Below are links to The Council’s Fall Conference 2020:

Full Conference Video (Less Breakout Sessions)

• Opening Remark Slides
• Introduction to Keynote Speaker Video – Lauren Casentini, Resource Innovations
• Keynote Speaker Video – Assemblymember Chris Holden
• Session 1 Video – California’s Decarbonization Efforts (Dan Kammen, UC Berkeley)
• Session 1 Slides
• Session 2 Video – Distributed Energy Resources on the Verge (Bryce Yonker, Grid Forward)
• Session 2 Slides
• Breakout Session 1A Video – Practical Policy Implications (Neil Veilleux, Cadmus)
• Breakout Session 1B Video – Research & Planning (Arlis Reynolds, Opinion Dynamics)
• Breakout Session 1C Video – Procurement (Joanne O’Neill, CLEAResult)
• Breakout Session 2A Video – Practical Policy Implications (Patty Cook, ICF)
• Breakout Session 2B Video – Research & Planning (Jarred Metoyer, DNV GL)
• Breakout Session 2C Video – Grid Integration (Rich Barone, TRC)

The California Efficiency + Demand Management Council had a successful Virtual Fall Conference.  Our theme this year was Reimagining Our Clean Energy Future, where we virtually brought together policymakers, implementers, administrators, evaluators, and advocates from across the energy efficiency, demand response, and DER communities and explored critical topics that are essential for reviving California’s clean energy industry amid the COVID crisis.

Our keynote addresses and a number of engaging breakout panel sessions focused on ensuring attendees received timely information that will continue to help everybody thrive in California’s increasingly challenging energy landscape.   We interactively engaged our virtual attendees through live polls, breakout discussions and audience Q&A.

Here were our speakers:

• Assemblymember Chris Holden
• Ashley Conrad-Saydah, Policy Fellow with the California-China Climate Institute at UC Berkeley and former Deputy Secretary for Climate Policy at CalEPA
• Commissioner Andrew McAllister, California Energy Commission
• Mark Rothleder, California Independent System Operator
• Mary Powell, Former President and CEO, Green Mountain Power
• Daniel Kammen, UC Berkeley
• Bryce Yonker, Grid Forward
• Neil Veilleux, Cadmus
• Joanne O’Neill, CLEAResult
• Jarred Metoyer, DNV GL
• Karin Corfee, Guidehouse
• Gene Rodrigues, ICF
• Patty Cook, ICF
• Arlis Reynolds, Opinion Dynamics
• Lauren Casentini, Resource Innovations
• Rich Barone, TRC
• Greg Wikler, CEDMC
• Serj Berelson, CEDMC

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