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Plenary Speakers

Rich Powell
CEBA
CEO

Susan Buehler
CEBA
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Peter Wyckoff
Minnesota Department of Commerce
Deputy Commissioner for Energy

Nidhi Thakar
CEBA
Senior Vice President, Policy

Bruce Frandsen
Equinix
Director Global Renewable Energy & Cleantech

J.D. Sitton
CTC Global
Chief Executive Officer

Brooke Hansen
Cargill
Vice President, Sustainability - Ag & Trading

Erin Tyler
Target
Vice President of Property Management Target

Michael Daschle
Brookfield Properties
SVP, Sustainability

Christina Yagjian
Cargill Inc.
Lead, Global Renewable Energy

Session Speakers

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Steven Cortina
LIUNA (Laborers International Union of North America
Marketing Rep
Using Workforce Best Practices to Maximize Benefits, Manage Risks for Clean Energy Buyers

Sam Cotterall
Verse
Director, Client Enablement
Love is Blind: PPA Performance Tracking Shouldn't Be (Hosted by VERSE)

Jay Creech
REI
Manager, Net Zero
The Power of Storytelling: Communicating American Clean Energy Journeys (Hosted by Sol Systems)

Drew Crowder
Equinix
Director, Clean Energy & Innovation
The Future of Scope 3 Accounting: Unlocking the Value of EAC Procurement

Brad Cummins
United Airlines
Manager - Facilities & Energy
The Intersection of Building Performance Standards and Clean Energy

Matt Dannenberg
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
Head of Tribal Affairs
Opportunities to Partner with Tribes in Clean Energy

Kyle Davis
CEBA
Senior Director, Policy Research & Strategic Insights
Getting Started on Your Decarbonization Journey: The Fundamentals of Energy Markets and Policy in the US
The Latest on Federal Tax Reform, CEBA Research and Tax Credit Defense

Rob Davis
M-RETS
Chief Growth Officer
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about RECs
The Power of Storytelling: Communicating American Clean Energy Journeys (Hosted by Sol Systems)

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Briana Amoroso
3Degrees, Inc
Deep Dive into Energy Markets Around the World
Power in Numbers: Unlocking the Potential of PPA Aggregations

Tuba Avcisert
Reactivate
Building Critical Partnerships for Community Benefits

Bryn Baker
CEBA
Deep Dive into Energy Markets Around the World
Getting Started on Your Decarbonization Journey: The Fundamentals of Energy Markets and Policy in the US
What's Going On at the Texas Legislature: Clean Energy, Load Interconnection, and Transmission
Making Regional Transmission Less Political and More Practical

Yinka Bode-George
Sustain Our Future Foundation
From Participation to Partnership: Models for Community-led Clean Energy Procurement
De-Risking Clean Energy Projects with Meaningful Community Benefits

Leslie Boyle
Holland & Hart LLP
Increasing Project Success: Effective PPA Terms and Due Diligence Practices

Nicolas Bradley
ENGIE Impact
Business-Friendly Strategies: How to Bridge Decarbonization and Corporate Goals

David Bromberg
Pearl Street Technologies
Interconnection, Meet Automation

Shirlondra Brooks
Elevate
Strategies for Engaging Small & Medium Businesses in the Clean Energy Economy

Benjamin Byboth
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Contracting With Emerging Clean Firm Power Technologies: Fission, Fusion, and Geothermal – Risk Management for FOAK Technologies

Jenny Carney
Sustain Our Future Foundation
From Participation to Partnership: Models for Community-led Clean Energy Procurement
De-Risking Clean Energy Projects with Meaningful Community Benefits

Christine Carter
LevelTen Energy
Beyond the Blueprint: Practical Steps to Achieving Granular Energy Goals

Emily Cohen
Primergy Solar
Corporates & Energy Storage Strategies

Harris Cohn
Charm Industrial
Carbon Dioxide Removals and Net Zero – What Does the New SBTi Guidance Mean?

Patrick Davis
Cleartrace
The Next Generation of Green Tariffs: Aligning Utility Programs With Corporate Sustainability Goals

Freddie Davis III
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Wait, Carbon-Negative 24/7 Baseload Renewable Energy From Biomass?

Paul Eory
Ascend Analytics
Procuring Energy for 24/7 Carbon-Free Goals

Elise Ferguson
Common Energy
PPA/VPPA 101: Introduction to Renewable Energy Contracts for First-Time Buyers

Megan Hofmeyer
QTS Data Centers
Feeling Assured About Emissions Reporting? Discussing Emissions Reporting Methodology and Seeking 3rd Party Assurance

Richard Keiser
Common Energy
PPA/VPPA 101: Introduction to Renewable Energy Contracts for First-Time Buyers

Emma Konet
Tierra Climate
Batteries Included: Unlocking Energy Storage for Carbon Accounting and Clean Energy Goals
GHG Protocol Revisions in Focus: Navigating Changes in Scope 2 Accounting

Michael Leggett
ever.green
Beyond the VPPA: Expanding Access to High-Impact Renewable Energy Procurement

Josh Levy
Pivot Energy
Agrivoltaics: How Solar + Agriculture Can Support Biodiversity, Community, and Carbon Goals

Justin Loyka
The Nature Conservancy
Who Says No? Strengthening Support for Clean, Firm Energy Investments in America's Energy Lands and Communities

Carole Mariani
energyRe
Integrating Data Center and Industrial Load Growth With Renewables

Doug Miller
Energy Peace Partners
Incentives & Solutions for Higher-Impact Clean Energy Strategies
GHG Protocol Revisions in Focus: Navigating Changes in Scope 2 Accounting

Sandhya Murali
Solstice
Getting Started on Your Decarbonization Journey: The Fundamentals of Energy Markets and Policy in the US
Solutions for Scalable REC Procurement That Enables Local, Demonstrable Community Impact

David Osborn
Sustainability Roundtable, Inc
Unlocking the Power of Aggregated Renewable Energy Procurement: Lessons From Achieving Over 1 GW Through Reverse Auctions

Theodore Paradise
CTC Global
Grid Transmission Retrofits: The 6- to 18-Month, Double-Capacity Solution You’ve Never Heard Of to Get Your Clean Energy Projects Online Fast
Advanced Conductors: Expanding Transmission Quickly for Data Center Growth (Hosted by CTC Global)

Elizabeth Pearce
ever.green
Beyond the VPPA: Expanding Access to High-Impact Renewable Energy Procurement

Matt Penfold
Verse
From Chaos to Clarity: Accurately Forecast, Budget, and Reconcile All Your Energy Costs

Alex Piper
EnergyTag
Sustainable Growth: How Hourly, Locationally Matched Procurement Can Align Economic and Climate Goals

KEVIN RABINOVITCH
Mars
Powering a Resilient Supply Chain: Energy Strategies from Cargill and Mars
Renewables Acceleration: An Easy Solve for Electricity in Your Entire Value Chain Long Before 2030

Oana Root
AES
Powering the Future: Renewables Critical to the All-of-the-Above Mix

Mitchell Rosenberg
DNV
Opportunities and Barriers to Co-Locating Renewable Energy Resources and Data Centers

Rohit Sachdev
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Corporates & Energy Storage Strategies

Jacob Susman
Ambient Fuels
How to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions With Next Generation Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificates (e-SAFc)

Devon Swezey
Google
Sustainable Growth: How Hourly, Locationally Matched Procurement Can Align Economic and Climate Goals
GHG Protocol Revisions in Focus: Navigating Changes in Scope 2 Accounting

Lee Taylor
REsurety
Is Corporate Offtake Under Attack? Protecting the Engine of Renewable Energy Growth

Shehzad Wadalawala
Verse
From Chaos to Clarity: Accurately Forecast, Budget, and Reconcile All Your Energy Costs
Love is Blind: PPA Performance Tracking Shouldn't Be (Hosted by VERSE)

Laura Zapata
Clearloop, a Silicon Ranch Company
From Megawatts to Meaning: The Next Evolution in Clean Energy Deployment

Marek Zhang
CFEX
Automated PPA Settlement and Invoice Reconciliation for Energy Buyers – Case Study and Real-World Experience Sharing

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