Powering the Next Era: Energy Issues Driving San Diego's Cleantech Economy

California’s shifting economy is demanding more from its energy system – more power, flexibility, and speed-to-power.

Cleantech San Diego invites you to join industry experts as they examine the critical issues impacting our energy ecosystem and explore the decisions and solutions shaping how San Diego powers what comes next. Gain key insights on the impact evolving energy demands are having on transmission and distribution infrastructure and the strategies and policies San Diego and California need to overcome transmission hurdles, interconnection bottlenecks, and reliability challenges.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Eric Wesoff, Executive Director, Canary Media
Cristy Sanada, Deputy Director, Demand Forecasting and Scenario Development, California Energy Commission
Le-Quyen Nguyen, Deputy Executive Director for Energy and Climate Policy, California Public Utilities Commission
Nick Jackson, Vice President, Baker Electric
John Lushetsky, Senior Vice President, ML Strategies
Hanna Grene, Global GTM & Innovation Leader, Energy & Resources, Microsoft
Cody Hill, Senior Vice President, REV Renewables
Arnab Pal, Executive Director, Deploy Action
Cori Schumacher, Policy Director, IBEW Local 569
April Bolduc, President, S Curve Strategies
Mitch Zafer, Principal, Energy Storage, Coffman Engineers
Marc Campopiano, Partner, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Cody Hooven, Principal & Co-Founder, Evolution Affairs
Hillary Hebert, Founder/Principal, HMH Energy
Jason Anderson, President and CEO, Cleantech San Diego

PANEL TOPICS:

Energy Load: Demands and Opportunities for the Energy Sector

Data centers, EV infrastructure, and the “electrification of everything” are reshaping power consumption at a record pace. Join industry experts for a strategic discussion on scaling clean, reliable energy to meet today's load growth and tomorrow’s grid realities.

Queued Up: Transmission, Interconnection, and San Diego’s Infrastructure Challenges

Grid experts explore the current challenges with accessing the grid and the infrastructure updates needed to take the San Diego region from where we are to where we need to go.

Energy Storage: Securing Critical Infrastructure to Ensure Reliability

Local subject matter experts underscore why battery energy storage is critical infrastructure and what it will take to meet energy storage demands.

Policy in Motion: California and San Diego’s Push for Clean Energy Leadership

Policy champions and civic leaders analyze federal policy shifts and political challenges impacting the clean energy sector, and how state and local decisionmakers are stepping up to keep regional momentum moving forward.