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

A Cleantech San Diego Education Series Event 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: 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 Neil Milar, Vice President of Transmission Planning & Infrastructure Development, California Independent System Operator (ISO) Will Speer, Vice President - Electric Engineering and Construction, SDG&E Gordon Samuel, Chief Commercial Officer, San Diego Community Power Brindavani Malladi, Vice President, Interconnection, Arevon Nick Jackson, Vice President, Baker Electric John Lushetsky, Senior Vice President, ML Strategies David Field, CEO/Co-Founder, Luminia Hanna Grene, Global GTM & Innovation Leader, Energy & Resources, Microsoft Cody Hill, Senior Vice President, REV Renewables Arnab Pal, Executive Director, Deploy Action 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 EVENT PARTERS: Canary Media WOC l Signal 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 discussion on the state’s energy demands and the impacts those demands are having on the energy industry. Queued Up: Transmission, Interconnection, and California’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 political challenges impacting the clean energy sector and how state and local decisionmakers are stepping up to keep regional momentum moving forward.