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Environmentally and energy conscious companies and organizations
help sponsor the Ball to show what they are contributing to this
important national agenda, help keep ticket prices affordable, and
allow us to do special education and outreach projects like our website.
Environmental & Clean Energy Leadership Partners
American Coalition for Ethanol
 The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), the nation's largest grassroots ethanol advocacy organization, works to increase the use of biofuel in the U.S. With more than 1500 member companies, organizations, and individuals, ACE members employ nearly 1 million Americans and have a direct impact on 10 million others. ACE members include ethanol producers, farmers, investors, agricultural organizaitons, industry suppliers, rural electric cooperatives, and others supportive of the increased production and use of ethanol across America
Calpine Corporation
 Calpine Corporation is a major U.S. power company that uses advanced technologies to generate clean, cost-effective, reliable and fuel-efficient electricity to customers and communities in 16 states in the United States and Canada. Calpine owns, leases, and operates low-carbon, natural gas-fueled, and renewable geothermal power plants.
Website: www.calpine.com
Contact: Norma F. Dunn, Vice President, Corporate Communications
Norma.dunn@calpine.com 713-830-8883
Green Advantage, Inc.
 Green Advantage, Inc., a non-profit organization, provides a nationally recognized environmental certification for contractors, sub-contractors, tradespeople and other practitioners engaged in commercial and residential construction. Academic and professional training organizations authorized by GA help students prepare for a qualifying exam by becoming knowledgeable in sustainable building principles, materials and techniques.
GridWise Alliance
 Advocating for a Smarter Grid
GridWise™ Alliance is a consortium of 74 public and private stakeholders advocating for a smarter grid, an electric system that integrates the infrastructure, processes, devices, information and market structure so that energy can be generated, distributed, and consumed more efficiently and cost effectively, The result of smarter grid will be a more resilient, secure and reliable energy system. The Alliance members recognize that emerging energy and information technologies have the potential to radically improve the efficient use of the nation’s energy system while enabling renewable energy and clean technology deployment.
Hart Energy Consulting
 Since 1981, Hart has provided worldwide clients with information and technical analysis on the economics, technology, legislation and regulations of biofuels, traditional motor fuels and clean-burning fuel additives. With offices in Houston, Washington, Brussels, Singapore, Bahrain, North Dakota, and Mexico - Hart is a well-known provider of market and regulatory data and analyses on biofuels, marketplace trends, and conventional transportation to organizations worldwide, including international energy companies, global automakers, the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ICM, Inc.
 Since 1995, ICM, Inc., has focused on sustaining agriculture through innovation by engineering, building, and supporting the renewable fuel industry’s leading biorefineries. ICM continues to heavily invest in the continued advancement of renewable energy technologies. In an effort to speed that advance, ICM has been conducting intensive testing at its biofuels research facilities in conjunction with a growing list of strategic partners spanning multiple industries.
Mezzetti & Associates
National Association of Clean Water Agencies
 The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) represents the interests of the country's publicly owned wastewater treatment agencies, true environmental practitioners that serve the majority of the sewered population in the United States.
Please visit us at www.nacwa.org or email us at info@nacwa.org for more information.
National Rural Water Association
 The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) is a non-profit federation of State Rural Water Associations. NRWA is America’s largest utility association with over 26,696 members. We assist rural and small community water and wastewater systems by training over 60,000 water and wastewater system personnel and providing over 100,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.
Environmental & Clean Energy Partners
American Council on Renewable Energy
 ACORE, a 501(c)(3) membership nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of the US economy and lifestyle through information and communications programs. ACORE, with its 600 member organizations, provides a common platform for the wide range of interests in the renewable energy community including renewable energy industries, associations, utilities, end users, professional service firms, financial institutions and government agencies. ACORE serves as a forum through which these parties work together on common interests. Membership information is available at: www.acore.org.
Betsy Gordon Foundation
 The Betsy Gordon Foundation supports nonprofit organizations working for the benefit of humanity and the whole earth. The founder wishes to support innovative ideas on the frontiers of human possibility and is committed to being personally involved working with such organizations to implement programs and achieve goals. The Foundation will seek organizations engaged in research and service that bridge the inner work of mind and spirit to the outer work of action and service in the world. The Foundation does not solicit proposals nor respond to requests but uses the Foundation's and the founder's network of individuals and organizations to support.
Cascade Associates
 Cascade Associates is a government relations firm dedicated to serving the needs of companies, institutions and associations with an interest in technology based solutions to climate change and energy security. Services include legislative and regulatory tracking, reporting and federal government advocacy.
Enviance
 Enviance, Inc., a California-based company, created the first, and world’s leading, Internet-based software application for automation of environmental, health and safety compliance management and greenhouse gas tracking and reduction management. Deployed in 45 countries around the world, Enviance is used by the U.S. Army and industrial leaders like DuPont, PG&E and American Electric Power, and was used to create the first Internet-based greenhouse gas tracking system in industry, the first GHG footprint in the U.S. Army, and the first Internet-based Vehicular GHG tracking system. Enviance System users advance sustainability goals by dramatically improving the quality OF compliance while simultaneously saving hundreds of thousands of dollars per facility per year.
National Hydropower Association
 The National Hydropower Association (NHA) is a nonprofit national association
dedicated exclusively to advancing the interests of the hydropower
industry. It seeks to secure hydropower's place as a climate-friendly,
renewable and reliable energy source that serves national environmental
and energy policy objectives.
Tommy Short Foundation
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