2023 Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO and Policy Forum

• Remarks by Members of Congress
• Policy Forum Panel 1 – Where It All Begins: Energy Efficiency Essentials
• Policy Forum Panel 2 – Clean Energy Opportunities in Rural Communities
• Policy Forum Panel 3 – Training the Workforce for the 21st Century Clean Energy Economy
• Policy Forum Panel 4 – Toward the Energy System of the Future
• Policy Forum Panel 5 – Clean Energy and National Security
• Policy Forum Panel 6 – Accelerating Sustainable Transportation
• List of Participants
• Host
• Honorary Co-Host

Remarks by Members of Congress

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), by video

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.)

Assistant Democratic Leader

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.)

Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

Where It All Begins: Energy Efficiency Essentials

• Paula Glover, President, Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)

• Curt Rich, President and CEO, North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA)

• Justin Koscher, President and CEO, Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA)

• Bryon Krug, Treasurer, National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO); President, CEG Solutions LLC

Clean Energy Opportunities in Rural Communities

• Jaime Jackson, Senior Advisor for the Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Carrie Annand, Executive Director, Biomass Power Association (BPA)

• Keith Dennis, President, Beneficial Electrification League (BEL)

• Aaliyah Nedd, Director of Government Relations, National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)

Training the Workforce for the 21st Century Clean Energy Economy

• Garrett Nilsen, Deputy Director, Solar Energy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• Jason Walsh, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance (BGA)

• Lynn Abramson, President, Clean Energy Business Network (CEBN)

• Charles Bolden, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Toward the Energy System of the Future

• Mandy Mahoney, Director, Building Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy

• Lisa Jacobson, President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)

• Malcolm Woolf, President and CEO, National Hydropower Association (NHA)

• Ralph Cleveland, President and CEO, American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE)

• Bill Parsons, Vice President, Federal and State Affairs, American Clean Power (ACP)

• Misti Groves, Vice President of Market and Policy Innovation, Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA)

Clean Energy and National Security

• Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

• Jake Gentle, Program Manager, Infrastructure Security, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

• Jennifer Schafer-Soderman, Executive Director, Federal Performance Contracting Coalition (FPCC)

• Jeremy Harrell, Chief Strategy Officer, ClearPath

Accelerating Sustainable Transportation

• Britney McCoy, Director, Climate Analysis and Strategies Branch, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Genevieve Cullen, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA)

• Chris Bliley, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Growth Energy

• Art Guzzetti, Vice President, Mobility Initiatives and Public Policy, American Public Transportation Association (APTA)