2020 VACES Agenda

Welcome & Opening Remarks:

• Co-Hosts

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Keynote Address:

• The Honorable Ralph S. Northam, Governor of Virginia

• Bill Shobe (UVA)

Clean Energy Benefits

& Challenges

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"Infrastructure Challenges & Solutions"

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Moderator: 

• Carrie Hearne (DMME)

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Speaker: 

• Todd Flowers (Dominion Energy)

• Mary Major (DEQ)

• Brad Kreps (The Nature Conservancy)

• Tyson Utt (Apex Clean Energy)

• Tom Swartzwelder (King & Queen County)

Innovation: New Tech & Business Models

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"Aggregating Demand Expands Opportunity"

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Moderator: 

• Richard Caperton (Arcadia Power)

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Speaker: 

• Carmen Bingham (VPLC)

• Leslie Elder (Coalition for Community Solar Access)

• Corey Ramsden (SUN VA)

Empowering Consumers

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"New Tools, More Options"

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Moderator: 

• Cliona Robb (Thompson McMullan)

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Speaker: 

• Michele Pitale (CounterpointeSRE)

• Ron Cerniglia (Direct Energy)

• Chris Rawlings (Veteran LED Energy Solutions)

• Peter Muhoro (Rappahannock Energy Cooperative)

Clean Energy Benefits

& Challenges

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"Growing the Clean Energy Workforce"

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Moderator: 

• David Peterson (SHINE)

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Speaker: 

• Hayes Framme (Orsted)

• Beth Offenbacker (Waterford, Inc.)

• Raye Elliot (Right Array LLC)

Innovation: New Tech & Business Models

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"The Role of Energy Storage"

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Moderator: 

• Colleen Lueken (Fluence)

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Speaker: 

• Ricky Elder (Dominion Energy)

• Andrew Foukal (East Point Energy

• Nitzan Goldberger (Borrego Solar)

• Michael Alan Herbert (Delorean Power LLC)

Empowering Consumers

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"Success Stories: EE and Renewable Wins from Across the Commonwealth"

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Moderator: 

• Matthew Lewis (2RW Consultants)

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Speaker: 

• Carrie Webster (Henrico County)

• Devin Welch (Sun Tribe Solar)

• Lori Herrick Borden (City of Virginia Beach)

The Media

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"Moderated Round Table Discussion exploring the role media plays in informing clean energy in the Commonwealth"

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Moderator: 

• Erik Curren (Curren Media Group)

• Al Christopher (DMME)

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Panelists: 

• Sarah Vogelsong (Virginia Mercury)

• Ivy Main (Power For the People)

• Chris Tomlinson (Houston Chronicle)

• Allison Brophy Champion (Culpeper Star-Exponent)

Clean Energy Benefits

& Challenges

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"The Cost of Decarbonization: Pathways to 2050"

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Moderator: 

• Carmen Bingham (VPLC)

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Speaker: 

• Bill Shobe (UVA)

• Damian Pitt (VCU)

• Jennifer Palestrant (DMME)

Innovation: New Tech & Business Models

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"Advancing Residential Retrofits: The Toughest Work in CE"

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Moderator: 

• Dan Farrell (DMME)

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Speaker: 

• Andrew Grigsby (Viridiant)

• Lesley Crowther Fore (CHP)

• Wesley Holmes (Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance)

• Dean Fisher (Maryland Energy Administration)

Empowering Consumers

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"Role of Distributed Resources"

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Moderator: 

• Aaron Michael Sutch (Solar United Neighbors)

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Speaker: 

• Derek Wenger (Dominion Energy)

• Chelsea Barnes (Appalachian Voices)

Economic and Racial Justice

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"Moderated Roundtable Discussion with Delegates

and Senators concerning economic and racial

justice issues and the overlap with clean energy"

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Moderator: 

• Harrison Wallace (The Climate & Clean Equity Fund)

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Panelists: 

• Dana Wiggins (Virginia Poverty Law Center)

• Delegate Hala Ayala (Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st District)

• Senator Jennifer McClellan (Member of the Virginia Senate from the 9th District)

Clean Energy Benefits

& Challenges

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"Clean Energy Can Advance Equity and Justice If..."

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Moderator: 

• Narissa Turner (Virginia Conservation Network)

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Speaker: 

• Nicole Steele (Insight Power Partners)

• Hannah Coman (Apex Clean Energy)

• Yesenia Rivera (Solar United Neighbors)

• Bekura Shabazz (First Alliance Consulting LLC)

Innovation: New Tech & Business Models

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"Realizing the Electric Transportation Revolution"

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Moderator: 

• Chris Bast (DEQ)

• Alleyn Harned (Virginia Clean Cities)

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Speaker: 

• Kathleen Staples (Dominion Energy)

• Annie Gilleo (Greenlots)

• Stuart Gardner (Generation180)

Empowering Consumers

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"Next Generation of Energy Leaders"

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Moderator: 

• Elise DeGeorge (NREL)

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Speaker: 

• Stefano Brizzolara (Virginia Tech)

• Ruijie Zhu (UVA)

• Jon Miles (JMU)

What is the Most Cost-Effective Way for Virginia to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2050?

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"A debate among key stakeholders to consider how best to implement offshore wind, on-shore wind, utility-scale solar, DG solar, EE, storage projects, and bridge fuels, including the role that putting a price on carbon (via RGGI) will play"

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Moderator: 

• Trieste Lockwood (Senior Policy Advisor and Chief Energy Advisor of Governor Ralph S. Northam)

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Panelists: 

• Chelsea Harnish (Virginia Energy Efficiency Council)

• Harrison Godfrey (Virginia AEE)

• Katharine Bond (Dominion Energy Services)

• Will Cleveland (Southern Environmental Law Center)