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display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#003366'>Spring Edition</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#003366'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#003366'>2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:24.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#CC0000'>Happy Spring!!</span></i></b><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#CC0000'><br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype 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mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/spring2010.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=125 height=167 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/spring2010.jpg" align=right dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/spring2010.jpg" border=2 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><strong><span style='font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black;font-weight:normal'>After one of the worst winters in history, spring has finally arrived. This time of year is filled with promising opportunities for Johnson Consulting Group. Katherine will be presenting a series of technology-oriented workshops for several clients around the U.S. during the next few weeks before a quick trip to France for the IEPEC conference in June. She will be updating attendees on advances in on-the-bill (OTB) financing programs -- a topic on which she will continue to focus in several more utility evaluations later this year.&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;</span></strong></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><br> </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;font-weight:normal'>This spring promises to be especially busy for several of our clients as they launch both new programs as well as program evaluations. Much of our recent work is focused on incorporating the new advances in energy technologies- including energy efficient appliances, water heaters, and heat pumps, into these new utility programs. It is an exciting time to be in the energy business - and we can't wait to see what happens next.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#CC0000'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;text-align: center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Katherine Johnson, President</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#CC0000'><br> <br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><img border=0 width=100 height=17 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102356663410/img/3.jpg" dfsrc="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs039/1102356663410/img/3.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#CC0000'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK15></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#DBE8F4; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK15"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#405B81'>Advances in Energy Efficient Technologies Workshop Series</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> <br> As customers look for more ways to reduce energy costs, utilities are exploring the new technologies that are gaining traction in the market. We have been developing several technology-oriented workshops focusing on advances in water heating, heat pumps, motors and VFDs (variable speed drives).&nbsp;<br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:38.75pt;margin-top:0; width:78.75pt;height:63pt;z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_westernnews.JPG"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=105 height=84 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_westernnews.JPG" align=right dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_westernnews.JPG" border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36'><br> Each one-day workshop explores a specific type of technology and features product demonstrations from the manufacturers, case studies, as well as an overview of the technologies.&nbsp;For <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw8XfUNwZeIbL9pcJR4JFBgTZMu2XIiPFLGHDE7KsMpuMKEKC8rnDGBlQoMdte4lgfBLN3sZKNah8Rjw7JvdY3GKabulVfHU3KI=" target="_blank" shape=rect>Western Area Power Administration</a> (Western) we'll will be holding a workshop in Bismarck, ND on May 26th focusing on advances in water heating technologies. This will include presentations by both Rheem/Marathon and General Electric on their new heat pump water heaters. This technology also has a renewable energy application as well -- a topic that will be explored more fully by Steffes Corporation. <br> <br> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw_wJCv_gDt9Tag017KBswE1XfaL5P1csN2PDrvB2Uvoi6S5fSb-V63DsNXeDo48Z-i1pVzcSW9XwTGKk1a3C-1N7KUj3RIkgX2_fsXDiJ7nzQ==" target="_blank" shape=rect></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Buckeye Power logo" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw_wJCv_gDt9Tag017KBswE1XfaL5P1csN2PDrvB2Uvoi6S5fSb-V63DsNXeDo48Z-i1pVzcSW9XwTGKk1a3C-1N7KUj3RIkgX2_fsXDiJ7nzQ==" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0; margin-top:0;width:58.5pt;height:65.25pt;z-index:251660288; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/buckeyelogo_news.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw_wJCv_gDt9Tag017KBswE1XfaL5P1csN2PDrvB2Uvoi6S5fSb-V63DsNXeDo48Z-i1pVzcSW9XwTGKk1a3C-1N7KUj3RIkgX2_fsXDiJ7nzQ==" target="&quot;_blank&quot;"><img border=0 width=78 height=87 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/buckeyelogo_news.jpg" align=left alt="Buckeye Power logo" dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/buckeyelogo_news.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw_wJCv_gDt9Tag017KBswE1XfaL5P1csN2PDrvB2Uvoi6S5fSb-V63DsNXeDo48Z-i1pVzcSW9XwTGKk1a3C-1N7KUj3RIkgX2_fsXDiJ7nzQ==" target="_blank"></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36'>&nbsp;We will be presenting several more workshops for <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw_wJCv_gDt9Tag017KBswE1XfaL5P1csN2PDrvB2Uvoi6S5fSb-V63DsNXeDo48Z-i1pVzcSW9XwTGKk1a3C-1N7KUj3RIkgX2_fsXDiJ7nzQ==" target="_blank" shape=rect>Buckeye Power</a> in Columbus, OH<br> &nbsp;during the next few months. In addition to the water heating workshop held in March, <br> &nbsp;we are developing presentations on &quot;<b>Heat Pumps: Air Source, Dual Fuel, <br> &nbsp;Geothermal and Solar</b>&quot; on May 19th.&nbsp;Joining us will be representatives from <br> &nbsp;Lennox, Trane, and ClimateMaster to provide attendees with up-to-date information <br> &nbsp;regarding these new technologies.&nbsp;In May, we will focus on helping attendees learn <br> &nbsp;more about motors and VFDs. This one-day workshop will include an on-site demonstration by Precise Power of its new Written Pole Motor technology. <br> <br> To learn more about these workshops, <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw9LqLCqUr3MAazUP_7dnfDACs8rLbioQcvFo1R2hOPskTxaaYN53ihP0ZRArXxvb5e_93hXHqFWbVkn7jajOvNvWmC8Kot8iMMdk01vgbLBlgnpdmBVdAUr2UWnTP5hZPZLqMTcVryZKQ==" target="_blank" shape=rect>click here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK4></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:.7pt;background:#EEEEDF; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#405B81'>Columbia Gas of Virginia Launches</span></strong><b><span style='font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";color:#405B81'><br> <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Energy Efficiency Program Portfolio</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#4C3F36'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>Columbia Gas launc<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw-fDeaNb1JkfRiRypAocvuoQyBJoYXb_FUGSRkVB-8CHQhz9cgR_21o8NqeNIl_HIw8SBfa6gcYKEg9gbOG4FD1ga6O8VZKyQQ3p8ehUpWBv-S5g6xWW8s6gMaJ2rDbCshWvptrHpWerQ8vAnZaFyb0" target="_blank" shape=rect></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw-fDeaNb1JkfRiRypAocvuoQyBJoYXb_FUGSRkVB-8CHQhz9cgR_21o8NqeNIl_HIw8SBfa6gcYKEg9gbOG4FD1ga6O8VZKyQQ3p8ehUpWBv-S5g6xWW8s6gMaJ2rDbCshWvptrHpWerQ8vAnZaFyb0" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" style='position:absolute;margin-left:59.75pt; margin-top:0;width:99.75pt;height:18.75pt;z-index:251661312; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_warmwise200.JPG"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw-fDeaNb1JkfRiRypAocvuoQyBJoYXb_FUGSRkVB-8CHQhz9cgR_21o8NqeNIl_HIw8SBfa6gcYKEg9gbOG4FD1ga6O8VZKyQQ3p8ehUpWBv-S5g6xWW8s6gMaJ2rDbCshWvptrHpWerQ8vAnZaFyb0" target="&quot;_blank&quot;"><img border=0 width=133 height=25 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_warmwise200.JPG" align=right dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_warmwise200.JPG" v:shapes="_x0000_s1029"></a><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw-fDeaNb1JkfRiRypAocvuoQyBJoYXb_FUGSRkVB-8CHQhz9cgR_21o8NqeNIl_HIw8SBfa6gcYKEg9gbOG4FD1ga6O8VZKyQQ3p8ehUpWBv-S5g6xWW8s6gMaJ2rDbCshWvptrHpWerQ8vAnZaFyb0" target="_blank"></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36'>hed its multi-year energy efficiency program for both residential and small commercial customers on April 7. The utility will offer a variety of programs under its new brand WarmWise - targeting both home owners and small businesses. The program portfolio includes online energy audits, energy education and outreach, and rebates for gas and water heating measures and even free measures for qualifying customers. <br> <br> Johnson Consulting Group is developing and managing the EM&amp;V activities. This approach, regarded as a &quot;Best Practice&quot;, will be featured in an upcoming article in <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw81EDrIjPknSkHm-U23KQ4Z-TL2vx2c9QerGVwxXmByvAT0m8FFznoNKx28DxOI8Izg4RN6SfjaSnf9QZmg6KQVsIP8UFDPt59DW0cOLOmTwg==" target="_blank" shape=rect>Chartwell</a>&nbsp;focusing on natural gas programs.&nbsp;<br> <br> We've also started the initial EM&amp;V work-conducting a baseline study of residential and small commercial customers' attitudes and awareness of&nbsp;energy conservation. Ward Research is fielding the surveys that will help us track the overall effectiveness of program operations during the next few years. Check out the <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw-fDeaNb1JkfRiRypAocvuoQyBJoYXb_FUGSRkVB-8CHQhz9cgR_21o8NqeNIl_HIw8SBfa6gcYKEg9gbOG4FD1ga6O8VZKyQQ3p8ehUpWBv-S5g6xWW8s6gMaJ2rDbCshWvptrHpWerQ8vAnZaFyb0" target="_blank" shape=rect>WarmWise</a>&nbsp;website for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK11"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;background:#EEEEDF; padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=280 style='width:210.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#EEEEDF; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:4.5pt; text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#405B81'>In This Issue</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#405B81'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td valign=top style='background:#6DABAA;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt' class="style2"> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="#LETTER.BLOCK15" shape=rect class="style3"> <span style='color:#DBE8F4' class="style7">Advances in Energy Efficient Technologies Workshop Series</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td valign=top style='background:#6DABAA;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt' class="style2"> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="#LETTER.BLOCK4" shape=rect class="style3"> <span style='color:#DBE8F4' class="style7">Columbia Gas of Virginia Launches Energy Efficiency Program</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='background:#6DABAA;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt' class="style2"> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="#LETTER.BLOCK24" shape=rect class="style3"> <span style='color:#DBE8F4' class="style7">Fun Stuff... Reunion &amp; Art Festival </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td valign=top style='background:#6DABAA;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt' class="style2"> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="#LETTER.BLOCK16" shape=rect class="style3"> <span style='color:#DBE8F4' class="style7">Water Heating - No Longer the Forgotten Appliance</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='background:#6DABAA;padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt' class="style2"> <p class=style6 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <a href="#LETTER.BLOCK20" shape=rect class="style3"> <span style='color:#DBE8F4' class="style8">Where in the World is KJ?</span></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> <o:p><br> </o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=LETTER.BLOCK24></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing:.7pt;background:#EEEEDF;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK24"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#405B81'>Fun Stuff: Reunion and Sidewalk Art Festival </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:65pt;margin-top:0; width:105pt;height:133.5pt;z-index:251662336; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.wpsaf.org/CMS/images/stories/wpaf_poster_2010.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=140 height=178 src="http://www.wpsaf.org/CMS/images/stories/wpaf_poster_2010.jpg" align=right dfsrc="http://www.wpsaf.org/CMS/images/stories/wpaf_poster_2010.jpg" border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1030"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>Katherine spent a wonderful weekend in Winter Park, FL - home to one of the satellite offices for Johnson Consulting Group - enjoying two special events. First, it was an All-Class Reunion for the Crummer School Graduates from Rollins College. The Crummer School of Business is recognized as the best MBA program in FL and one of the leading programs in the U.S. Katherine, Crummer Grad 1990, enjoyed catching up with her professors and classmates. As an added bonus, the reunion was held during the 51st Annual Sidewalk Arts Festival another reason that makes Winter Park, FL such a special place. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#FFFFCC; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK14"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:4.5pt; text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#405B81'>Quick Link</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#405B81'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:4.5pt; text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103273867148&amp;s=2304&amp;e=001x3_4RgOvmw9qSX6dHmA9mVGHv5Sor6ueRKyt_WdJdNz8tK5lp04Fc_aTGcSZ9fos_3DvvnElF_l38rDGUVvK_VDTmPktwEibKSP32edbbvgmriFJ3vOHrysNes9ExraX" target="_blank" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#6DABAA'>Johnson Consulting Group Website</span></a></span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><br> <br> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Click on the link above to view a list of our </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>other publications, services, and clients.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:4.5pt; text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102356663410" target="_blank" shape=rect><span style='text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/jmml_opgr1_img1.gif" vspace=5 alt="Join Our Mailing List" dfsrc="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/jmml_opgr1_img1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width=280 valign=top style='width:210.0pt;background:#DBE8F4; padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK16"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=300 style='width:225.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#DBE8F4; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><a name=LETTER.BLOCK16></a><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#405B81'>Water Heating - No Longer <br> the Forgotten Appliance <br> </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> Katherine will be developing a new book that focuses on one of the least understood but most important home appliances - water heaters. Drawing on her reviews of utility water heating programs, case studies and white papers, this book will explain the role of water heating as a critical residential end-use. It will also provide a summary of water heating technologies - including heat pump and solar water heaters,&nbsp;water heating's role as a renewable energy resource, snapshots of leading water heating manufacturers, and resources for utility staff. <br> <br> This fuel-neutral guide will follow the format of Katherine's previous books on Geothermal Heat Pumps - now in its 4th edition.&nbsp;&nbsp;It will be published later this summer and include insights from industry leaders like Rheem/Marathon and GE.&nbsp;Watch the JCG website for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK20></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background: white;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK20"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#405B81'>Where in the World is KJ?</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute; margin-left:26pt;margin-top:0;width:66pt;height:31.5pt;z-index:251663360; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_aga.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=88 height=42 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_aga.gif" align=right dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_aga.gif" border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1031"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> *&nbsp;<b>4/11</b>&nbsp;AGA-EEI&nbsp;Customer Service Conference, Milwaukee, WI<br> <br> *&nbsp;<b>4/26</b>&nbsp;&quot;All About Heat Pumps&quot; Workshop, Buckeye Power, Columbus, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:8pt;margin-top:0; width:48pt;height:21.75pt;z-index:251664384; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8vKJVa4V2Z0NLM:http://www.crmorbit.com/energyorbit/images/AESP_logo.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=64 height=29 src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8vKJVa4V2Z0NLM:http://www.crmorbit.com/energyorbit/images/AESP_logo.jpg" align=right dfsrc="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8vKJVa4V2Z0NLM:http://www.crmorbit.com/energyorbit/images/AESP_logo.jpg" border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1032"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>*&nbsp;<b>5/2&nbsp; </b>AESP Spring Conference, Boston, MA. Katherine moderates during the Program Design &amp; Implementation Track<br> <br> </span><![if !vml]><img width=84 height=25 src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_connect10.gif" align=right title="Edit Image" dfsrc="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_connect10.gif" border=1 v:shapes="_x0000_s1033"><![endif]><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>*&nbsp;<b>5/10</b>&nbsp;Touchstone's </span> <span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>CONNECT</span><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'> Conference - Presentation: </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:23pt; margin-top:0;width:63pt;height:18.75pt;z-index:251665408; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.johnsonconsults.com/images/logo_connect10.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><span style='font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'>&quot;Best Practices in Energy Efficiency Marketing&quot;, Kansas City, MO<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=style1><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#4C3F36'><br> *&nbsp;5/19&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36'>Commercial and Industrial Technology Workshop, &quot; Motors and Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)&quot; - Buckeye Power, Columbus, OH <br> <br> *&nbsp;<b>5/26&nbsp; </b>&quot;Advances in Water Heating&quot; Workshop, Western Area Power, Bismarck, ND<br> <br> </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:-4pt;margin-top:0; width:36pt;height:48pt;z-index:251666432;mso-wrap-distance-left:0; mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://eetdnews.lbl.gov/nl16/images/iepec.png"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=48 height=64 src="http://eetdnews.lbl.gov/nl16/images/iepec.png" align=right title="Edit Image" dfsrc="http://eetdnews.lbl.gov/nl16/images/iepec.png" border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1034"><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#4C3F36'>*&nbsp;<b>6/9 </b>IEPEC Conference -&nbsp;Presentation: &quot;Lessons Learned from the Field: Key Strategies for Implementing Successful On-Bill Financing Programs,&quot; Paris, France<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:7.5pt'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt 1.5pt; height:7.5pt'></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>