Todd Dunkleberger is the Texas Customer Relations Manager located in Beaumont, Texas. Todd has worked for Entergy/Gulf States Utilities for 20 years and has held various Supervisory positions with the company.

Todd's primary responsibilities includes managing the deregulation project for Texas Operations, managing energy efficiency programs, participating in or conducting community relation programs, managing low-income and senior citizen programs, internal support group for the customer service organization and process champions of customer issues.

Todd has a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree-Management from Lamar University.

Todd is a member of the Beaumont-Spindletop Rotary Club and Board member of the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas.

Todd currently lives in Lumberton, Texas and has been married for 22 years with two children. He has a daughter (Stacy) of 16 years and a son (Ryan) who is 10.

Presentation Topic : Public Benefit Funds and the Environment--Experiences in Texas and Opportunities in Louisiana.

By: Todd Dunkleberger, Customer Relations Manager, Energy Gulf States Inc.
Beverly Trahan, External Affairs Manager for Louisiana, Energy Gulf States Inc.

Summary :

In May 1999, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 7, designed to restructure the State's electric utility industry. SB7 also established a goal for energy efficiency -- by January 1, 2004, each utility must administer energy efficiency programs to achieve a demand reduction equal to at least a 10% of the utility's annual growth. Texas investor-owned utilities have developed an innovative and comprehensive portfolio of Public Benefit Fund, Standard Offer, and Market Transformation programs to cost-effectively achieve demand reduction goals and meet the energy efficiency needs of all customer classes.

Louisiana has successfully established a Public Benefit Fund and is currently working to secure its funding source. The Louisiana workshop will focus on how we plan to use this fund by implementing energy efficient programs for residential and business customers, as well as environmental measures.

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