Agenda || Utility Energy Forum 2024

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

10:00am – 12:00pm
Pre-Forum Workshop (for Utility and Government Attendees Only)
Paul Reid, Azusa Light & Water & Amber Rockwell, City of Banning Electric Utility

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch Buffet

12:45pm – 1:00pm
First-timer Orientation and Welcome

1:00pm – 1:15pm
Welcoming Remarks
Mary Medeiros McEnroe, Silicon Valley Power

1:15pm – 2:15pm
Opening Keynote

2:15pm – 2:45pm
Networking Break and Energy Quiz
Quiz Emcee: Mark Gosvener, Efficiency Services Group

2:45pm – 4:10pm
Strategic/Policy View
Katie Cort, PNNL

4:10pm – 4:15pm
Quick Break

4:15pm – 5:15pm
Meet the Exhibitors
Mark Gosvener, Efficiency Services Group & Dennis Guido, Staples & Associates

5:15pm
Adjourn

5:15pm – 6:15pm
Reception

6:30pm
Dinner

8:00pm
Networking Event & Game
Unwind at a casual gathering with hot beverages to reflect on the day's discussion and engage in a fun networking game designed to get to know one another. Prizes are available.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

7:30am – 8:30am
Breakfast Buffet

8:30am – 9:45am
TBD
Eric XU, PG&E & Mary Medeiros McEnroe, Silicon Valley Power

9:45am – 10:15am
Networking Break with Energy Quiz
Quiz Emcee: Mark Gosvener, Efficiency Services Group

10:15am – 11:00am
Utility Program Stand-up Challenge – Round 1
Cheri Davis, SMUD & Kamryn Hutson, Redding Electric Utility
Join us for the craziest round of concurrent sessions ever! Imagine speed dating meets the lightning round of a TV game show! Visit up to 4 storyboards detailing utility-sponsored energy programs or research. Each storyboard presenter has up to 5 minutes (plus up to 7 minutes for Q&A) to share with you the program’s goals, successes and lessons learned. A bell rings, you choose another storyboard, and the 12-minute clock starts again.

11:00am - 12: 00pm
Midpoint Keynote

12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch Buffet

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Utility Program Stand-up Challenge – Round 2
Cheri Davis, SMUD & Kamryn Hutson, Redding Electric Utility
Join us for the craziest round of concurrent sessions ever! Imagine speed dating meets the lightning round of a TV game show! Visit up to 4 storyboards detailing utility-sponsored energy programs or research. Each storyboard presenter has up to 5 minutes (plus up to 7 minutes for Q&A) to share with you the program’s goals, successes and lessons learned. A bell rings, you choose another storyboard, and the 12-minute clock starts again.

2:00pm – 3:30pm
Technology View
Eric Olson, NEEA & Mark Martinez, SCE

3:30pm – 4:00pm
Networking Break and Energy Quiz
Quiz Emcee: Mark Gosvener, Efficiency Services Group

4:00pm – 5:15pm
Customer View

5:15pm – 6:15pm
Reception

6:30pm
Dinner and Team Trivia Game

8:00pm
Wine Tasting & Networking