Energy Legislative Preview Luncheon

The conference brings together policymakers, experts, and corporate leaders across the clean energy value chain. Topics include wind, solar, storage, transmission, and dealmaking.

The conference covers solar and storage alongside energy efficiency, beneficial electrification, and heat pumps, with a broader focus on decarbonization in the Mountain West. Programming is described as expert panels and thought-leadership sessions addressing policy, market trends, technology innovation, market development, emerging technologies, and business realities across the clean energy ecosystem.

Resources for the Future and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation bring together researchers and stakeholders to examine energy economics, policy, and technology, with an emphasis on connecting research and decision-making. In-person attendance is by invitation only. The program includes an opening discussion on how researchers can collaborate with decision-makers amid changes in the US energy research and policy landscapes. Topical breakout sessions use lightning talks, practitioner reflections, and moderated discussion to cover energy supply chains, energy workforce transitions, industrial decarbonization, and energy system resilience. Other sessions address consumer perspectives on electricity rate design, energy efficiency, vehicle purchases, and energy policy choices; clean-energy research and deployment involving nuclear energy, geothermal technologies, carbon capture, and carbon dioxide removal; and the United States’ position in global clean-energy innovation. Facilitated networking focuses on data access, combining quantitative and qualitative research, reaching new audiences, and building communities of practice. The program also includes participant-nominated breakfast salons and a funders’ panel on emerging energy-system research needs and opportunities for impact.

A member-focused policy program combining legislative meetings with panels on state energy and cleantech policy. Possible panel topics include policies supporting large-scale campus decarbonization efforts and workforce development. Panel 1 addresses Big Things on the Move: Policies to Consider for Current and Emerging Energy Projects, with Dave McCormack, CEO, Clean Energy Supplier Alliance; Julianne Mattecheck, Fabrication Salesperson, UMC, Inc.; and Ryan Calkins, Commissioner, Port of Seattle. Panel 2 addresses Carbon Management and Growing Energy Demand, with Steven Schueneman, Manager, Emerging Technologies and Sustainability, Puget Sound Energy; Meghan Gavin, General Counsel and Director, Carbon Containment Lab; and Mike Robinson, Co-Founder, PacClean. Innovation cluster insights and moderation are provided by Mel Clark, President & CEO, CleanTech Alliance, and Cassie Losey, Director of Governmental Affairs, Port of Benton. Reception remarks are provided by Nora Hawkins, Interim Energy Policy Director, Washington State Department of Commerce. The program includes legislator meetings with Sen. Sharon Shewmake, Rep. Alex Ramel, and Rep. Clyde Shavers.

Participants will meet others from the energy industry, learn how the regulatory and legislative process can affect the industry, and hear from lawmakers and regulators about legislation that could affect Texas oil and natural gas during the 90th Legislative Session. The event also provides an opportunity to demonstrate the industry’s importance to policymakers.

Brings together policymakers, corporate leaders, investors, utilities, legal experts, and clean energy innovators to address pressing policy issues facing the clean energy industry. The program is expected to include panels and presentations on current policy and industry trends.

The symposium focuses on accelerating deployment of transformative clean-energy technologies and policies for the public good, forging cross-sector alliances, and renewing leadership commitment to clean-energy innovation. The agenda includes a fireside chat; sessions on battery innovation and battery research; an emerging leaders panel; “Learning from Hundreds of Millions of Experiments in a Single Afternoon”; “Life Science Lessons”; and “High-Throughput Materials Science for Solar.” An innovation ecosystems panel and closing address round out the program.

The forum brings together policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders to examine energy security, economic competitiveness, clean energy deployment, regulatory modernization, market expansion, affordability, regulation, and nuclear deployment. Participants include professionals across government, utilities, finance, and advocacy. The program includes engagement with federal and state policymakers and the State of the Nuclear Energy Industry address by NEI President and CEO Maria Korsnick. The forum is open to media.

The conference and reception offers an opportunity to learn about innovations in advanced energy and recent policy developments. The program includes main-stage panels, breakout panels with expert panelists, and presentations from energy experts. It brings together leaders in Michigan’s advanced energy industry, utility executives, policymakers, and regulators.