2024 Speakers

Speakers from the 2024 event are listed below. Please stay tuned for more information regarding the 2025 conference program and speakers to come.

2024 Keynotes

Miguel Romero

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

Chief Commercial Officer

Rob Gramlich

Grid Strategies LLC

Founder and President

Anne Hoskins

Generac Power Systems, Inc.

SVP Policy and Market Development, Energy Technology

Eric Hsieh

U.S. Department of Energy

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Storage

Jesse Jenkins

Princeton University

Associate Professor

William Walsh

Southern California Edison

VP of Energy Procurement & Management

Wes Doane

Intersolar & Energy Storage North America

Vice President

Miguel Romero

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

Chief Commercial Officer

William P. Acker

New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)

Executive Director

Ralph Adams

BorgWarne

V2X Lead & Director of Utility Partnerships

Cristina Aguirre

Alliant Consulting

Team Lead/Lead Trainer

Darren Aguon

Alliant Consulting

Labor Compliance Clerk

Maeve Allsup

Latitude Media

Climate Tech Reporter

Jason Anderson

Cleantech San Diego

President and CEO

Broderick Bagert

Together Louisiana

Organizer

Rogér Balyon

Amazon

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Solar

Rylan Beisner

Alliant Consulting

Labor Compliance Analyst/Research Analyst

Frances Bell

Bidirectional Energy

Chief Product Officer

Harry Benson

Standard Solar

Director of Business Development

Stephen Branscum

Walmart

Sr. Project Manager – Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Timothy Brightbill

Wiley Rein LLP

Partner

Bill Brooks

Brooks Engineering

Principal

Sean Burke

Enteligent

CEO

Audrey Burkhardt

Portland General Electric (PGE)

Resilience and Energy Storage Portfolio Manager

Toyah Callahan

Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

Program Director

Terry Chambers

University of Louisiana at Lafeyette

Director, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center and Green Hydrogen Center of Excellence

Brenda Chew

Virtual Peaker

Jeff Cramer

Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)

President and CEO

Bernadette Del Chiaro

California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA)

Executive Director

Sergio Dueñas

Strategen Consulting, Inc.

Senior Manager

Ryan Franks

TWAICE

Senior Technical Solution Engineer

Susan Gladwin

U.S. Department of Energy

Senior Consultant | Outreach and Business Development Loan Programs Office

Vallerie Gonzalez-Byrum

Center for Sustainable Energy®

Project Manager, SOMAH

Michael Gray

Origami Solar

Chief Operating Officer

Daniel Han

Energy Vault

Sr. Sales Manager

Sara Harari

Connecticut Green Bank

Associate Director of Innovation and Senior Advisor to the President & CEO

Brad Heavner

California Solar & Storage Association

Policy Director

Steve Higgins

Rolls Battery Engineering

Technical Services Manager

Utopia Hill

Reactivate

CEO

Joshua Hotvet

Agilitas Energy

Vice President, Development

Ted James

ACCURE Battery Intelligence

Head of North America

Steve Jones

UL Solutions

Lead Regulatory Engineer, Codes and Regulatory Services

Damon Kachur

SecureG

Carrie Kaplan

DNV

Team Lead, Energy Storage Safety

Sarah Kurtz

University of California Merced

Professor

Millie Knowlton

CPower

Director of Strategy and Business Development

Enrico Ladendorf

Battalion Energy

CEO

Elizabeth Laine

Clearway Energy Group

Head of DEI & Talent

Sylvia Leyva Martinez

Wood Mackenzie

Principal Analyst, North America Utility-scale Solar – Americas Power & Renewables

Nick Matthes

Midwest Renewable Energy Association

Project Manager

Adam Miller

Sunnova Energy

Vice President, Microgrids

Xavier Moreau

Nuvve

EVP, Strategy & Business Development

Gabe Murtaugh

LDES Council

Director, Markets and Technology

James Nagel

HelioVolta

PE Co-founder and Senior Engineer

Marc D. Nickel

McGuireWoods LLP

Associate

Jin Noh

Malta

Director, Business Development & Policy

Jon Norman

Hydrostor Inc.

President

Bill Oberkehr

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Senior Project Manager

Joseph Paolino

Advanced Energy United

Principal

Jennie Potter

Strategen

Director of Regulatory Innovation

Steve Pullins

AlphaStruxure

SVP, CTO

Dr. Justin W. Raade

EPRI

Principal Project Manager

Bhaskar Ray

QCELLS USA Corp.

VP of Interconnection

Amit Rikhy

CAG Holdings, LLC

CEOCo-founder and CEO

Richard Riley

New Energy Risk

Manager, Business Development

Leah Rubin Shen

Advanced Energy United

Managing Director

Isabel Sepulveda

U.S. Department of Energy

Senior Project Manager, Smart Grid Grants

Hadia Sheerazi

RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute)

Manager, Climate-Aligned Industries

Larry Sherwood

Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

CEO

Gurmesh Sidhu

Moment Energy

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

David J Smith

Burns Engineering

Director, Energy Services

Rebecca Smith

Strategen

Sr. Manager, Engagement & Convenings

Julia Souder

Long Duration Energy Storage Council

Steph Speirs

Solstice

Co-Founder and Board Member

James Strange

U.S. DOE

Senior Advisor, Energy Justice Policy & Analysis

Jamie Swezey

Footprint Project

Program Director

Tom Tansy

DER Security Corp

CEO

Mark Thompson

Form Energy

Senior Director, State Affairs

Larry Truong

Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation

Product Manager for Solar & Energy Storage

Cici Vu

DNV Energy Systems

Associate Director, Energy & Climate Equity

Eric Watson

Energy Dome

Sales Director North America

Sean White

HeatSpring / White House Energy

Solar Energy Professor/Consultant/Author

Ross Williams

HES Solar

President & CEO

Rob Windle

Strategy, CPower

Vice President

Vanessa Witte

Wood Mackenzie

Senior Analyst, Energy Storage

Eugene Yeh

Google

Director of Global Solutions & Go-To-Market, Geo Sustainability

John Zahurancik

Fluence Energy

President, Americas

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