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Happy Fall!
 School may
have started for students around the country, but school is finally out
for Katherine! After a decade of classes, tests, and a grueling
dissertation process, Katherine received her Doctorate in Business
Administration from the University of Southern Queensland this
summer. Her dissertation, "Changes in the strategic focus
and internal operating culture of investor-owned U.S. electric
utilities due to deregulation," has been approved, bound, and
published. It's official - she's Dr.
KJ now! Celebrations will follow -- stay tuned!
To learn more about the D.B.A. degree, click here.
Dr. Katherine Johnson, President
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 Workshop Highlights
Water Heating Advances
Tri-State Generation and Western Area Power Administration co-sponsored
the "Advances in Water Heating Technologies" Workshop in
August. More than 40 staff from rural electric cooperatives and
municipal utilities in the Tri-State region participated in this
day-long workshop. Katherine provided an overview of the water
heating workshop and she was assisted by knowledgeable speakers
including - John Richards and Jeff Scholten, Rheem/Marathon; Brad
Morris, GE; Paul Steffes, Steffes Corporation; and Jerry Houston,
UMC with Lon Garrison, Convectair. Special thanks to our hosts:
Ron Ebenkamp, Tri-State, and Ron Horstman and Bob Langenberger from
Western. Plans are in the works to take this workshop "on
the road" to several other Western locations in 2011. Stay
tuned!
Please watch our website, www.johnsonconsults.com
for details.
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Evaluating
Market Opportunities
 Johnson Consulting Group will be completing three
technology-oriented market assessments this fall.
These reports include:
* An assessment of the large industrial motors and
drive market in North America
* Updating and expanding our GHP study -- to focus
on emerging GHP manufacturers and
* Publishing the first edition of our
water heating
book, "Water Heaters
- the Forgotten Appliance"
Each market assessment combines a comprehensive
literature review regarding new technologies and
market trends with in-depth interviews with industry
experts and insiders. These reports offer critical
analysis and strategic planning guidance for our clients
engaged in these industries. Executive summaries from each
assessment will be published on our website later this fall.
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Fun Stuff
Hawaii 5-0! Birthday Bash
 This summer Katherine, her husband Don, and her two
lifelong friends, Jim and John Hansen, headed to Hawaii for a
celebration of our 50th birthdays. Don turned 50 in June while
Katherine, Jim and John all hit the big milestone in September.
Every decade, our foursome plans a special milestone celebration and
this time we decided to celebrate our 50th birthday with a trip to
the Big Island of Hawaii. We kicked off our birthday
festivities with a Hawaii luau. Our adventures included
visiting the Hawaiian Volcano's National Park, Mauna Kea
Observatory, snorkeling, and even a few Mai Tais. Check out
the photos of our
Hawaii adventure. Aloha!
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In the Press:
Katherine has been invited to submit her paper, "Lessons Learned
from the Field: Key Strategies for Implementing Successful
On-The-Bill Financing Programs," for publication in a new
journal next year. This paper, which will be based on the work
she presented at the IEPEC Paris 2010 Conference, highlights the
strategies used by Midwest Energy and Hawaiian Electric Company to
implement on-bill financing programs. Stefan Thomas (Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) and Ed Vine
(California Institute for Energy Environment) are co-editors of a
Special Issue on Evaluation which will be published next year in the
journal Energy Efficiency.
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Johnson Consulting Group Receives WBE Certification
We always knew it -- but now we have proof.
Johnson Consulting Group has officially been designated as a Women's
Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women President's Educational
Organization. WBENC Certification validates that the business
is 51 percent owned, controlled, operated, and managed by a woman or
women. To achieve WBENC Certification women owned businesses
complete a formal documentation and site visit process which is
administered by one of WBENC's 14 Regional Partner Organizations.
To learn more about this organization, click here.
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Where
in the World is Dr. KJ?
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9/28 NRECA's On-line Conference: Katherine will be
reprising her presentation at the NRECAs Connect Conference on
"Best Practices in Energy Efficiency Marketing."
* 10/4-6 AESP's "Bridging the Gap Between Demand
Response and Energy Efficiency: Policies, Technologies and the
SmartGrid", Portland, OR. Ka therine will be
moderating the session, "A Little Bit of This; A Little Bit of
That!" featuring presentations from Tom Stathos, PPL; Sean
Harrington, OPOWER, and Scott Case, EnergySavvy.
 * 11/17-18
Touchstone Energy's MSR Pro Workshop for Trinity Valley EC,
Kaufman, TX.
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