About VACES
Engaging the Leaders of Virginia's Energy Transformation
The Virginia Clean Energy Summit serves as a vital forum for presenting innovative clean energy technologies, policies, and business practices that are driving the transformation of Virginia's energy sector. Our main goal is to identify opportunities and foster collaboration that accelerates the adoption of: solar, wind, nuclear, energy storage, clean vehicles, energy efficiency, and other clean energy solutions.
Who will attend?
We are proud to bring together representatives from businesses, state and local governments, academia, and NGOs to exchange knowledge, share best practices, and explore new avenues for cooperation. By leveraging the diverse expertise of our attendees, we aim to collectively address challenges and seize opportunities in the clean energy sector.
The Virginia Clean Energy Summit is a Unique Collaboration of Prominent Clean Energy Groups Across the Commonwealth: The Virginia Alliance for Clean Energy (VACE), The Virginia Department of Energy, The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Energy Efficiency Council, Advanced Energy United, CHESSA.
Together, these partners share a common commitment to advancing clean energy and sustainability in Virginia. Through this collaboration, the Summit serves as a platform to drive innovation, support thoughtful policy development, and accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy system across the Commonwealth.
Groups That Have Attended VACES
1021 Development, LLC
174 Power Global
270 Strategies
A Better City
A&N Electric Cooperative
A.O. Smith Corporation
ABB
AC Power
Accenture
Access Advertising & Public Relations
Ace Hydroseeding, Inc.
Actalent Energy & Utilities
Adams and Reese LLP
Advanced Energy United
AECOM
Aegis Environmental, Inc.
AES
Air Products
AK Power Solutions
Albemarle Corporation
Albemarle County
Alliance AutoGas
Alliance for Transportation Electrification
ALN Policy and Law, LLC
Alpin Sun
Amalgamated Bank
Amazon
American Clean Power Association (ACP)
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
American Electric Power (AEP)
American Energy Society
American Farmland Trust
American Public Power Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
Ameresco
Ampion
ANT Energy
Antares Group Inc. – A Stark Tech Company
Apex Clean Energy
Appalachian Power
Appalachian Voices
Arcadis
Archaea Energy
Arevon Energy
Arlington County
ARM Group
ARPA-E
Artemis Consulting Services, LLC
Atlantic Union Bank
Atom Power
Audubon
Avangrid
Avangrid Renewables
AWS
Bailiwick Strategies LLC
Baker Tilly
Balzer & Associates
BayWa r.e.
Bedrock Environmental
Bellawatt
Beyond Methane RVA
BHE Renewables
Birch Studios
Black & Veatch
Block Energy – University of Colorado Denver M.S. Energy Program
BlockEnergy
Blossman Gas
Blue Lake Productions
Blue Ridge Power
Blue Whale EV / Critical Peake Services
BluePath Finance
Bowman Consulting
Bridging the Gap in Virginia
Brookfield Renewable
Burns & McDonnell
Business Network for Offshore Wind
C3
CAC Tech Services Inc.
Cadmus
Calpine Energy Solutions
Calvert Street Group
Capital City Services
Capital One
Carahsoft
Carolina Solar Services
Carter Machinery Company, Inc.
CASE at JMU
Center for Energy Workforce Development
CenterPoint Energy
Central Carolina Seeding, LLC
CEP Solar
Ceres
Chaberton Energy
Chambers for Innovation & Clean Energy
ChargePoint
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Chesapeake Solar and Storage Association (CHESSA)
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County Economic Development
CHP Energy Solutions
Christian & Barton, LLP
Citadel
City of Alexandria
City of Charlottesville
City of Fredericksburg
City of Harrisonburg
City of Lynchburg
City of Norfolk
City of Richmond
City of Richmond Office of Sustainability
City of Virginia Beach
Clenera
Clean Air Task Force
Clean Energy Buyers Association
Clean Energy States Alliance
Clean Fuels Alliance America
Clean Technology Capital LLC
Clean Virginia
CleanCapital
Climate Cabinet Action
Climate Changemakers
Climate Equity Working Group
Coalfield Strategies, LLC
Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo)
Colonial Construction Materials, Inc.
Columbia Gas of Virginia
Commercial Laser Services
Commission on Electric Utility Regulation
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Commonwealth Power
Community Climate Collaborative
Community Housing Partners
Con Edison
Conservation Law Foundation
Conservatives for Clean Energy
Constellation
Convert Solar
COSAAT Energy Solutions
Cox Communications
Crater Planning District Commission
CSX
Cypress Creek Renewables
Dandelion Energy
Danora Infrastructure Advisors
Davis Hill Development
Day & Zimmermann
DC America
Delegation of the European Union to the USA
Deloitte
DevEngine
Dewberry
Dimension Energy
Dimension Renewable Energy
DLA Piper
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy Innovation Center
Dominion Energy Solutions
Dramby Environmental Consulting
Dudek
Duke Energy
Earth Right Mid-Atlantic
EarthWork Collective
East Point Energy
Ecoplexus
ECS Mid-Atlantic
EDF Renewables
EDP Renewables
EDP Renewables North America
ElectraTherm
Electrification Coalition
Electrified Marina, LLC
Emmvee
Enchanted Rock
Enel North America
Energy Foundation
Energy Innovation
Energy News Network
Energy Right
Energy Systems Group
Energy Vault
EnergyHub
ENGIE Distributed Solar and Storage
ENGIE North America
Enphase
ENSCO Rail
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Environmental Construction Solutions
Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc.
Environmental Innovations & Solutions, Inc.
Environmental Solutions & Innovations, Inc.
EPRI
Equinor Wind US
ERM
ESRI
ETHERO Truck + Energy
EV Resource
EVerged
Faegre Drinker
Fairfax County
Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
Fall Line Strategies
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
First Solar
Fisher Associates
FLIPP Inc.
Fluence
Form Energy
Forth
Forvis LLP
Framatome
GAI Consultants
Galehead Development
GE Vernova
Generation180
Gentry Locke
Geo-Technology Associates
George Mason University
Geosyntec Consultants
GiveSolar
Glen Allen Green Energy
GMU / Allied Nuclear Partners
Google
Got Electric, LLC
Gray & Pape
Gray’s LAMBscaping
Greater Richmond Partnership
Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Green Powered Technology
GreenBrilliance
GreeneHurlocker
GRCC
Guidehouse
Guthridge Associates
Habitat for Humanity Virginia
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampton Roads Alliance
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Hanover County
Henrico County
Henrico County Department of Public Utilities
Hewitt Solutions
Hexagon Energy
HiReli LLC
Hitachi Energy
Holland & Knight
Honeywell
Howard University
Hua Nani Partners
Hurt & Proffitt
HydroGeo Environmental
Hydrostor
IBEW
ICF International
InCharge Energy
InClime Inc
Independence Hydrogen
InnovoGeo Engineering
Integrity Building Companies
Intersect Power
Invenergy
Jacobs
James City County
James Madison University
JD Ross Energy
JLL
JMT
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Johnson Controls
JWB, LLC
JWM Law, PLLC
KC Solutions Group
KCI Technologies
Kimley-Horn
King and Queen County
Kitty Hawk Wind
Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams
LaBella Associates
Leidos
Lenthall Advisors LLC
Liberty University
Lightshift Energy
Linden Capital
Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP)
Lockwood Strategies LLC
Locus
Longroad Energy
Louisa County
LS Power
Luminace
M.C. Dean
Madison Monroe & Associates
Mangum Economics
MAREC Action
Marsh McLennan Agency
Marx Okubo
McGriff
McGuireWoods Consulting
McGuireWoods LLP
McKissack & McKissack
Merck
Michaela Howard Coaching and Consulting
Microsoft
Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition
Moment Energy
Monarch Vegetation Services
Montrose Environmental
Moseley
Mothers Out Front
Mountain View Solar
Moxion Power
National Grid
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Nationwide Electric Supply
Nautilus Solar Energy
NC Advanced Energy
Nevados
New Buildings Institute
New Energy Equity
New Leaf Energy
New Target
Nexamp
NextEra Energy
NextEra Energy Resources
Nikola Corporation
North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)
North Carolina Advanced Energy Corporation
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
Norton Rose Fulbright
NOVEC
NRDC
NRG Energy
NuScale Power
nXSolutions
Oak Hill Fund
Ocean Visions
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC)
Old Dominion Public Affairs
Old Dominion University
Office of Del. Rip Sullivan
Office of Delegate Irene Shin
Office of Delegate Laufer
Office of the Governor
Open Road Renewables
Optimum Building Solutions
Ørsted
Pattern Energy
Paymerang
PedalPowerRVA
PENN E&R
Penn State
PheedLoop
Piedmont Environmental Council
Piedmont Housing Alliance
Pivot Energy
PJM Interconnection
PlanRVA
Potential Energy Coalition
Power Engineers
Power Up Virginia
Power Your Community
Priority Land Services
Profile Products
PSEGQcells USA Corp.
Quick AC Quote
Ramboll
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
ReBoSS
Recharged
Redbird Energy Group
Reed Smith LLP
Regenerative Strategies, LLC
Reisinger & Gooch PLC
Renew Rocktown
RenUSA
Resilient Virginia
RIC Energy
Rinker Design Associates
Riverside Strategies
RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute)
Roanoke Gas Company
Rootspace
Roseburg
RVA on Wheels
RVT Group Inc.
RWE Clean Energy
Rye Development LLC
S&P Global
Safford Brown VW
Sands Anderson PC
Schneider Electric
Schnabel Engineering
SEARCH
Secure Solar Futures
SECO USA / NVCC
Senate of Virginia
SHINE
Siemens
Siemens Energy
Sierra Club
Sierra Club Virginia Chapter
Siller Pollinator Company
Simple Thread
Sol Systems
SolAmerica Energy
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Solar Landscape
Solar Site Developers
Solar United Neighbors
SolUnesco
Sonny Merryman
Soteria Ascending
South Central Virginia Business Alliance
Southeast Sustainability Directors Network
Southeastern Wind Coalition
Southern Company
Southern Environmental Law Center
Southside Electric Cooperative
Spotts Fain Consulting
Stantec
Stark Tech
Stone Mountain Technologies
Strata Clean Energy
SugarOak Realty
Summit Ridge Energy
Sumitomo SHI-FW
Sun Tribe
Sun Tribe Development
Sun Tribe EPC
Sun Tribe Solar
Sunday Solar
SunPower
Sunrun
Sustainability Solutions Group
Sustainable Design Consulting
Swift Current Energy
Survey
TerraPower
Terraform Power
Tetra Tech
Texas Tech
The AES Corporation
The American Energy Society
The Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability (Virginia Tech)
The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy (JMU)
The Nature Conservancy
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Solar Foundation
The Trafford Group
ThompsonMcMullan
Tiger Solar
Timmons Group
TRC
Trane Technologies
Troutman Pepper Locke
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
UL Solutions
UNC
United Coalition for Advanced Nuclear Power
United States Senate
Universal Solutions International
University of San Francisco
University of Tennessee Knoxville
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
University of Virginia Environmental Institute
University of Virginia School of Law
Urban Grid
VACo
VACE (Virginia Alliance for Clean Energy)
VADA
VAEEC (Virginia Energy Efficiency Council)
Vanguard Renewables
Virginia Clean Cities
Virginia Clean Cities Coalition
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Virginia Conservation Network
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Division of Natural Heritage
Virginia Department of Energy
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Virginia Department of Transportation
Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)
Virginia Energy Efficiency Council
Virginia Farm Bureau
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Innovative Nuclear Hub
Virginia League of Conservation Voters
Virginia Mercury
Virginia Municipal League
Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium
Virginia School Equipment
Virginia Solar Summit
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Virginia Tech
Virginia Works
VCU Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment
VEIC
VESTA Home Energy
VHB
Voltus
Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas
Wetland Studies and Solutions
WGL Energy
Williams Mullen
Wire Gill LLP
Woods Rogers
WSP USA