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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PT
    Networking Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PT
    ACP Solar PV Performance Committee
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Registration
  • 8:20 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Opening General Session​​
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT
    Exhibit Hall Open—Lower Level
  • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PT
    Exhibit Hall Open—Upper Level
  • 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM PT
    PowerCasts: Consensus in Conversation: From Generation to Connection: Strengthening the Grid for Tomorrow’s Energy Demands

    Speaker: Miguel Prado – energyRE

    Moderator: Conor Gaughan – Consensus Digital Media

    Speaker: Frank Macchiarola – American Clean Power Association

  • 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Advancing Upstream Solar Manufacturing in the U.S.—Strategies for Onshoring & Scaling Production

    Moderator: MJ Shiao – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Kayti Curtis, MBA – AES

    Speaker: Thomas Koerner – Canadian Solar USA Inc.

    Speaker: Suvi Sharma – SOLARCYCLE

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Battery Energy Storage—Advancing Safety & Reliability through Innovative Technology & Smart Public Policy

    Moderator: Doreen M. Harris, MBA – NYSERDA

    Speaker: Jenny Fink – Key Capture Energy

    Speaker: Brian Kane – Powin

    Speaker: Suzanne Leta – Fluence

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Clean Energy Investing Landscape

    Moderator: Susan Nickey – HASI

    Speaker: Zach Gross – J.P. Morgan

    Speaker: Steven Mandel – TPG Rise Climate

    Speaker: Jon Windham – UBS

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—General Session
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Clean Power Insights for Wind Energy
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Clean Power Insights for Wind Energy
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    ACP Technical Standards Committee
  • 11:00 AM – 11:25 AM PT
    PowerCasts: Consensus in Conversation: Lessons from Innovators Leading the Energy Transition

    Moderator: Conor Gaughan – Consensus Digital Media

    Speaker: Sandhya Ganapathy – EDP Renewables North America

    Speaker: Tristan Grimbert – EDF Renewables power solutions

  • 11:00 AM – 11:25 AM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Networking Lunch

    MC: Sherhara Burrell – Keynote Speaker | Founder | Coach

    Moderator: Kelly Veney Darnell – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Jason Grumet – American Clean Power Association

  • 1:00 PM – 1:25 PM PT
    Anatomy of a Debt Deal: A Live Case Study
  • 1:00 PM – 1:25 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    All of the Above Energy

    Moderator: Jason Grumet – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Matthew P. Crozat – Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

    Speaker: Quinn Woodard – Fervo Energy

    Speaker: Jayshree Desai – Quanta Services Inc.

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    It’s All Connected—Advancing Interregional Transmission for a Reliable Grid

    Moderator: Maurice Moss – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: The Honorable Gabriel Aguilera – New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

    Speaker: Christina Drake – Midcontinent Independent System Operator

    Speaker: The Honorable Devante Lewis – Louisiana Public Service Commission

    Speaker: Kimberly O'Guinn – Southwest Power Pool

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Scaling Energy Storage Manufacturing—How American-Made Batteries Power Our Grid & Communities

    Moderator: Stephanie Smith – Eolian Energy

    Speaker: Tristan Doherty – LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc.

    Speaker: Brad Harbidge – Tesla

    Speaker: John Zahurancik – Fluence

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Clean Power Insights for Solar Energy
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT
    Clean Power Insights for Solar Energy
  • 1:30 PM – 1:55 PM PT
    PowerCast: ACP Manufacturing Report

    Moderator: MJ Shiao – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: John N McComas – Nordex

    Speaker: Alfredo Parres, MD – Hitachi Energy

  • 1:30 PM – 1:55 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Cultivating Resilience & Adaptability
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Effective Strategies for Managing Up
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Networking Break & Exhibits
  • 2:30 PM – 2:55 PM PT
    PowerCasts: Fireside Chat: Clean Energy State of Affairs

    Moderator: Eric Wesoff – Canary Media

    Speaker: JC Sandberg – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Ken Young – Apex Clean Energy

  • 2:30 PM – 2:55 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Driving a New Era for U.S. Wind Manufacturing

    Moderator: JC Sandberg – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Laura Beane – Vestas North America | ACP Board Chair

    Speaker: David Hardy – GE Vernova Wind

    Speaker: Bill Siwek – TPI Composites, Inc.

    Speaker: Manav Sharma – The Nordex Group, Board of Directors | ACP

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Energy Storage—Powering Reliability & Grid Resilience

    Moderator: Noah Roberts – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Chuck Conlen – DTE Energy

    Speaker: Kevin B. Smith – Arevon

    Speaker: Stephanie Smith – Eolian Energy

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    State Public Utility Commissioners Power Hour

    Moderator: Carrie Zalewski, JD – American Clean Power Association

    Keynote Speaker: The Honorable David Rosner – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Speaker: The Honorable Nick Myers – Arizona Corporation Commission

    Speaker: The Honorable Tricia Pridemore – Georgia Public Service Commission

    Speaker: The Honorable Katie Sieben – Minnesota Public Utilities Commissioner

    Speaker: The Honorable Hayley Williamson – Public Utilites Commission of Nevada

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Clean Power Insights for Finance, Talent, Digital Defense
  • 3:00 PM – 3:25 PM PT
    PowerCasts: Fireside Chat: Tariffs

    Moderator: Eric Wesoff – Canary Media

    Speaker: Craig Cornelius – Clearway Energy Group

    Speaker: Vanessa Sciarra – American Clean Power Association

  • 3:00 PM – 3:25 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Policy Outlook with Frank Macchiarola: What’s Happening in Washington

    Moderator: Frank Macchiarola – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Ashley McGeary – Grid United

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—The Business of Clean Energy
  • 3:30 PM – 3:55 PM PT
    PowerTalks: U.S. Manufacturing

    Moderator: Jason Grumet – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Tony Calandra, MBA – Jennmar Holdings LLC

    Speaker: Dan Shugar – Nextracker

  • 3:30 PM – 3:55 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM PT
    Spark Tank
  • 4:10 PM – 4:35 PM PT
    PowerTalks: Developing Renewables to Meet Demand—The Developer’s Perspective

    Moderator: Jason Grumet – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Jesse Gronner, BA – Triple Oak Power

    Speaker: Kenneth Labeja, MBA, FCCA – Triple Oak Power

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Building a Powerful Career Brand at Work
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Exhibit Hall Happy Hour (UPPER LEVEL 300 only)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Veterans Meet-up
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PT
    CLEANPOWER in Color—Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PT
    Invite-Only Exhibitor Booth Receptions