Wednesday, September 22
Breakfast Session: Demystifying Microgrids
Start your day off right with breakfast and a chat about community microgrids - their potential, challenges, and examples of where they are transforming communities.
- Host
- Jared Leader, Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), Senior Manager, Research and Industry Strategy
Session Seven: Shifting Focus: Designing EE Programs That Support Changing Goals
For decades, energy efficiency programs across the nation have been successful in driving down energy use. Can this framework also drive down carbon and advance equitable outcomes? This session will highlight ways that energy efficiency programs are shifting to support grid management, climate, and equity goals. This panel will examine key necessary changes and identify roles for both program administrators and policymakers.
- Moderator
- Erin Cosgrove, NEEP, Public Policy Manager
- Panelist
- Rachel Gold, ACEEE, Director, Utilities Program
- Nathan Phelps, Vote Solar, Regulatory Director
- Jen Weissener, NYSERDA
Session Eight: Energy Efficiency and Air Regulators: Opportunities for Alliance
Energy efficiency and air quality regulation have traditionally been in separate worlds: different departments, different approaches, and different outcomes. But reducing greenhouse gas emissions in buildings needs all hands on deck. In this session, two practitioners discuss opportunities for collaboration to accelerate the transformation of our built environment.
- Host
- Rich Sedano, The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), President
- Expert
- Coralie Cooper, NESCAUM, Deputy Director
Session Nine: Show Me the Money: Funding Pathways
Retrofitting our homes and buildings to meet climate goals and create healthy, resilient places for people to live and work carries a steep price tag. Where do we find the funds and how can investments promote an economic transition that is both low-carbon and equitable? This panel will explore current working models and innovative models that warrant a closer look.
- Panelist
- Kerry O'Neill, Inclusive Prosperity Capital, CEO
- Glenn Schatz, BlocPower, Chief Revenue Officer
- Laurie Fielder, VSECU, VGreen Program Director