Webinar & Events - Policy

Clean Energy Group Webinar: Energy Storage in FERC Territories

January 9, 2015

This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, features Judith Judson of Customized Energy Solutions to provide updates on the changing rules and markets for ancillary services in various ISOs, RTOs, and other electricity service territories.

CESA State Leadership in Clean Energy Webinar: Accelerating Resilient Power in Connecticut and New York

December 16, 2014

This webinar highlighted two winning programs from CESA’s 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP)’s Microgrid Program, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s CHP Acceleration Program. Guest speakers included Dana Levy of NYSERDA, and Veronica Szczerkowski and Tracy Babbidge of CTDEEP.

NWRC Webinar: Training a Domestic Skilled Workforce to Support the Development of a US Offshore Wind Industry

December 11, 2014

This webinar, presented by the Northeast Wind Resource Center (NWRC), features a discussion on the standards and skills needed to prepare US workers to meet the needs of the emerging offshore wind industry. Panelists include Earl Walker of Siemens Energy, and Megan Amsler of Self-Reliance Corporation/ North Atlantic Offshore Training and Development Center.

RPS Collaborative Webinar: Tracking Systems and Section 111(d) State Plans

December 10, 2014

In this webinar, Lars Kvale of APX summarized and discussed his recent report “Using Tracking Systems with the Implementation of Section 111(d) State Plans.”

CESA State Leadership in Clean Energy Webinar: Economic Development and Job Growth in Massachusetts and New Mexico

December 8, 2014

This webinar will highlight two winning programs from CESA’s 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards: Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Clean Energy Internship Program, and New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management Division’s Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit. In two very different ways, both Massachusetts and New Mexico’s programs have worked to accelerate renewable energy market growth in their state.

Clean Energy Group Webinar: MassDOER Resilient Power Solicitation Results

December 3, 2014

This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, highlights the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (MassDOER)’s $40 million Community Clean Energy Resiliency Initiative and the recently announced resilient power projects receiving grants under the program. The guest speaker for this webinar was MassDOER’s Amy McGuire.

RPS Collaborative Webinar: A Status Update on Renewable Portfolio Standards

November 6, 2014

This webinar will repeat a popular session from the recent RPS Summit, where Galen Barbose reviewed the overall status of RPSs around the country, including data on RPS compliance, costs, and generation capacity resulting from RPSs.

CEG Webinar: New Jersey’s Energy Resilience Bank

October 29, 2014

This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, featured a discussion on New Jersey’s recently created “Energy Resilience Bank (ERB).” ERB director Mitch Carpen and deputy director Thomas Walker presented information about the bank and the funding opportunities it will offer.

RPS Webinar: Ending the Solar Tug of War: Can There Be Common Ground on Net Metering?

October 15, 2014

This webinar will explore whether there are policy approaches that can gain broad support by simultaneously supporting continued vigorous solar development and protecting utilities’ core interests.

Clean Energy Group Webinar: An Introduction to Resilient Power

October 8, 2014

This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, outlines the dangers that power outages can pose to low-income communities and vulnerable populations, the weaknesses of traditional backup power sources, and the opportunities for communities to create more power resilient critical facilities with clean and dependable energy technologies. Panelists include Lew Milford, Todd Olinsky-Paul and Rob Sanders from Clean Energy Group.