12th Annual Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Symposium

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Date

September 29

Time

7:45 AM PT

Format

Hybrid

Location

Sacramento, CA

Energy
Technology
Innovation
Automotive · Batteries & Energy Storage · Power & Utilities

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Panel and plenary tracks cover energy equity and affordability, battery safety, energy storage, next-generation vehicle charging, building electrification and decarbonization, battery lifecycle and circularity, long-duration storage, community-scale distributed energy resources, legislative insights, and industrial-sector decarbonization. Named sessions include “Living Room Chat: Can Innovation Drive the U.S. Clean Energy Transition Forward?”, “Advancing Innovation to Achieve California’s Clean Energy and Climate Goals,” “Unlocking First-of-a-Kind Technologies for At-Scale Deployment,” “Special Sneak Peek: California’s New Battery Hub,” “Optimizing Electric Vehicles as Grid Assets,” “Closing the Battery Lifecycle Loop,” “Scaling Energy Storage for the Duration,” “In Conversation: Legislative Insights and How EPIC Can Advance State Policy,” and “Innovating More Affordable Solutions for the Industrial Sector.” The agenda references CPUC Proceedings R.25-06-019, R.21-06-017, R.20-08-022, R.23-12-008, R.22-11-013, R.19-01-011, R.15-03-010, R.25-10-003, and R.11-03-012.

Speakers(50)

Fritz Foo

Supervisor of Outreach and Engagement, California Energy Commission

David Hochschild

Chair, California Energy Commission

John Reynolds

President, California Public Utilities Commission

Michael Brune

CEO, Clean Break Fund

Jennifer Granholm

President and CEO, Granholm Energy, LLC

Lauren Sanchez

Chair, California Air Resources Board

Howard Wenger

President and Board Director, Nextpower Inc.

Karen Douglas

Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

Kate Gordon

CEO, California Forward

Steve Powell

President and CEO, Southern California Edison Company

Le-Quyen Nguyen

Deputy Executive Director of Energy and Climate Policy, California Public Utilities Commission

Jon Bonanno

Managing Partner, Factor

Eli Goldstein

Co-Founder and CTO, SkyCool Systems Inc.

Ty Jagerson

Vice President International, Antora Energy

Saritha Peruri

Vice President of Commercialization, Tandem PV

Lyn Schlueter

Vice President of Manufacturing, Enzinc

Cammy Peterson

Deputy Director of Energy Systems, Innovation, and Strategy, California Energy Commission

Brenna Teigler

Co-Founder and CEO, Electrochemistry Foundry

Nancy Skinner

Commissioner, California Energy Commission

Khaled Bahei-Eldin

Director of Charging and Energy Systems, Rivian Automotive, Inc.

Mathias Bell

Vice President of Market Development and Partnerships, WeaveGrid, Inc.

Elijah Darby

Vehicle-to-Everything Project Owner, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Nick Fiore

Clean Transportation Innovation Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric Company

Jessica Dunn

Scientist of Lithium-ion Battery Sustainability, Union of Concerned Scientists

Zora Chung

CFO, ReJoule Inc.

Weikang Li

Co-Founder and CEO, ExPost Technology Inc.

Jae Wan Park

Founder and CEO, RePurpose Energy, Inc.

Steve Sloop

Founder and President, OnTo Technology LLC

Antoni Tong

Founder and CEO, Smartville, Inc.

Margo Bonner

Associate Director, Energy and Environmental Economics

Matt Braunwarth

Manager of Energy Efficiency Procurement, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

G.G. Merkel

Applied Research Manager, Association for Energy Affordability, Inc.

Alejandra Tellez

Deputy Executive Officer and Sustainability Officer, County of Ventura

Brett Webster

Principal, Carbon-Free Buildings Program, RMI

John Laird

Senator, California State Legislature

Seamus Bannon

Lead Product Engineer, Inlyte Energy

Andrew Oh

COO, Noon Energy, Inc.

Matt Walz

CCO, Invinity Energy Systems

Nicole Cartwright

Program Manager for Transformative Climate Communities, Strategic Growth Council

Ry Brennan

Research Analyst and Consultant, Community Energy & Equity Resources

Genaro Bugarin

Director of Energy Innovation, The Energy Coalition

Alexandra McGee

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, MCE

Therese Peffer

Associate Director, California Institute for Energy and Environment

Cottie Petrie-Norris

Assemblymember, California State Legislature

Kelly Kissock

Faculty Director, UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute

Onder Caliskaner

Founder and CEO, Caliskaner Water Technologies, Inc.

Robin Ihnfeldt

Founder and CEO, General Engineering & Research, LLC

Pauliina Meskanen

Co-Founder and CEO, Calectra, Inc.

Parker Wells

Co-Founder and CEO, Element 16 Technologies

Jonah Steinbuck

Director of the Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission

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