APRIL 22 | MLK LIBRARY

SPEAKERS

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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

(R-TN-03)

Member, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman of Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy, House Energy & Commerce Committee, House of Representatives

Rep. Kathy Castor

(D-FL-14)

Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy, House Energy & Commerce Committee

U.S. House of Representatives 

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) Member, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Member of Subcommittee on Energy U.S. House of Representatives

Rep. Paul Tonko

(D-NY-20)

Member, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Member of Subcommittee on Energy

U.S. House of Representatives

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Gil Bindewald

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office

Will Toor

Executive Director

Colorado Energy Office

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Meghan Conklin

Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Office of the Governor

State of Maryland

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Katie McGinty

Vice President & CSO

Johnson Controls

Katie Ott

Katie Ott

Vice President, Sustainability & Climate Strategy

Constellation

Justin-Edmiston

Justin Edmiston 

Director Growth and Acquisitions

DTE Energy

Phil Chen, CEO

Phil Chen 

CEO

Cold Electric

Matt Crozat

Executive Director of Policy Development

Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

Andrea Clabough

Deputy-Chairman

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

Hillary O’Brien

Managing Director – Clean Power, Natural Resources, and Research

ClearPath

Nidhi Thakar

Senior Vice President for Policy

CEBA

Jane Chen

CEO and Co-Founder

Stepwise

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Karl Hausker

Senior Fellow

WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition

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Zack Valdez

Senior Director

NEMA

Sapna Dowla Associate Vice President Alliance to Save Energy

Sapna Dowla

Associate Vice President

Alliance to Save Energy

Xan Fishman, Senior Director of the Energy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center

Xan Fishman

Senior Director of the Energy Program

Bipartisan Policy Center

Emily Sandford Fisher Founder & Principal Enodia Energy

Emily Sandford Fisher

Founder & Principal

Enodia Energy

Vanessa Bertelli

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Electrify DC

Lauren Campbell, Director of Policy and Economic Analysis, GridStrategies

Lauren Campbell

Director of Policy and Economic Analysis

GridStrategies

KEY THEMES

Reliable & Affordable Energy

Powering AI and Data Centers

Grid Deployment & Modernization

Infrastructure, Investment & Security

PROGRAM

  • Dan Delurey, Climate Policy Expert and Senior Fellow, Vermont Law School

A practical discussion on maintaining reliable and affordable electricity as demand rises, focusing on grid resilience, system planning, cost pressures and how to manage reliability risks as the energy system evolves.

  • Meghan Conklin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Executive Office of the Governor, State of Maryland
  • Katie Ott, Vice President, Sustainability & Climate Strategy, Constellation 
  • Matt Crozat, Executive Director of Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)
  • Nidhi Thakar, Senior Vice President for Policy, CEBA
  • Xan Fishman, Senior Director of the Energy Program, Bipartisan Policy Center (Moderator)

Examining how the U.S. can meet rapidly growing electricity demand from AI, data centres, electrification and manufacturing, and the implications for utilities, policymakers and infrastructure investors.

  • Katie McGinty, Vice President & CSO, Johnson Controls
  • Justin Edmiston, Director Growth and Acquisitions, DTE Energy
  • Jane Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, Stepwise
  • Karl Hausker, Senior Fellow, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition (Moderator)

Exploring how storage, demand flexibility, digitalization and grid software can improve system performance, support grid operations and enhance resilience in the near and medium term.

  • Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), Member, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, Member of Subcommittee on Energy, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Vanessa Bertelli, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Electrify DC
  • Sapna Dowla, Associate Vice President, Alliance to Save Energy
  • Phil Chen, CEO, Cold Electric
  • Emily Sandford Fisher, Founder & Principal, Enodia Energy (Moderator)

Focused on accelerating transmission buildout and grid deployment, addressing permitting, interconnection, regional coordination and the reforms needed to deliver large-scale infrastructure at pace.

  • Gil Bindewald, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office
  • Lauren Campbell, Director of Policy and Economic Analysis, GridStrategies
  • Zack Valdez, Senior Director, NEMA and former DOE Strategic Advisor (Moderator)
  • Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL-14), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy, House Energy & Commerce Committee, House of Representatives

A strategic conversation on energy infrastructure, capital deployment, supply chains and national security, examining how the U.S. can strengthen energy independence while supporting economic competitiveness.

  • Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03), Member, House Appropriations Committee, Chairman of Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Hillary O’Brien, Managing Director – Clean Power, Natural Resources, and Research, ClearPath
  • Avery Ash, CEO, SAFE
  • Andrea Clabough, Deputy-Chairman, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Energy Advisory Group (Moderator)
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