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Committee Meetings
Monday, Apr 14th
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
Bat DOO/OEM Curtailment
Committee Meetings
Monday, Apr 14th
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
PT
Energy Storage Safety Committee
Committee Meetings
Tuesday, Apr 15th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
PT
Developer/Owner/Operator Subcommittee
Committee Meetings
Tuesday, Apr 15th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
PT
Land Use Planning Committee
Committee Meetings
Tuesday, Apr 15th
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
PT
Solar Siting Committee
Committee Meetings
Wednesday, Apr 16th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
PT
Local Affairs Committee
Committee Meetings
Wednesday, Apr 16th
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
PT
State Wildlife Regulatory Subcommittee
Committee Meetings
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
Tribal and Renewable Industry Convening
Location: Columbia D
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
PT
Lunch & Keynote Speaker Councilmember Chuck Sams
Location: Columbia D
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
PT
Recognizing Tribal Energy Sovereignty—Best Practices for Working with Tribes
Location: Columbia D
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
PT
Lessons Learned and Case Studies—Foundations for Successful Tribal Partnerships
Location: Columbia D
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PT
Overcoming Barriers and Protecting Resources in Tribal Energy Transitions
Location: Columbia D
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Monday, Apr 14th
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
PT
Media Training—How to Make Local Press Your Ally, Not Your Adversary, in Gaining Community Support
Location: Clearwater 702
Speaker:
Kate Peters (she/her/hers)
– RenUSA
Facilitator:
Amber Clayton
– RenUSA
Facilitator:
David D'Onofrio
– RenUSA
Facilitator:
Jereme Grzybowski
– RenUSA
Facilitator:
Benjamin Kelahan, MPA
– RenUSA
Facilitator:
Grace Lacke (she/her/hers)
– RenUSA
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
The Experts—Insights and Strategies for Community Acceptance and Permitting
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Hilary Clark, MA
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Alan Claus Anderson, Juris Doctorate
– Polsinelli PC
Speaker:
Ayelet Hines
– Tigercomm
Speaker:
David Loomis, PhD Economics
– Strategic Economic Research, LLC
Speaker:
Christopher Ollson, PhD
– Ollson Environmental Health Management
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Preparing Landowners and Community Stakeholders for Beyond Development
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Abby S. Arnold (she/her/hers)
– MGC Partners
Speaker:
Tony Coggan
– Truescape
Speaker:
Mak Heddens, MBA (she/her/hers)
– Strategic Elements
Speaker:
Adhar Johnson
– Pattern Energy
Speaker:
Jeff Smith
– Solar Grazier & Landowner
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Clean Power INSIGHTS—Messages and Alliances for Successful Community Engagement
Location: Columbia C
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Unlikely Alliances—A Force Multiplier for Developers
Location: Columbia C
Speaker:
Leah M. Qusba
– Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE)
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Winning the Clean Energy Word War—Trusted Messengers, Tested Messages, and Successful Rural Storytelling Strategies
Location: Columbia C
Speaker:
Scott R. Laeser, MEM (he/him/his)
– Rural Climate Partnership
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
PT
New Opportunities, New Allies—Philanthropy and Nonprofits Partnering for Local Approval
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Dahvi Wilson, MEM (she/her/hers)
– Siting Clean Collaborative
Speaker:
Bevan Augustine
– RWE Clean Energy
Speaker:
Aaron Cano, MPH (he/him/his)
– Invest in Our Future
Speaker:
Scott R. Laeser, MEM (he/him/his)
– Rural Climate Partnership
Speaker:
Adrianna Logalbo
– Mountain Philanthropies
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Tuesday, Apr 15th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
Tribal Engagement—Community Benefits Planning
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Erin Lieberman
– Invenergy
Speaker:
Sheiyenne Baloo-Seegmiller
– 7Skyline Energy Consulting
Speaker:
Sam Frick
– Pivot Energy
Speaker:
Michelle Holiday (she/her/hers)
– Michelle Holiday & Associates
Speaker:
Pilar M. Thomas (she/her/hers)
– Quarles & Brady LLP
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
PT
Voices from the Heartland—Creating a Winning Message in Rural America
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Jessica Maldonado
– PolicyWorks
Speaker:
Nick Boeyink
– Iowa Conservative Energy Forum
Speaker:
Meredith Pounds DeBorde
– Lazy D Farm
Speaker:
McKinley Fisk
– PolicyWorks
Speaker:
Ray Gaesser
– Iowa Conservative Energy Forum
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Clean Power INSIGHTS—Furthering Engagement and Development with Data and Tech
Location: Columbia C
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Insights and Political Intelligence on Top Political Risks from the Frontlines of Development
Location: Columbia C
Speaker:
Jael Holzman
– Heatmap News
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Scaling a Data-Driven Permitting Analysis With AI
Location: Columbia C
Speaker:
James McWalter
– Paces
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
The Future of Community Engagement (Hint, it's using AI)
Location: Columbia C
Speaker:
Navdeep Martin, MBA (she/her/hers)
– Flypower
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Combating False Narratives about Clean Energy
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Karina Borger
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Maggie Sasser
– Pine Gate Renewables
Speaker:
Kelsey Suter
– Upswing Research
Speaker:
Matthew C. Vollbrecht, PWS (he/him/his)
– Westwood Professional Services
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
PT
The Path of Most Resistance—Navigating Constraints and Public Involvement for a New Transmission Line
Location: Columbia C
Facilitator:
Derik Vowels, PMP
– POWER Engineers, Inc.
Facilitator:
John Aniello
– PacifiCorp
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
PT
Developing an Effective Organizational Tribal Nation Engagement Policy and Procedure
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Kristen Rosenberger
– Leeward Renewable Energy
Speaker:
Hannah Jackson (she/her/hers)
– Schnake Turnbo Frank
Speaker:
Brandon Scott
– Cherokee Nation & Cherokee Nation Businesses
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Wednesday, Apr 16th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
First Impressions—Early Community Engagement Strategies for Project Approval
Location: Columbia C
Moderator:
Lara Hamsher, MSC (she/her/hers)
– AES Clean Energy
Speaker:
Cathy Boies, M.Ed and M.L.S.
– Gridworks
Speaker:
Darden Copeland
– Calvert Street Group
Speaker:
Matthew J. Wagner, PE
– DTE Energy
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
Emerging Technology & Policy
Tuesday, Apr 15th
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
Green Light or Red Flag? Navigating Environmental Permitting and Compliance in the Trump Era
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Alyssa Edwards
– Lightsource bp
Speaker:
Adam Cernea Clark
– Pattern Energy
Speaker:
Ben Cowan, J.D., M.A.
– Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Speaker:
Sarah Stauffer Curtiss
– Stoel Rives LLP
Emerging Technology & Policy
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Battery Storage Safety and Permitting Policy Landscape
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Noah Roberts
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Catherine Chapman (she/her/hers)
– East Point Energy
Speaker:
Suzanne Leta (she/her/hers)
– Fluence
Speaker:
Renee Louise Robin, J.D.
– ENGIE
Emerging Technology & Policy
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Film Screening: Pastures and Panels—The Power of Solar Grazing
Location: Columbia D
Speaker:
Kevin Richardson, PhD
– American Solar Grazing Association
Emerging Technology & Policy
Tuesday, Apr 15th
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
PT
U.S. Agrivoltaics Policy and Implementation—Present and Future
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Stacie Peterson, PhD
– American Solar Grazing Association
Speaker:
Lexie Hain
– Lightsource bp
Speaker:
Austin Kinzer
– American Farmland Trust
Speaker:
Reid Redden
– Premier Solar Sheep
Speaker:
Bridgette Valeron
– Lightsource bp
Emerging Technology & Policy
Tuesday, Apr 15th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
Siting is Political; All Politics is Local—Siting Issues and Solutions in Rural Washington and Oregon
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Adam Capage
– Renewable Northwest
Speaker:
Casey MacLean
– Renewable Northwest
Speaker:
Commissioner James Williams
– Lake County, Oregon
Speaker:
Jim Anderson-Cook (he/him/his)
– Grant County, Washington
Speaker:
Monte D. Ten Kley
– Tenaska
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
PT
Regional and State Siting Legislation
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Alex Breckel
– Clean Tomorrow
Speaker:
Trish Demeter
– Advanced Energy United
Speaker:
Barb Jacobs, MPA (she/her/hers)
– Lightsource bp
Speaker:
Chris Menges
– Interwest Energy Alliance
Speaker:
Daniel Siemann
– State of WA Dept of Commerce
Speaker:
Jeremy Thompson
– Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
The Esmerelda 7—A Coordinated Approach to Leasing and Permitting on BLM Land in Nevada
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Katie Wegner
– Invenergy
Speaker:
Paul Burman
– Invenergy
Speaker:
Amy Cordle
– AECOM
Speaker:
Janelle Gibbons, MENV
– Leeward Renewable Energy
Speaker:
Jonathan Rigg, MA (he/him/his)
– Avantus
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Long-Distance, Multi-State Transmission Challenges and Policy
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Carrie Zalewski, JD
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Svend Brandt-Erichsen (he/him/his)
– Nossaman LLP
Speaker:
George Lynch, JD, LL.M
– Washington State Commerce Department
Speaker:
Simon Whitelocke
– ITC Holdings Corp.
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
PT
Decoding Decommissioning Plans—Navigating Policy and Assuring Stakeholders
Location: Columbia D
Facilitator:
Caroline Boecher, Professional Engineer
– Westwood Professional Services
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
PT
Back to the Basics for Bats
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Quintana Hayden, MS
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Christi M. Calabrese (she/her/hers)
– EDP Renewables
Speaker:
Kevin Denman
– EchoSense LLC
Speaker:
Andrew Pinger (he/him/his)
– Scout Clean Energy
Emerging Technology & Policy
Wednesday, Apr 16th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
Minnesota Case Study—Permitting Reform Model for the Rapid Deployment of Clean Energy and Transmission Projects
Location: Columbia D
Moderator:
Louise Miltich, M.S.
– Great Plains Institute
Speaker:
Brie L. Anderson
– Apex Clean Energy
Speaker:
Christy Brusven (she/her/hers)
– Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Speaker:
Ellen Heine
– Xcel Energy
Emerging Technology & Policy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
Resilient and Bankable Project Development in a Changing Climate
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Sean B. Fox
– WSP
Speaker:
Lindsey Guinther (she/her/hers)
– Lightsource bp
Speaker:
Steve Macshane, CESSWI (he/him/his)
– Profile Products
Speaker:
Mark Mirek
– Brown & Brown
Speaker:
Piper Foster Wilder (she/her/hers)
– 60Hertz Energy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Wildlife Behavior and Designing Clean Energy and Transmission to Minimize Disturbance
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Meaghan Gade, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Fence permeability and vegetation management can create a gradient of mitigation opportunities for wildlife at solar facilities
Location: Columbia A
Presenter:
Karl Kosciuch, PhD
– Tetra Tech, Inc.
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Maximizing benefits to bat populations through management of power line corridors
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Christian Newman, MS, MBA (he/him/his)
– EPRI
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Pronghorn space-use and movements during and after construction of utility scale solar energy development
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Aaron N. Facka, PhD
– Wildlands Network
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Clean Power INSIGHTS—Technology and Wildlife
Location: Columbia A
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Advancing Bat Risk Minimization Techniques and Technologies to Achieve the New Energy Transition
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Amanda M. Hale, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Tailored Drones—Turnkey Solutions for Wildlife Sensing
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Jonathan Rogers (he/him/his)
– Persimia, LLC
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
PT
Managing Monarchs and Other Listed Insects at Generation Facilities and in Rights-of-Way
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Dan Salas, CSE (he/him/his)
– UIC Energy Resources Center
Speaker:
Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)
Speaker:
Julie Knight (she/her/hers)
– Enel
Speaker:
Shaun M. McCoshum, PhD (he/him/his)
– Westwood Professional Services
Natural & Cultural Resources
Tuesday, Apr 15th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Proactively Working with State Agencies on Streamlined Permitting Large-Scale Solar in California
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Lillian Mirviss
– Large-scale Solar Association
Speaker:
Erec DeVost
– Terra-Gen, LLC
Speaker:
Deron Lawrence, MS, MA
– Longroad Energy
Speaker:
Aarty Joshi, MS
– Clearway Energy Group
Speaker:
Marisa Mitchell, BS, MA, MBA
– Intersect Power
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
PT
Stormwater Management Planning and Achieving Notice of Termination
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Richard Davis
– Beveridge & Diamond
Speaker:
Allison Chapin
– Burns & McDonnell
Speaker:
Chris Loebach (he/him/his)
– Invenergy
Speaker:
John Oldi, PE, MS, CC-P (he/him/his)
– RWE Clean Energy
Speaker:
Samantha Whitens
– Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Vegetation Monitoring and Landscape Screening
Location: Columbia A
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Trees, Shrubs, & Seeds—Resiliency and Flexibility for Landscape Screening
Location: Columbia A
Facilitator:
Katherine Green (she/her/hers)
– Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)
Facilitator:
Nic Meyer
– Westwood Professional Services
Facilitator:
Benjamin R. Balskus, ISA Certified Arborist (he/him/his)
– Invenergy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
PT
Voluntary Vegetation Monitoring and Adaptive Management on Solar Projects
Location: Columbia A
Facilitator:
Isaac Pallant
– Invenergy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Vegetation Establishment and Maintenance
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Kendra Kallevig (she/her/hers)
– EDP Renewables
Speaker:
Carla DeMasters, MS, CERP (she/her/hers)
– Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)
Speaker:
Anthony Stephens, CESSWI (he/him/his)
– AES Clean Energy
Speaker:
Jonathan Thompson, AICP (he/him/his)
– Tetra Tech, Inc.
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
PT
Lessons Learned in the First Year of the 2024 Eagle Rule and What's Next
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Christopher Farmer, PhD (he/him/his)
– Orsted
Speaker:
Shawn Childs
– PacifiCorp
Speaker:
Brooke M. Marcus
– Nossaman LLP
Speaker:
Libby Mojica, MS, CWB (she/her/hers)
– Eagle ILF Program
Speaker:
Misti Sporer, MSES (she/her/hers)
– Deriva Energy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
PT
Siting Considerations, Limitations, and Opportunities when Assessing Biodiversity and Soil Health to Meet ESG Goals
Location: Columbia A
Facilitator:
Michael Van Laeken, CERP
– Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)
Facilitator:
Caitlin Rottler, PhD
– Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)
Natural & Cultural Resources
Wednesday, Apr 16th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
PT
Biodiversity at Solar Facilities—Emerging Development, Financing, and Operational Trends
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
Ellen J. Crivella, MS (she/her/hers)
– Orsted
Speaker:
Blayne Gunderman
– Lightsource bp
Speaker:
Heidi M. Hartmann, M.S.
– Argonne National Laboratory
Speaker:
Goni Iskali, MS
– Apex Clean Energy
Speaker:
Amanda Klehr
– DNV
Natural & Cultural Resources
