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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Registration Open
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Registration Open
Location: Columbia Foyer
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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Networking Breakfast
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
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Networking Breakfast
Location: Regency Ballroom- 7th Floor
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
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Opening General Session
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
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Opening General Session
Location: Columbia A
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
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Conference Kickoff: Conference Chairs
Location: Columbia A
Co-Chair:
Andrea Giampoli
– Invenergy
Co-Chair:
Alyssa Edwards
– Lightsource bp
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM
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Opening Remarks: ACP Board Chair
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Laura Beane
– Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM
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Leader Panel: ACP with ITC Holdings & Pattern Energy
Location: Columbia A
Moderator:
JC Sandberg
– American Clean Power Association
Speaker:
Hunter Armistead
– Pattern Energy
Speaker:
Krista Tanner
– ITC Holdings Corp.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
PT
Keynote & Fireside: Amazon & ACP
Location: Columbia A
Keynote Speaker:
Jake Oster
– Amazon
Moderator:
Frank Macchiarola
– American Clean Power Association
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
PT
Networking Break & Exhibits
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Networking Break & Exhibits
Location: Regency Ballroom- 7th Floor
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
Resilient and Bankable Project Development in a Changing Climate
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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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
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
The Experts—Insights and Strategies for Community Acceptance and Permitting
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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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
Speaker:
Christopher Ollson, PhD
– Ollson Environmental Health Management
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PT
Green Light or Red Flag? Navigating Environmental Permitting and Compliance in the Trump Era
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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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
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
Wildlife Behavior and Designing Clean Energy and Transmission to Minimize Disturbance
Moderator:
Meaghan Gade, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Natural & Cultural Resources
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
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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Fence permeability and vegetation management can create a gradient of mitigation opportunities for wildlife at solar facilities
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Karl Kosciuch, PhD
– Tetra Tech Inc.
Natural & Cultural Resources
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)
– Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Natural & Cultural Resources
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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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
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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Preparing Landowners and Community Stakeholders for Beyond Development
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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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
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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Battery Storage Safety and Permitting Policy Landscape
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
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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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Developer/Owner/Operator Subcommittee
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Developer/Owner/Operator Subcommittee
Committee Meetings
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Land Use Planning Committee
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Land Use Planning Committee
Committee Meetings
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Networking Lunch & Exhibits
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Networking Lunch & Exhibits
Location: Quinault & Elwha Ballrooms- 5th Floor
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Clean Power INSIGHTS—Technology and Wildlife
Natural & Cultural Resources
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Clean Power INSIGHTS—Technology and Wildlife
Location: Columbia A
Natural & Cultural Resources
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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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
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Tailored Drones—Turnkey Solutions for Wildlife Sensing
Location: Columbia A
Speaker:
Jonathan Rogers (he/him/his)
– Persimia LLC
Natural & Cultural Resources
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
PT
Clean Power INSIGHTS—Messages and Alliances for Successful Community Engagement
Community, Tribal Partners, and Stakeholder Engagement
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
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
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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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
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Film Screening: Pastures and Panels—The Power of Solar Grazing
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Film Screening: Pastures and Panels—The Power of Solar Grazing
Location: Columbia D
Speaker:
Kevin Richardson, PhD
– American Solar Grazing Association
Emerging Technology & Policy
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
PT
Managing Monarchs and Other Listed Insects at Generation Facilities and in Rights-of-Way
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
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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 Green Power North America
Speaker:
Shaun M. McCoshum, PhD (he/him/his)
– Westwood Professional Services
Natural & Cultural Resources
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
PT
New Opportunities, New Allies—Philanthropy and Nonprofits Partnering for Local Approval
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
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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
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
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U.S. Agrivoltaics Policy and Implementation—Present and Future
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
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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
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
PT
Networking Break & Exhibits
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
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Networking Break & Exhibits
Location: Regency Ballroom- 7th Floor
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
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Solar Siting
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
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Solar Siting Committee
Committee Meetings
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Proactively Working with State Agencies on Streamlined Permitting Large-Scale Solar in California
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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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
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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Tribal Engagement—Community Benefits Planning
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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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
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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Siting is Political; All Politics is Local—Siting Issues and Solutions in Rural Washington and Oregon
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
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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
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Poster Reception
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Poster Reception
Location: Regency Ballroom- 7th Floor
