management. The meeting was a success and we are grateful for everyone’s hard work.

Planning is now underway for the 17th bi-annual fall ALCA meeting to be hosted in Bellevue, Washington by Puget Sound Energy. Syd France and his team are working with PECI to plan a meeting to meet your wants and needs - so we would love your input!

The meeting dates are October 12th through the 14th, 2011 and we will be starting our agenda with the Welcome Reception hosted by Consert the evening of October 12th. Thursday, October 13th will be filled with informative presentations and discussions, followed by dinner. We will then conclude the meeting with a half-day schedule for utility participants only on Friday, October 14th, 2011.

A lodging site has been selected at the Red Lion in Bellevue 11211 Main Street, Bellevue, WA. 98004. The room rate is $111.00 per night plus taxes (ask for the ALCA meeting rate). The special ALCA rate also includes an all-you-can-eat breakfast! The Red Lion is four blocks from PSE. The Red Lion is holding 30 rooms for the ALCA until September 26. You can call the hotel at (425) 455-5240 or click here to register online. The group access code is PECI1012.

Transportation: If you are flying into the area commercially the obvious airport is SEA-TAC. From there to Bellevue can use:

• A rental car. All are available at SEA-TAC. No Parking fee at the Red Lion.
• The Airport Express Shuttle: $19 each way/person.
• The Town car Service: $71 ea-way on a RT purchase. Holds 3 passengers. Thus with 3 it is $71/3 or $24 pp, each way.
• Info and 24 hr reservations for shuttle or town cars can be found at:
  www.shuttleexpress.com     425-981-7000

Note: The Red Lion has a town car to run ALCA attendees to Puget Sound Energy or out to dinner within a 3 mile radius of the hotel. This service is based on availability and runs from 7 am – 10 pm daily.

We still have a few open sessions, so send your ideas now and/or
reserve your place at ALCA’s spring 2010 meeting now
by emailing Jenny Roehm (jroehm@peci.org) at PECI [or you can call Jenny at (503) 575-4182].

If you have a case study or interesting issues that you would like to share with the ALCA membership, just let us know. Remember, you can always submit papers or studies for posting to the Library Archive on this website as well by emailing them to Jenny Roehm.