Wednesday, June 11 at 3:00 pm
A curated panel and facilitator are at the ready to field your questions. At these sessions, we trust our audience to steer the conversation.
Home Energy Rebates: What's Up?
Well before DOE's Home Energy Rebate program, Northeast states successfully ran home efficiency rebate programs. HER funding has been an opportunity to build, scale, and incorporate new measures into these existing programs. This session will explore how HER funds have been deployed, how they fit into the broader landscape of home rebate programs, and what’s on the horizon. We'll look at how these rebates have interacted with other programs and, when the rubber hits the road, what that has meant for the customer experience. Panelists will share information on their state's plans for future updates and potential expansion into new building types, technologies, and customers.
Facilitator
Kara Saul Rinaldi, President & CEO, AnnDyl Policy Group
Speakers
Ross Anthony, Buildings and Energy Efficiency Analyst, Maine Governor's Energy Office
Steven Chybowski, Administrator of Energy Efficiency Programs, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
Rebecca Foster, Chief Executive Officer, VEIC
Lean In: Equity in Utility Programs
Utilities across the country operate within a complex policy landscape that shapes how they serve customers, spend program dollars, and demonstrate impact. From federal funding requirements to regulatory metrics for supplier diversity, workforce inclusion, and equitable program access, utilities face increasing demand to align their operations with both mandates and mission. This interactive Q&A session will explore how utility teams are adapting policies, tracking outcomes, and embedding equity into their work – from who’s on their teams, to how they show up in communities, to who they build partnerships with. Panelists will offer insights into complying with evolving regulations while continuing to work towards energy solutions that are accessible, effective for all, and rooted in real community needs.
Facilitator
Paul Douglas, President & Founder, The JPI Group
Speakers
Sonakshi Saxena, Strategy Lead, National Grid
Nick Lovier, Manager of Strategy and Innovation, Ameren
Gregory Elcock, Vice President Customer Clean Energy Programs, Con Edison
Driving Portfolio Success with Energy Insights
Given the societal imperative of reliable, resilient, and affordable energy, we must effectively deploy capital to scale investment in buildings. Doing so requires combining the right technologies and projects at the building level with data-informed, portfolio-level decision making. In this session, investors and building portfolio owners will share their approaches to managing asset portfolios and offer perspectives on the types of data necessary for effective decision-making, what they're achieving and learning along the way, and what they wish they could do better. The session will also examine barriers to market enablement and scale, how those barriers can be addressed, and the collective messaging challenges to accelerating investment in the built environment.
Facilitator
Colleen Morris, CEO, Calico Energy
Speakers
Leah Whiteside, Director of Acquisitions & Preservation, The Community Builders, Inc.
David Davenport, Managing Director, New York Green Bank
Christina McPike, Vice President, Energy & Sustainability, WinnCompanies
