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

ESTAP Webinar: An Overview of the Electricity Storage Handbook

June 18, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance, with the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories, will host a webinar introducing the recently updated Electricity Storage Handbook released by Sandia National Laboratories and published by the U.S. Department of Energy. The webinar is titled “Highlights of the DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA.”

CESA Membership Meeting – Washington, DC

June 3, 2013

CESA Spring Membership Meeting on June 3-4, 2013 in Washington, DC.

RPS Webinar: Overview of Regional Tracking Systems

May 28, 2013

This webinar, hosted by CESA for members of the State-Federal RPS Collaborative, will focus on the regional tracking systems that are used to track renewable energy certificates and renewable energy use for RPSs. It will cover the role of a tracking system, who is responsible for the policies and procedures at a tracking system, a tracking system’s relationship to its stakeholders, and the limitations on what a tracking system does and does not do.

CESA Webinar: Smart Grid, Grid Integration, Storage and Renewable Energy

May 16, 2013

How will the smart grid and smart meters, demand response, and energy storage affect the deployment of intermittent renewable energy? Our guest experts will answer these questions, and discuss the latest developments in these technologies, in this webinar. Speakers include Tom Stepien, CEO of Primus Power, and Ron Dizy, President and CEO ENBALA Power Network.

ESTAP Webinar: An Introduction to the Energy Storage Report for State Utility Regulators

April 24, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance, Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy are hosting a webinar to overview a recent energy storage report, titled “Evaluating Utility Procured Electric Energy Storage Resources: A Perspective for State Electric Utility Regulators.”

CESA-RPS Webinar: Introduction to EISPC Energy Zones Mapping Tool

April 22, 2013

CESA is hosting a webinar for a demonstration of a new, interactive Mapping Tool that can provide rich information on clean energy resources, policies, and project screening factors in 39 states. Policymakers, project developers, and industry representatives will be able to use this Mapping Tool for a wide range of purposes related to clean energy development.

CESA – RPS Webinar: Briefing on NREL Reports on Solar Policies and Incentives

April 18, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) will host a webinar to brief our members on two recent NREL solar reports: (1) the Strategic Sequencing for State Distributed PV Policies and (2) Distributed Solar Incentive Programs: Recent Experience and Best Practices for Design and Implementation.

ESTAP Webinar: East Penn and Ecoult Battery Installation Case Study

March 26, 2013

CESA’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership project, in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy, is presenting a webinar on East Penn/Ecoult’s battery storage installations. This is another in CESA’s series of energy storage case study webinars.

NREL Demonstration: How SAM Can Be Useful to You and How to Use It

March 21, 2013

This webinar, hosted by Clean Energy States Alliance, will introduce you to the System Advisor Model (SAM) and SAM’s Solar Wizard. SAM is free performance and financial modeling software developed by the US Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to facilitate decision-making for people involved with or interested in renewable energy development.

OWAP Webinar: Understanding Regional Offshore Wind Supply Chain Opportunities

March 19, 2013

CESA’s Offshore Wind Accelerator Project (OWAP) and the Global Wind Network (GLWN) hosted this webinar to outline the DOE/GLWN Offshore Supply Chain project and explain how coastal regions can participate in the development and implementation of this emerging energy industry.