CESA Webinars & Events

Below is the list of our upcoming and most recent webinars. All of our webinars are free to attend, but registration is required. Click on the titles of the upcoming webinars below to read more and register.

Upcoming

Bridging the Gap: How Emerging State Policies are Making Energy Storage More Affordable and Accessible

January 7, 2025

This webinar features report authors discussing a recent report, jointly published by the CESA and Sandia National Laboratories, that highlights emerging strategies used by the leading states to advance energy storage adoption in underserved and low-income communities.

Solar and Battery Storage to Support Community Preparedness and Disaster Response

January 15, 2025

An increase in severe weather events, combined with aging energy infrastructure, is resulting in more frequent and longer duration power outages. This webinar will focus on innovative applications of solar+storage to assist vulnerable communities in the event of an outage and emergency event.

National Energy Summit for States: Navigating Energy Trends and Federal Programs

May 28, 2025

This event will bring together state and federal government officials and program staff who are working to implement IRA/BIL programs.

Recent

State-Federal RPS Collaborative Webinar: Cross-State RPS Interactions

February 25, 2015

New analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies the extent to which RPSs were met with out-of-state renewable energy in 2012 and 2013. Jenny Heeter of NREL will describe and discuss these findings.

Streamlining Residential Solar Permitting Processes at the Municipal Level: Lessons from California

February 20, 2015

The Clean Energy States Alliance hosted a webinar on California’s approach to residential solar photovoltaic (PV) permitting.

RPS Collaborative Webinar: The Effect of State Policy Suites on Solar Markets

February 2, 2015

This webinar features a discussion of NREL’s recent report “The Effect of State Policy Suites on the Development of Solar Markets.” This report examined policy-related and non-policy-based factors that have influenced state solar markets.

CEG Webinar: New Initiatives in Community Resilient Power

January 30, 2015

This webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, features Rob Sanders of Clean Energy Group, Jared Lang of National Housing Trust, and Tom Osdoba of Enterprise Community Partners for a discussion of the lessons learned in the early development of community resilient power projects in New York City, Washington DC and throughout the country.

CESA State Leadership in Clean Energy Webinar: Achieving Net Zero in Alaska and Oregon

January 23, 2015

This webinar highlighted two winning programs from CESA’s 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards that have worked towards the goal of achieving “net zero.”

CESA State Leadership in Clean Energy Webinar: Clean Energy from Coast to Coast, featuring California and Connecticut

January 16, 2015

This webinar will highlight two winning programs from CESA’s 2014 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards.

CEG Webinar: What Investors Want: How to Scale Up Demand for US Clean Energy and Green Bonds

January 14, 2015

Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute have released the first comprehensive study of U.S. institutional investors’ appetite for green bonds. In this webinar, guest speakers from Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute will discuss their findings.

ESTAP Webinar: DOE OE Energy Storage Safety Strategic Plan

January 14, 2015

This webinar, presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA)’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), features a discussion on the US Department of Energy Office of Electricity (DOE-OE)’s energy storage safety strategic plan. Panelists include Dr. Imre Gyuk of the US DOE-OE, Sean Hearne of Sandia National Labs, Kenneth Willette of the National Fire Protection Association, and Vincent Sprenkle of the Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory.

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.