- Thursday, April 18, 2024
7:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Registration Open
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
Business Lab: Opportunities and Technologies with Microgrids at the Grid Edge
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM ET
2024 Building Codes Will Impact Deployment of Renewables and Energy Storage
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM ET
Patrick Hughes (he/him/his) – National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) ### 2299511###Speaker###Senior Vice President, Strategy, Technical, and Industry Affairs###National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)###Speaker: – National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
### he/him/his9:00 AM – 9:50 AM ET
Exploring Southeast's Sustainable Future: Insights and Strategies for Carbon Reduction, Land Use, and Interconnection
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM ET
Lakin Garth (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 1472663###Moderator###Director, Emerging Technology###Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)###Moderator: – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
### he/him/his @@@ Thad Culley (he/him/his) – Sunrun ### 703604###Panelist###Director, Public Policy###Sunrun###Panelist: – Sunrun
### he/him/his @@@ Maggie Shober (she/her/hers) – Southern Alliance for Clean Energy ### 1631607###Panelist###Research Director###Southern Alliance for Clean Energy###Panelist: – Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
### she/her/hers9:00 AM – 12:20 PM ET
Full Conference Education Sessions
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Expo Hall Open
9:25 AM – 9:50 AM ET
Navigating the Bidirectional Charging Landscape
9:25 AM – 9:50 AM ET
Mac Keller (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 818433###Speaker###Senior Analyst, Research and Industry Strategy###Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)###Speaker: – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
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9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
RE+ Southeast Clean Energy Job Fair
9:50 AM – 10:30 AM ET
Expo Hall Networking Break
10:00 AM – 10:25 AM ET
Energy Transition Theater: What’s Old is New Again: Future-focused Utilities Solve Distribution Capacity and Capital Challenges Based on Trusted Technology
10:30 AM – 10:55 AM ET
Energy Transition Theater: Securing & Accelerating DER Deployment
10:30 AM – 10:55 AM ET
Joel Santisteban – Ecosuite ### 2289553###Expo Hall Speaker###Co-founder / CEO###Ecosuite###Expo Hall Speaker: – Ecosuite
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10:30 AM – 11:20 AM ET
Energy Communities: Opportunity, Expectations, and Impact in the Southeast
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM ET
Josephus M. Allmond (he/him/his) – Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) ### 2249166###Moderator###Staff Attorney###Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)###Moderator: – Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)
### he/him/his @@@ Rebecca Handa (she/her/hers) – Invenergy ### 2289268###Panelist###Strategy Manager###Invenergy###Panelist: – Invenergy
### she/her/hers @@@ Theodora Okiro Quarles – EcoHealth Strategies, LLC ### 1940663###Panelist###Founder and Chief Executive Officer###EcoHealth Strategies, LLC###Panelist: – EcoHealth Strategies, LLC
### @@@ Andy Posner (he/him/his) – Capital Good Fund ### 2278912###Panelist###Founder and CEO###Capital Good Fund###Panelist: – Capital Good Fund
### he/him/his @@@ Stephanie Sienkowski (she/her/hers) – Soltage ### 2249167###Panelist###Director of Development###Soltage###Panelist: – Soltage
### she/her/hers10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
State Briefing: Tennessee Valley
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Gil Hough (he/him/his) – TenneSEIA (Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association) ### 1629684###Speaker###Executive Director###TenneSEIA (Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association)###Speaker: – TenneSEIA (Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association)
### he/him/his
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM ET
Energy Transition Theater: How to Be a Good Noise Neighbor
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM ET
Michael Bahtiarian (he/him/his) – ACENTECH ### 2275129###Expo Hall Speaker###Principal###ACENTECH###Expo Hall Speaker: – ACENTECH
### he/him/his
11:20 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Transition Break
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
Energy Transition Theater: Challenges and Best Practices in Utility-Scale Battery Fire Safety
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
Jennifer Alfsen (she/her/hers) – Fluence ### 2289289###Expo Hall Speaker###Energy Storage Fire Test Engineer###Fluence###Expo Hall Speaker: – Fluence
### she/her/hers11:30 AM – 12:20 PM ET
Closing Session: Rate Design Processes and Objectives in the Southeast
11:30 AM – 12:20 PM ET
Ukiah Busch (he/him/his) – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) ### 2143156###Moderator###Vice President, Development###Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)###Moderator: – Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)
### he/him/his @@@ Lon Huber – Duke Energy Corporation ### 968156###Panelist###Senior Vice President, Pricing & Customer Solutions###Duke Energy Corporation###Panelist: – Duke Energy Corporation
### @@@ Davante Lewis – Louisiana Public Service Commission ### 2246194###Panelist###Commissioner###Louisiana Public Service Commission###Panelist: – Louisiana Public Service Commission
### @@@ Kevin Lucas – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) ### 818267###Panelist###Vice President, Policy Analysis###Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)###Panelist: – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
### @@@ Alicia Scott (she/her/hers) – Energy Foundation/Coalitico LLC ### 2273273###Panelist###Georgia State Director/CEO###Energy Foundation/Coalitico LLC###Panelist: – Energy Foundation/Coalitico LLC
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