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8:30-9 am Registration & Breakfast
9-10 am Arizona Policy Hot Takes! State and Local Energy Policy Update

• Autumn Johnson, Executive Director. Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA) (Moderator)
• Kevin Thompson, Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)
• Mike Gardner, President, Policy 48
• Stan Barnes, Owner, Copper State Consulting Group 
• Blaise Caudill, Deputy Director, Arizona Governor's Office of Resiliency

10:15-11:15 am Federal Policy Roundup: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

• Chris Mejia, Founder, Consolidated Solar
• Jonathan Iwaskiw, Director of Congressional Affairs, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
• Hilary Lefko, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
• Michelle Davis, Head of Global Solar, Wood Mackenzie
• MJ Shiao, Vice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing, American Clean Power Association

11:30-12 AriSEIA Highlights of the Year

• Jackie Cerna, President Elect, Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA) (Moderator)
• Autumn Johnson, Executive Director. Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA) 
• John Mitman, President, Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA) 
• Court Rich, Vice President, Arizona Solar Energy Industries Association (AriSEIA) ​

12:30-1:30 pm Lunch & Keynotes

• Richard McCann, Partner, M.Cubed
• ​Meghan Nutting, Principal, Altitude Strategies Consulting

1:45-2:45 pm Arizona Goes VPP: Updates on New Virtual Power Plant Programs in Arizona​

• Ani Backa, Vice President of Virtual Power Plants, GoodLeap (Moderator)
• Sarah Noll, Manager of VPP Innovation & Strategic Initiatives, Arizona Public Service (APS)
• Darrell Bearden, Senior Manager of Distributed Energy Programs, Salt River Project (SRP)
• Camila Martins-Bekat, Manager of Customer Energy Optimization, Tucson Electric Power (TEP)
• Kevin Joyce, Senior Manager of Technical Programs, Tesla

3-4 pm Community Benefits of Utility Scale Solar: Economic Opportunities for Local Governments​

• Court Rich, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Rose Law Group (Moderator)
• Derek Seamen, Director of Integrated System Planning, Arizona Public Service (APS)
• Bobby Olsen, Associate General Manager and Chief Power Systems Executive, Salt River Project (SRP)
• Andrew Yancey, Partner, Bergin, Frakes, Smalley & Oberholtzer
• Daniel Court, Partner and Senior Economist, Elliott D. Pollack & Company

4-6pm Reception

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