
Solar: A Force For Economic Development
Event Information
Description
The Third Annual Arizona Energy Futures Conference will take place this Friday, October 6, 2017 at the Rio Salado Conference Center on the Tempe Campus of the Rio Salado Community College. The sessions will demonstrate how solar and distributed generation can and has created businesses, jobs, and builds local and state economies; examine policies and recognize new technologies that expand energy choice while keeping rates low; and examine what Arizona should do to be able to profit from the coming changes in energy generation and markets.
This is not a conference you want to miss.
Conference Agenda
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance, Conference Logistics, Announcements - Lucy Mason, Executive Director, AriSEIA
9:15 – 10:10 Opening Keynote – Rod Richardson, CEO Grace Richardson Foundation, NY
10:15 - 11:05 The Utility of the Future: What will it Look Like?
- Karl Rabago – Exec. Director, Pace Energy & Climate Center, Pace Law School NY
- Other panelists TBD
- Moderator – Herman Trabish
11:10– 11:55 DER Design and Implementation for a More Resilient Grid
- Daniel Haughton - Mgr. DER Integration Engineering, APS – Distributed Generation impact on Grid Resiliency
- Cunningham- Director of Operations, Sunny Energy – A DER system design for Home and Aggregation
- Nick Wold - Dir. Bus. Dev., Inergy Systems, Implementation, Load Control Peak Demand Reduction
- Jason Bobruk - Dir. Code Compliance, SolarEdge: Implementation Batteries and Communication
- Moderator: Tom Harris, AriSEIA Board Treasurer
12:05 – 12:10 Luncheon Keynote
- Introduction
- Keynote Speaker – Karl Rabago
1:30 – 2:30 Policy & Market Trends Driving The Future Of Energy
- Dr. Paul Hirt - SRP Board of Directors, ASU
- Paul Fenn – Author of Community Choice Aggregators (CCA) law
- Michael Bahr – Co-founder and Managing Partner ReNewAll
- Moderator: Lee Feliciano, AriSEIA Board Secretary
2:30 - 2:45 Afternoon Break
2:45 – 3:45 Next Steps: Positioning Arizona for Future Opportunities
- Senator Frank Pratt
- Representative Ken Clark
- Moderator: Dr. Ron Roedel, ASU Director, Solar Energy Engineering & Commercialization Program
3:45 – 4:00 Conference Wrap Up – Lucy Mason, Exective Director, AriSEIA
Open to the public
Admission: $35 advance, $50 at the door (includes morning coffee, lunch and afternoon snack)
ASU & MCCCD students free with current ID ($15 w/lunch), use promo code AEFCSTUDENT
Only 200 seats available - Preregistration required
*Students must show valid ID at the door