2019 VACES Agenda

Virginia's Transforming Electricity Grid

Moderator:

Jim Kapsis, Founder, The Ad Hoc Group

Panelists:

• Paul Alvarez, President, The Wired Group;

• David Farnsworth, Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project;

• Jonathan Monken, Senior Director, PJM;

• Joe Woomer, Vice President, Dominion Energy;

• Steve Hauser, CEO, Gridwise Alliance

Local Government Solutions

Moderator:

Bob Lazaro, Executive Director, Northern Va. Regional Commission

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Panelists:

• Chase Counts, Utility Programs Manager, Community Housing Partners;

• Cathy Lin, Energy Manager and Stormwater Program Administrator, Arlington City Public Schools;

• Nell Boyle, Sustainability & Outreach Coordinator, City of Roanoke

Residential

Solutions

Moderator:

Matt Waring, Technical Director, Viridiant

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Panelists:

• Philip Agee, Assistant Professor, Virginia Center for Housing Research, Virginia Tech;

• Karla Loeb, Chief Policy & Development Officer, Sigora Solar;

• Patty Shields, Founder, Metro Green

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Solutions for

Business

Moderator: 

Bob Johnson, Sr. Vice President, Hannon Armstrong​

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Panelists:

• Eric Oliver, Founder, Earthwide;

• Leigh Anne Ratcliff, Account Executive, CPower;

• Mike Derzko, Business Development Director, Sparkfund;

• Nick DiFerdinando, Development Manager - Industrial, Suntribe Solar

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Innovative Finance Solutions

Moderator:

Marco Rubin, Senior Investment Director, Center for Innovative Technology

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Panelists:

• Greg Montgomery, Managing Director, CleanSource Capital;

• Bill Greenleaf, Manager, Clean Energy and Real Estate Lending, Virginia Community Capital;

• Cody Nystrom, Managing Director, SJF Ventures

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Energy Data Access

and Uses

Moderator:

Annie Gilleo, Senior Research Analyst, ACEEE

Panelists:

• John Morrill, Energy Manager, Arlington County;

• Kris Sieber, Manager of Member Services, Rappahannock Electric Co-op;

• Stephen Evanko, Managing Director of Energy and Sustainability, Dominion Due Diligence Group

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Solar Farms and Land Use in Virginia

Moderator:

Brad Nowak, Partner, WilliamsMullen

Panelists:

• Ben Saunders, Senior Permitting Project Manager, sPower;

• Jonah Fogel, Program Manager, UVA Environmental Resiliency Institute;

• Becky Campbell, Government Affairs Manager, First Solar;

• Vivian Seay Giles, Attorney, SandsAnderson

Local Energy Security

Moderator:

Elisa Wood, Editor-in-Chief, Microgrid Knowledge

Panelists:

• Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group;

• Eric Coffman, Chief - Office of Energy and Sustainability, Montgomery County, Maryland;

• Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, CHP Partnership Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Chris Dellinger, Account Executive, Schneider Electric Energy & Sustainability Services

C-PACE Driving Local Economic Development

Moderator:

Daniel Farrell, Program Manager, DMME

Panelists:

• Scott Dicke, Virginia C-PACE Program Director, SRS;

• Kenley Farmer, Associate Director, DC Department of Energy & Environment;

• Kathy Magruder, Executive Director, Maryland Clean Energy Center

Virginia’s Building Energy Codes

Presenter:

Sean Evensen-Shanley, Viridiant

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Electricity Rate

Design

Moderator:

Cliona Robb, Director, ThompsonMcMullen

Panelists:

• Thad Culley, Regional Director, Vote Solar;

• Derek Wenger, New Technology and Renewable Programs Manager, Dominion Energy;

• Hannah Coman, Staff Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center;

• Jessica Shipley, Senior Associate, Regulatory Assistance Project

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Utility Energy

Efficiency Programs

Moderator:

Chelsea Harnish, Executive Director, Virginia Energy Efficiency Council

Panelists:

• Cyrus Bhedwar, Policy Director, SEEA;

• Lesley Fore, Richmond Region Energy Alliance;

• Michael Hubbard, Manager of Energy Conservation, Dominion Energy;

• Brian Parrish, Owner, Electrical & Lighting Solutions

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Transportation

and Mobility

Moderator:

Jay Fisette, Managing Partner, DMV Strategic Advisors, LLC

Panelists:

• David Slutsky, CEO, Fermata;

• Zachary Kahn, Director of Government Relations, BYD North America;

• Chris Bast, Chief Deputy, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality;

• Marcy Bauer, Director of Program Operations, EVgo

• Kate Staples, Manager of Electrification, Dominion Energy

C-PACE for Resiliency, Retrofits, & New Construction

Moderator:

Steve Morgan, President, Clean Energy Solutions

Panelists:

• Jessa Coleman, Program Manager, PACE Financial Servicing;

• Abby Johnson, Executive Director, VA PACE Authority;

• Bracken Henricks, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Ingenuity

Virginia Wind

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Moderator:

Jonathan Miles, Professor, James Madison University

Panelists:

• Katharine Kollins, President, Southeastern Wind Coalition;

• Tyson Utt, Vice President of Development - East, Apex Clean Energy;

• Hayes Framme, Government Relations and Communications Manager, Ørsted

• Jenny Briot, Director of Offshore Business Development, Avangrid Renewables

State Policy Leaders

Moderator:

Preston Bryant, Senior Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting

Panelists:

• Alfonso Lopez, Virginia House of Delegates

• Rip Sullivan, Virginia House of Delegates

• Jennifer McClellan, Virginia Senate

• Glenn R. Davis, Virginia House of Delegates