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Community Solar
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Customer Acquisition: The Hidden Key to Community Solar
Location: 251C
Bryan Birsic – Wunder; Sam Choi – Orlando Utilities Commission; Kyle Marchesseault – Nexamp; Laura Pagliarulo – CleanChoice Energy; MJ Shiao – Arcadia Power
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Unlocking Scale in the Community Solar Market
Location: 251C
Jeff Cramer – Coalition for Community Solar Access; Zaid Ashai – Nexamp; Tom Hunt – Pivot Energy; Hannah Muller – Clearway Energy Group; David Sandbank – New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:30 am

A Framework to Evaluate Voluntary Utility-Led Community Solar
Location: 251B
Tony Chen – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Marta Tomic – Vote Solar
Distributed Generation
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

Solar on New Construction
Location: 251C
Tony Chen – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Joe Cain – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

How Do Utilities See Their Role in Helping Their Customers with DER Decisions
Location: 251C
Tess O'Brien – EnergySage, Inc.; Kristen Brown – Exelon Utilities; Laura Butler – Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation; Smriti Mishra – National Grid Ventures
Energy Storage
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

Know Before You Go! Exploring the Changing World of Energy Storage Codes and Standards
Location: 250E
Jason Fisher – Solar Technical Consulting LLC; Ziyad Ali – E.ON Climate & Renewables; Ken Boyce – UL LLC; Babak Enayati – National Grid; Kyra Holt – SEI Professional Services
Sponsored By:
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Pioneers in Deep Decarbonization: Long Duration Storage, Regionalization, and High Penetration Renewables
Location: 250E
Nitzan Goldberger – Energy Storage Association; Jennifer Burke – Lockheed Martin; Daniel Dedrick – Clearway Energy Group; Mark Frigo – E.ON Climate & Renewables; Thomas Honles – LADWP
Sponsored By:
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

Best Practices in Behind the Meter Energy Storage
Location: 250E
Lon Huber – Navigant Research; Ani Backa – sonnen; Gary Lemay – New Hampshire Electrical Cooperative; Justin Orkney – Tucson Electric Power Co.
Sponsored By:
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

Solar Plus Storage Plus Load Flexibility
Location: 250E
John Powers – Extensible Energy; Matt Cheney – CleanPath Ventures LLC; Diane Dandeneau – IPOWER Alliance; David Jeon – PXiSE Energy Solutions; Kathleen Krah – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sponsored By:
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

Goldilocks PV + Storage Plant: How Do You Make Your Project "Just Right"?
Location: 250E
Craig Horne – SOLV, Swinerton Renewable Energy; Dan Berwick – Borrego Solar Systems; Ted Burhans – Tucson Electric Power; Wes Kennedy – Blue Planet Energy; Kate McGinnis – Fluence
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Best Practices for BESS Factory Acceptance Testing
Location: 251B
Shaun Garrison – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Chris Wright – Clean Energy Associates
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Integrating Solar, Storage, and Electric Vehicles
Location: 250E
Jeff Wolfe – Tritium Pty Ltd; Joe Halso – Sierra Club; Erick Karlen – Greenlots; John Pinho – Arizona Public Service; Sara Rafalson – EVgo
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

Financing Considerations for C&I BESS Fleets
Location: 250E
Andrew Jerdonek – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Jamie Daggett – DNV GL Energy
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:30 am

Best of Both Worlds: A Marriage of Two Battery Technologies
Location: 250E
Andrew Jerdonek – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Fabio Albano – NantEnergy
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

Where Are Markets and Services Going?
Location: 250E
Emma Foehringer Merchant – Greentech Media; Tim Ash – Fluence; Tom Leyden – EDF Renewables; Peter Muhoro – National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation; Michael Norbeck – Sunrun
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
2:30 pm

The Promise of Solar and Storage Solutions for Utilities
Location: 250E
Herman K. Trabish – Utility Dive; Kristen Brown – Exelon Utilities; Ted Burhans – Tucson Electric Power; Ty Daul – Recurrent Energy Group; Jacqueline DeRosa – Ameresco; Robert Morgan – GE Renewable Energy; Norm Taffe – SunPower
Sponsored By:
Finance and Asset Management
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

How to Finance Without a PPA: Financing Hedges, Merchant, and Everything in Between
Location: 251D
Jessica Adkins – Bracewell; Brian Callaway – sPower; Gary Dorris – Ascend Analytics; Jennifer Williams – Live Oak Bank
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

Updating Your O&M Toolkit
Location: 251B
Zoe Berkery – CleanCapital; Amanda Bybee – Amicus O&M Cooperative; Derek Chase – SunSystem Technology; Reegan Moen – SOLV, Swinerton Renewable Energy; Nikhil Vadhavkar – Raptor Maps Inc.
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Financing and Technical Considerations for Modeling 40 Year Operational Life
Location: 251D
Justin Baca – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Jackson Moore – DNV GL Energy; Raj Soi – Soltage; Laura Stern – Nautilus Solar Energy; Leigh Zanone – 8minute Solar Energy
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:30 pm

Best Practices in Solar Decommissioning
Location: 251B
John Smirnow – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Will Kirby – HDR Engineering, Inc.
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

Trends in Insurance Products for Solar
Location: 251D
Laura Jones – Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP; Gary Blitz – Aon; Sara Kane – Beecher Carlson; Richard Matsui – kWh Analytics; Jeff McAulay – Energetic Insurance
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

The Other Data - Beyond Performance and Finance
Location: 251D
Jason Trager – Sustainabilist; Rob Andrews – Heliolytics Inc.; Steven Hanawalt – Power Factors, LLC; Rudy Saporite, III – IBTS; Lynsey Tibbs – Southern Power Company
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Finance Outlook: Review of 2019 and Perspective on the Year Ahead
Location: 251D
Keith Martin – Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; Chris Diaz – Seminole Financial Services, LLC; Andrew Redinger – KeyBanc Capital Markets; Meghan Schultz – Invenergy LLC; David Shipley – sPower; Dan Siegel – U.S. Bank
Sponsored By:
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

Avalanche Warning: A Wall of Money Hits Solar
Location: 251B
Tony Chen – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Greg Lavigne – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; John Marciano – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

Transforming Data Into Information and Knowledge
Location: 251D
Mac Keller – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); May Cai – Trimark Associate
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

How to Finance A Better (C&I) Portfolio
Location: 251D
William Holmes – K&L Gates; Jason Barrett – GAF Energy, LLC; Brent Morgan – Microsoft; Jessie Robbins – Sol Systems; Rob Sternthal – Rubicon Capital Advisors
Wednesday, Sep 25
2:30 pm

Implementation Considerations and Financing for Clean Energy Microgrids
Location: 251C
Jessica Lim – Southern California Edison; Jason Barmann – Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.; Allie Detrio – Microgrid Resources Coalition & Reimagine Power; Megan Kerins – Rocky Mountain Institute; Rohit Nair – PacifiCorp; Robert Schueffner – Caterpillar Inc.
Grid Modernization
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

Distribution System Infrastructure and Planning to Support Optimized Charging of Electric Vehicles
Location: 250A
Adarsh Nagarajan – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Lisa Arellanes – Southern California Edison; Erika Myers – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Vic Shao – AMPLY Power, Inc.; Paul Stith – Black & Veatch
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Distribution System Planning Data for Project Development
Location: 250A
Kristen Ardani – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Sara Baldwin – Interstate Renewable Energy Council; Samir Succar – ICF
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

The Emergence of a Decentralized Energy Exchange - A Postcard from Australia
Location: 250A
Leigh Yeatts – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Andrew Tanner – GreenSync
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:30 pm

Aggregating Multi-unit Developments Hosting Solar-plus-storage Systems onto a Common Platform
Location: 250A
Leigh Yeatts – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Tim Zgonena – UL LLC
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

Demand Flexibility and Control
Location: 250F
Brenda Chew – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Ryan Hledik – The Brattle Group; John Lampe – Itron, Inc.; Arch Rao – Span.IO, Inc; Emilie Stone – Uplight
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

Non-Wires Alternatives with Blocks and Chains
Location: 250A
Kate Strickland – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Stina Brock – Electron
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:30 am

Defending Our PV System from Cyberattacks
Location: 250A
Kate Strickland – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Emily Hwang – Yaskawa Solectria Solar
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:30 am

Wholesale Market Design for Rapid Decarbonization
Location: 251D
Mac Keller – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Mark Ahlstrom – NextEra Energy Resources; Rob Gramlich – Grid Strategies LLC
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

DER in Wholesale Power Markets
Location: 250A
Thomas Maslin – IHS Markit; Jeff Dennis – Advanced Energy Economy; Michaela Flagg – Midcontinent Independent System Operator; Aaron Smallwood – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
Wednesday, Sep 25
2:30 pm

The Great Debate: Grid Modernization for a Clean Energy Future
Location: 250A
Arjun Krishnaswami – Natural Resources Defense Council; Kevin Lucas – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Hilary Pearson – Exelon Utilities; Christopher Villarreal – Plugged in Strategies
Manufacturing
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

Emerging Trends in Solar Manufacturing
Location: 251B
John Smirnow – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Greg Brabec – Wacker; Nigel Cockroft – JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.; Leila Madrone – Sunfolding
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:30 am

Bifacial Modules
Location: 250F
Claire August – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Itai Suez – Silfab Solar
Sponsored By: DuPont
Policy/Regulatory
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

Unleashing Apollo’s Fire: State Policy, Political Organizing, and The New Climate Politics
Location: 251C
Sammy Roth – Los Angeles Times; Joni Bosh – NW Energy Coalition; Adam Browning – Vote Solar; Cecil Corbin-Mark – WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Sean Gallagher – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

A Trade Update - What’s Next and How Will Tariffs Continue to Impact the Industry?
Location: 251B
John Smirnow – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

Managing Risk & Uncertainty in Regulatory Proceedings
Location: 250F
Ellen Nowak – Wisconsin Public Service Commission; Chris Brooks – Nevada State Legislature; Philip Dion – American Electric Power; Will G. Giese – Hawaii Solar Energy Association
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

The Continued Evolution of DG Compensation Across the States
Location: 250A
Briana Kobor – Vote Solar; Tom Beach – Crossborder Energy; Shue Cheng – Southern California Edison; Jim Lazar – Regulatory Assistance Project; Emma Searson – Environment America
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

Scaling Up Low and Moderate Income Access to Solar
Location: 251C
Melanie Santiago-Mosier – Vote Solar; Luis Davila – Sunrun; Sandhya Murali – Solstice; Garrett Nilsen – Solar Energy Technologies Office, US Department of Energy; Andie Wyatt – GRID Alternatives
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

The Quest for Resilience: Who Wants It? Who Gets It? Who Pays for It?
Location: 250A
Rick P. Umoff – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Sachu Constantine – Vote Solar; Anne Hoskins – Sunrun; Meredith Pringle – Converge Strategies, LLC
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Achieving 100% Clean Energy
Location: 250A
Katie Rever – IGS Solar Energy; Jonathan Adelman – Xcel Energy; Christopher Clack – Vibrant Clean Energy; Pete Fuller – Autumn Lane Energy Consulting; Shinjini Menon – Southern California Edison
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

An Insider Look at How Federal Policy Trends Affect Your Bottom Line
Location: 251C
Erin Duncan – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Erica Dahl – Vivint Solar; Adam Gardiner – United States Senate; Kevin Gresham – E.ON Climate & Renewables; Bret Sowers – Southern Current
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

How Cities are Decarbonizing Their Electricity Systems
Location: 251C
Rushad Nanavatty – Rocky Mountain Institute; Luke Cartin – Park City Municipal Corporation; Mike Healy – New Columbia Solar; Mark Pruitt – The Power Bureau; Sarah Wright – Utah Clean Energy
Wednesday, Sep 25
2:30 pm

Late-Breaking QuickTalk: PURPA Changes and What It Means For Your Business
Location: 251D
Katherine Gensler – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Regional Markets
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Great Expectations: How Big will MA and NY Solar+Storage Applications Scale?
Location: 251B
Dave Gahl – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Ilan Gutherz – Borrego Solar Systems; Juliana Mandell – ENGIE North America; Ian Springsteel – National Grid
Tuesday, Sep 24
4:00 pm

The Acceleration of Renewables in the Intermountain West
Location: 251B
Ryan Evans – Utah Solar Energy Association; Mike Kruger – Colorado Solar & Storage Association (COSSA); Laura Nelson – Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development; Jonathan Weisgall – Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

A Tale of Two States: The Carolinas
Location: 250F
Betsy McCorkle – Kairos Government Affairs; George Brown – Duke Energy; Chris Carmody – North Carolina Clean Energy Business Alliance (NCCEBA); Senator Tom Davis – South Carolina Legislature; Danny Kassis – Dominion Energy South Carolina; Representative John Szoka – North Carolina General Assembly
The Future of Solar+
Tuesday, Sep 24
9:30 am

Building PV & Storage for a High-Penetration Future
Location: 250F
Brian Ross – Great Plains Institute; Theresa Christian – Exelon Corporation; Ted Ko – Stem, Inc.; Ray Long – Clearway Energy Group; John Sterling – First Solar
Tuesday, Sep 24
11:00 am

Crowdsourcing Energy: Community Choice Aggregation Opportunities
Location: 250F
Jennifer Szaro – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA); Rachel Bird – Borrego Solar Systems; Nick Chaset – East Bay Community Energy; Julia Zuckerman – Clearway Energy Group
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:00 pm

How to Meet the Corporate Demand for Clean Energy
Location: 251D
Shawn Rumery – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Will Conkling – Google; Kevin Haley – Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance; Heather Mulligan – Puget Sound Energy; Nam Nguyen – SunPower Corporation; Rob Threlkeld – General Motors
Tuesday, Sep 24
1:30 pm

We Need DER and Utility Scale to Reach 100
Location: 251C
Tony Chen – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Ric O'Connell – Grid Lab
Wednesday, Sep 25
11:00 am

Solar Development on Landfills: Solar PV on Two Capped Landfills in Vermont
Location: 250F
Claire August – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Chad Farrell – Encore Renewable Energy; Helen Riehle – South Burlington City Council
Wednesday, Sep 25
1:00 pm

Sustainable Pathways for Solar
Location: 251B
Evelyn Butler – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Garvin Heath – National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Phil Rausch – Hemlock Semiconductor Operations, LLC.; Vikash Venkataramana – JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc.
Wednesday, Sep 25
2:30 pm

Changing Dynamics for Marketing & PR in the Solar + Decade
Location: 251B
Colin Silver – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA); Miranda Barnard – Vivint Solar; Misty Chioffe – BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH; Deborah Knuckey – Kiterocket; Rob Sargent – Environment America
Utility Scale
Tuesday, Sep 24
2:30 pm

Utility Scale Solar Plants of the Future: Integrating Bifacial Module, Energy Storage, Solar Trackers, and Software
Location: 250F
Colleen O'Brien – Underwriters Labortories Inc.; Alex Au – NEXTracker Inc.; Nick de Vries – Silicon Ranch; Hongbin Fang – LONGi Solar; Lucas Moller – Recurrent Energy
Wednesday, Sep 25
9:30 am

Land Use and the Interrelationship and Mutual Benefits of Solar and Agriculture
Location: 250F
Stephen Kalland – NC Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University; Laura Caspari – ENGIE North America; Rob Davis – Fresh Energy; Lexie Hain – American Solar Grazing Association; Jordan Macknick – National Renewable Energy Laboratory