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benefits of CIBO membership
CIBO has three types of memberships:
Active, Associate & University
  1. Active members are owners or operators of any company operating in the industrial steam energy sector ($11,000/yr)

  2. Associate members are equipment service and technology suppliers to companies operating in the industrial steam energy sector ($5,500/yr)

  3. University members are universities and colleges through their powerplant and energy operations ($1,000/yr)
Complete our Membership Application Form and join the many companies already benefiting from CIBO.
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committee structure
CIBO Staff
President:  Robert D. Bessette
Meetings & Administration:  BJ Ogden
Meetings Coordinator:  Gail Bessette
Member & Committee Services:  Candler Marriott
Member Services Consultant:  Robert L. Corbin
Strategic Planning Advisor:  Richard Anderson
Benefits for Your Company
  1. CIBO channels its diverse membership into one strong voice of influence on major legislative, regulatory and technical issues affecting the industrial power plant industry.
  2. CIBO provides its members with authoritative, unbiased information on technologies affecting all aspects of industrial power plant operations.
  3. CIBO keeps its members up-to-date on Federal regulatory and legislative issues and events that affect their interests, so that its members, through CIBO, can respond appropriately to protect their interests.
  4. CIBO helps to ensure that the views and needs of its members are incorporated into government and industry policies and standards affecting the industrial power plant industry.
  5. CIBO offers its members education in the latest technologies, trends and issues affecting industrial power plant operations, through its series of major conferences and workshops.
  6. CIBO shows its members how to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and control costs through its educational publications and programs.

    7. Benefits for Yourself
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  7. CIBO provides you with the means to grow professionally, enhance your career and influence issues of national significance.
  8. CIBO offers you the opportunity to enhance your stature and impact on the industry by participating on its energy, environment, and government affairs "watchdog" committees and its broad range of issue-focued workgroups.
  9. CIBO gives you access to the expertise of hundreds of actively involved colleagues throughout the United States and the world.
  10. CIBO puts the information you need at your fingertips through:
    1. Affordably priced books, copies of proceedings & certification information for power plant operators.
    2. An information-oriented World Wide Web site, and
    3. Internet-based mailing lists.
Committee Structure

Communication, Education, and Outreach Committee
    CIBO needs to communicate its message about the industrial boiler community to Federal, State, and Local governments; to educate its members about ongoing issues concerning their business; and communicate these member interests to governmental, trade, and environmental groups.
Energy Committee
    To be the primary forum for the development and dissemination of technically sound, equitable, cost-effective policy, laws and regulations affecting energy products, sources and equipment (fuels, electricity and production equipment) use, applicability and cost for CIBO members and all industrial boiler owners and operators.
    1. Energy Coordinating Committee
    2. Industrial Energy Policy Task Group
Environmental Committee
    To be the primary forum for the advancement and development of policy, strategy and positions for technically sound equitable, cost-effective environmental policy, laws and regulations affecting CIBO members and all industrial boiler owners and operators.
    1. Environmental Coordinating Committee
    2. AP-42 Emission Factors Task Group
    3. Dioxin Emissions Evaluation Task Group
    4. ICBM Task Group
    5. Litigation Task Group
    6. Multi-Emission Task Group
    7. New Source Review Task Group
    8. Output Based Emissions Task Group
    9. RCRA Task Group
Government Affairs Committee
    To be the primary forum for developing, directing and implementing CIBO's legislative lobbying strategy to meet the energy and environmental objectives of the association and its members.
International Committee
    Serves as a "Clearinghouse" of technical information, legislation and rulemaking pertinent to energy and environmental issues related to steam production and use as practiced in other countries and transnational organizations.
Membership Committee
    To be the primary CIBO staff support in developing and implementing programs, materials and activities to attract new members, retain existing members and recover former members -- to expand CIBO membership to meet the energy and environmental objectives of the association.
RCRA Special Project Committee
Technical Committee
    Promote safe, reliable and cost-effective practices in the design, operation and maintenance of industrial energy steam and power systems.
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