CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

Independent Power Producers of New York will hold its 22nd annual spring conference Wednesday at the Desmond Hotel & Conference Center in Colonie.

The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Same-day registration is $435 for IPPNY members and $495 for non-members.

Speakers include Christopher Trabold, executive director of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners and IPPNY board chairman; Sen. George Maziarz, chairman of the state Senate Assembly Energy Committee; Paul DeCotis, deputy secretary of energy for New York; Sam Laniado, principal at Read & Laniado; Ashok Gupta, director of the National Resources Defense Council; John O'Brien, senior vice president of government and regulatory affairs for NRG Energy Inc.; Garry Brown, state Public Service Commission chairman; and Robert Gramlich, policy director for the American Wind Energy Association.

For more information, call 436-3749.