This agenda covers activities at the National Community Solar Partnership Virtual Summit on October 29, 2020.
Solar Energy Technologies Office
October 21, 2020
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Start Time (ET) | End Time (ET) | Session Title | Speakers |
| 12:00 PM | 12:50 PM | Welcome and NCSP Overview The Summit will kick off by highlighting innovations from partners and provide a review of the NCSP’s progress to date | Jenny Heeter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Becca Jones-Albertus, U.S. Department of Energy Kyle Fricker, U.S. Department of Energy Mary Palmer, Austin Energy Carolyn Elam, City of Boulder |
| 12:50 PM | 1:10 PM | Networking Session Icebreakers in small groups | |
| 1:10 PM | 1:40 PM | Setting the Stage on LMI Community Solar National review of low-income community solar efforts including emerging markets and consumer protection best practices | Moderator: Laurel Passera, Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) Tom Figel, GRID Alternatives Warren Leon, Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) Chuck Watkins, International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST) |
| 1:40 PM | 2:10 PM | Keynote Conversation Discussion on developing a diversity-informed lens for designing programs | Yuka Nagashima, Executive Director, Food Shift and Founder, Paideia Enterprises Michele Boyd, U.S. Department of Energy |
| 2:10 PM | 2:30 PM | Networking Session Table topic discussions on community solar challenges and solutions with experts and peers | |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Learnings from the NCSP Presentations by NCSP technical assistance (TA) requestors and providers on their engagements and lessons learned | Moderator: Greg Leventis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Ali Andrews, Shake Energy Collaborative Ted Redmond, Pale Blue Dot Mike Wallerstein, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Jill Cliburn, Cliburn and Associates, LLC Nancy Edwards, Clean Power Marketing Group |
| 3:30 PM | 3:50 PM | Networking Session Small group Q&A with TA requestors and providers | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:00 PM | Wrap-Up | |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Virtual Happy Hour (optional) |