About this Event
California’s shifting economy is demanding more from its energy system – more power, flexibility, and speed-to-power.
Cleantech San Diego invites you to join industry experts as they examine the critical issues impacting our energy ecosystem and explore the decisions and solutions shaping how San Diego powers what comes next. Gain key insights on the impact evolving energy demands are having on transmission and distribution infrastructure and the strategies and policies San Diego and California need to overcome transmission hurdles, interconnection bottlenecks, and reliability challenges.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Eric Wesoff, Executive Director, Canary Media
Cristy Sanada, Deputy Director, Demand Forecasting and Scenario Development, California Energy Commission
Le-Quyen Nguyen, Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy, California Public Utilities Commission
Neil Millar, Vice President of Transmission Planning & Infrastructure Development, California Independent System Operator (ISO)
Will Speer, Vice President - Electric Engineering and Construction, SDG&E
Gordon Samuel, Chief Commercial Officer, Greg Wade, CEO, Clean Energy Alliance
Brindavani Malladi, Vice President, Interconnection, Arevon
Nick Jackson, Vice President, Baker Electric
John Lushetsky, Senior Vice President, ML Strategies
David Field, CEO/Co-Founder, Luminia
Cody Hill, Senior Vice President, REV Renewables
Arnab Pal, Executive Director, Deploy Action
April Bolduc, President, S Curve Strategies
Mitch Zafer, Principal, Energy Storage, Coffman Engineers
Marc Campopiano, Partner, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Cody Hooven, Principal & Co-Founder, Evolution Affairs
Hillary Hebert, Founder/Principal, HMH Energy
Jason Anderson, President and CEO, Cleantech San Diego
EVENT PARTERS:
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PANEL TOPICS:
Energy Load: Demands and Opportunities for the Energy Sector
Data centers, EV infrastructure, and the “electrification of everything” are reshaping power consumption at a record pace. Join industry experts for a discussion on the state’s energy demands and the impacts those demands are having on the energy industry.
Queued Up: Transmission, Interconnection, and California’s Infrastructure Challenges
Grid experts explore the current challenges with accessing the grid and the infrastructure updates needed to take the San Diego region from where we are to where we need to go.
Energy Storage: Securing Critical Infrastructure to Ensure Reliability
Local subject matter experts underscore why battery energy storage is critical infrastructure and what it will take to meet energy storage demands.
Policy in Motion: California and San Diego’s Push for Clean Energy Leadership
Policy champions and civic leaders analyze political challenges impacting the clean energy sector and how state and local decisionmakers are stepping up to keep regional momentum moving forward.
Panel Topics
Energy Load: Demands and Opportunities for the Energy Sector
Info: Data centers, EV infrastructure, and the “electrification of everything” are reshaping power consumption at a record pace. Join industry experts for a discussion on the state’s energy demands and the impacts those demands are having on the energy industry.
Queued Up: Transmission, Interconnection, and CA's Infrastructure Challenges
Info: Grid experts explore the current challenges with accessing the grid and the infrastructure updates needed to take the San Diego region from where we are to where we need to go.
Energy Storage: Securing Critical Infrastructure to Ensure Reliability
Info: Local subject matter experts underscore why battery energy storage is critical infrastructure and what it will take to meet energy storage demands.
Policy in Motion: California and San Diego’s Push for Clean Energy Leadership
Info: Policy champions and civic leaders analyze political challenges impacting the clean energy sector and how state and local decisionmakers are stepping up to keep regional momentum moving forward.
Event venue & nearby stays
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, San Diego, United States
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