Energy Conferences & Events in California

Highlighted events

• OCT

  12

  MON

  –

  OCT

  13

  TUE

  CIPA's Midyear Meeting

  Notable

  California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA) · Bakersfield, CA

  Oil & Gas · Pipelines & Midstream

  Brings together producers, regulators, elected officials, service providers, and industry stakeholders for education, advocacy, and networking, with direct access to CalGEM leadership and representatives from state, local, and federal agencies influencing oil and natural gas operations. The Board Meeting – Open Session covers CIPA priorities including pending legislation, lawsuits, permitting, and bonding. The Regulatory Summit addresses P&A standards, CARB 1137 monitoring plans, bonding, permitting, the UIC program, and other challenges in California's regulatory landscape. The meeting also encompasses the 34th Annual Fall Classic Golf Tournament.

• JAN

  10

  SUN

  –

  JAN

  12

  TUE

  Joint Action Conference

  Notable

  American Public Power Association (APPA) · San Diego, CA

  Nuclear · Oil & Gas · Power & Utilities

  The program examines affordability, reliability, load growth, evolving member expectations, and the changing role of joint action agencies. Sessions include AI, Data Centers and the Future of Power Demand; Affordability Under Pressure: Markets, Supply Chain, and Load Growth; The 2027 Cyber Threat Landscape; Planning for Scarcity: Capacity, Reliability and Resource Adequacy; Fueling the Next Build-Out: Natural Gas Supply and Infrastructure; New Nuclear Reality Check: What Is Real, When, and at What Cost?; Power Markets and Integrated Resource Planning; and Joint Action Beyond Power Supply. The event is designed for CEOs and senior management of joint action agencies and state associations, board members and commissioners, and public power utilities.

• JAN

  25

  MON

  –

  JAN

  27

  WED

  2027 Cleantech Forum North America

  Notable

  Cleantech Forum North America (Cleantech Group) · San Diego, CA

  Mining & Metals · Nuclear · Power & Utilities

  Cleantech Group describes this as a retreat-style forum for innovators, investors, corporations, and other cleantech ecosystem leaders. Themes include energy security and grid stability, geothermal baseload, AI-driven data-center power and water demand, critical-minerals and waste-to-value supply chains, climate adaptation, flood risk, water scarcity, and parametric insurance. Agenda topics include “The State of Cleantech & the 2027 Global Cleantech 100”; “Compute Sets the Pace: Can Quantum Break the Limits?”; “The Heat is On: Building Resilience Across North America’s Most Exposed Assets”; “Who’s Powering AI? The Emerging Ecosystem Reshaping Data Center Energy”; “Physical AI”; “Explore, Extract, Exit? Examining What Happens to Minerals After the Mine”; “Thirsty Machines: Data Centers and the Water Reckoning”; “How Geopolitics Rewired Energy and Cleantech”; “Fuel for Thought: The Nuclear Supply Chain Race”; “Can the Grid Keep Up?”; “One Man’s Trash is Another’s Mine”; and “Rethinking the Drain: Wastewater’s Quiet Opportunity.” The program also includes executive roundtables, interactive discussions, innovation showcases featuring Global Cleantech 100 companies and startups, investor pitches, analyst-led expert stations, and a town hall on the future of cleantech. Closed-door sessions provide opportunities for candid discussions with policymakers and investors. Media registration is by invitation only. The speakers page currently lists no named speakers and directs visitors to check back for the agenda.