CEDMC 2026 Fall Conference

Join us for a day packed with innovative perspectives, invigorating discussions, and endless networking opportunities!
About this Event

2026 CEDMC Fall Conference Details: The Demand Side Delivers: Efficiency, Flexibility, and Load Growth for a California Grid That Works for All

• Opening Reception Tuesday, November 17, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
• Conference Wednesday, November 18, 9:00 am - 6:30 pm
• Location: South San Francisco Conference Center
• Event Website: https://cedmc.org/events/fall-conference/ ​

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The Fall Conference is CEDMC’s premier annual event and the definitive gathering for energy efficiency and demand management professionals in California and beyond. As a national leader in clean energy policy and innovation, California provides a unique forum for exploring the policies, regulatory developments, and implementation strategies shaping the future of energy demand management.

For those working in or with California’s energy sector, the Fall Conference offers practical, real-world insights from the people developing, implementing, and evaluating the programs and policies that drive results. The Conference brings together policymakers, regulators, program administrators, utilities, implementers, researchers, advocates, and industry leaders to tackle the issues that matter most—including how demand-side resources can improve affordability, advance decarbonization, strengthen grid reliability and resilience, and deliver benefits to all Californians.

By connecting policy development with implementation experience, the CEDMC Fall Conference fosters candid discussions, actionable learning, and the exchange of lessons that can help scale effective solutions in California and across the nation.

Agenda

This is not a conference you want to miss! Check out the diverse topics our 2026 Fall Conference will cover:

• Opening Keynote: Centering DSM in Grid Planning of the Future: Leuwam Tesfai, Executive Director, CPUC

• The Electricity Affordability Equation: Efficiency, Flexible Demand, and Smart Electrification and their impact on Rates

• Powering Growth, Centering Communities: Navigating Local Impacts of Rapid Load Expansion

• Efficiency Plans for Natural Gas’s Future

• Building the Workforce Behind Efficiency and Electrification

• EE Applications: Emerging Forces Reshaping EE + DSM in California

• Where Strategy Meets Customer Reality: Leadership Perspectives on California's Energy Future

Full agenda details and speakers coming soon!

What’s included?

• Opening Reception (November 17, 5-8pm): appetizers and drinks
• Conference (November 18, 9-5pm): breakfast, lunch and refreshments
• Networking Reception (November 18, 5-6:30pm)

Ticket Pricing:

• Early Bird Council Members (until October 9): $510 (regular price $610)

• Early Bird Non-Members (until October 9): $610 (regular price $710)

• Discount for Utilities, RENs, and CCAs: $410

• Government, Students, Non-profits: $95

Sustaining CEDMC Members receive two complimentary registrations. CEDMC staff will be in touch with your unique registration code. Want to become a sustaining member?

Getting Here

• Venue: South San Francisco Conference Center, 255 S Airport Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (both days) (maps)
• Shuttle: If you are coming directly from the San Francisco airport, take the DoubleTree Hotel shuttle (mostly every 15min), they share a parking lot.
• Parking: Ample parking is available
• There is no hotel room block, but if you’d like to stay nearby we highly suggest the for a quick and easy walking commute to the venue.