• The Trump administration has demonstrated greater organization and momentum in its second term, enabling rapid implementation of energy policies through executive orders.
• According to a former advisor, Trump’s approach appears to support an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy that could accommodate clean power development if market-driven.
• The reconciliation process for tax policy changes is anticipated around August-September, creating a critical timeline for clean energy stakeholders.

ACP recently hosted a PowerTalk examining the first 100 days of the Trump administration’s second term, featuring insights from political and media experts on what this new chapter means for American energy policy and the clean power sector. The analysis revealed important implications for renewable energy development, energy market dynamics, and industry investment strategies moving forward.

Speaking to the relevance of these conversations for the clean energy industry, ACP’s CEO Jason Grumet stated: “As builders, we care very much about the executive actions that enable this country to ‘build baby build’ as fast as possible. And as manufacturers, our industry has brought nearly 200 new manufacturing facilities online in the last few years—so we care very deeply about tariffs and trade policy.”

Joining Jason Grumet for the first half of the discussion was Marc Lotter, co-host of Newsmax’s Wake Up America and former Special Assistant to President Trump, followed by a conversation between Grumet and Julia Manchester, political reporter for The Hill and News Nation, and Hans Nichols, political reporter for Axios and a former NBC News political reporter.

Trump’s Second Term: Better Organization and Policy Implementation

A distinct difference between Trump’s first and second terms has emerged in these early days. Marc Lotter observed: “The thing that is most striking to me is how much more prepared they were for Trump 2.0 than we were on Trump 1.0.” This preparation has enabled rapid implementation of policies through executive orders and nominations that have “just sailed through.” The administration has used their political capital to create momentum across multiple policy fronts simultaneously.

This enhanced organizational capacity directly influences how the administration is approaching energy policy decisions that impact clean power development and renewable energy markets.

All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy: Implications for Clean Power

Despite concerns about potential conflicts between the administration’s rhetoric and some executive actions, Lotter suggested that Trump fundamentally supports diverse energy sources: “I truly believe he thinks that if you can do it cleaner, cheaper, better and bring it to the market, do it. We need more power.”

Julia Manchester, political reporter for The Hill, characterized the administration as “organized chaos,” noting that while the pace is frenetic there appears to be “competent leadership, whether you agree with them politically or not.” This organization may prove crucial to the administration’s effectiveness as the administration navigates complex energy policy challenges.

Tax Reconciliation Timeline: Critical Dates for Energy Stakeholders

For the clean energy industry, the reconciliation process and potential tax policy changes represent crucial developments to monitor. Hans Nichols, political reporter for Axios, offered a clear timeline prediction: “They want to use the threat of a debt shutdown… That puts you in an August, September timeframe.” This timeline creates both urgency and opportunity for energy stakeholders to engage with policymakers.

The tight margins in the House—where Speaker Johnson can only afford to lose three votes—create additional complexity. As Nichols noted, “Members of Congress have now learned that they all can be Joe Manchin and they can all hold the bill hostage for one or two things that they want.”

As the Trump administration continues to implement its agenda, the clean energy industry will need to navigate a complex policy landscape while advocating for consistent, market-driven approaches that support American energy leadership across all technologies. The coming months will be critical as reconciliation legislation takes shape and longer-term energy policies emerge.

The �����Ƶ Association and its members are working hard to influence favorable outcomes for the clean power sector so the industry can continue contributing to grid reliability, energy security, and economic development across the country.

Watch the PowerTalk.

The energy storage industry is growing at an exponential rate, with seven times more utility-scale energy storage capacity today than at the end of 2020. Currently, the U.S. energy storage industry supports over 60,000 jobs in technology innovation, advanced manufacturing, engineering, and construction. Over the next decade, energy storage capacity will add tens of thousands of megawatts to America’s electric grid.��

“The clean energy transition cannot succeed without extraordinary growth in energy storage. American energy must be clean, affordable, reliable, and secure. Energy storage is essential to achieving each of these national imperatives,” said Jason Grumet, ACP CEO. “ACP’s membership is on the cutting edge of the energy storage revolution. ACP RECHARGE will serve as the ultimate destination to share ideas, display technological advances and participate in dynamic forums that address the challenges we face ahead.”��

The conference is taking place alongside the in Portland —which will feature the exciting single-seater motorsport championship league for electric cars. Registration for ACP RECHARGE will give attendees a chance to access tickets for the race taking place on June 29.����

“The energy transition is happening faster than expected and recent extreme weather events have inspired a renewed focus on grid reliability and resiliency. No technology resource is more poised than energy storage to meet today’s reliability needs and deliver on state clean energy goals,” said Mateo Jaramillo, CEO of Form Energy. “We look forward to ACP RECHARGE and the timely opportunity to explore diverse emerging technologies, the policy frameworks that can unleash the many benefits of energy storage, and the strength and capabilities of our dynamic industry.”����

“Events like ACP RECHARGE Summit are an exciting step for the energy storage industry,” said John Zahurancik, President of Fluence. “The industry is growing at lightning speed. That speed means forums like this are critical in elevating safety, expanding the supply chain and supporting reliable power systems all over the world.”��

“As the energy storage industry continues its impressive growth, the inaugural ACP RECHARGE is the place to be for the latest on financing, technology, and markets,” said Jacquie DeRosa, VP of Energy Storage for Ameresco. “I’m excited to see our energy storage leaders in Portland to celebrate successes, exchange insights and drive the next phase of storage advancements. Together, we’re shaping a sustainable energy future.”����

Register today at /energy-storage-conference/.��

The clean power industry continues to face substantial barriers to project deployment, which could put numerous projects at risk. In particular, the siting of solar, onshore wind and storage projects requires a multitude of processes including lease negotiations, contracts, local governing body permits, applicable state and federal permits (environmental, wildlife, etc.) and ongoing community engagement, all of which can increase costs and delay or at worst terminate projects.��

But these challenges also present opportunities. Engaging stakeholders and community members in early conversations, can not only minimize negative outcomes, but maximize the positive outcomes in ways that may have initially gone unnoticed.

Permitting has never been in the spotlight like it is today. This is why this year’s Siting and Environmental Compliance Conference is more important than ever. ��The #ACPSiting23 conference brings together industry leaders, subject matter experts, environmental and land use planning professionals, and other stakeholders to tackle the burning issues we face at the local level while exchanging best practices and technical knowledge to help us achieve our collective goal of advancing the clean energy transition. Together, we can continue to be an industry that ensures responsible, successful, efficient project siting and permitting.

Siting conference sessions will cover issues impacting onshore wind, solar, and energy storage development and will dive into:��

• Policy & Regulatory Reforms��
• Permitting Challenges��
• Community Engagement and Local Affairs, including Tribal Engagement��
• Decommissioning and Disposal/End-of-Life Strategies��
• Emerging Technologies, and more.��

In addition to engaging and informative sessions, the conference will offer networking opportunities, exhibition space, and additional learning opportunities from poster presentations that will give attendees the opportunity to discuss challenges, solutions, and best practices one-on-one with the subject matter experts.

Join ACP and hundreds of siting and permitting professionals at the Siting Conference and Environmental Conference in greater Albuquerque this March 28 – 29.�� Visit the conference homepage to view the most up-to-date agenda and speaker and exhibitor lists and register today.����

A Policy Forum Like No Other

This year’s February 15th event will be a celebration. For almost a decade, the energy storage industry has advocated a federal investment tax credit (ITC) specifically for energy storage. And we did it! We finally have a storage ITC with the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last summer. And the U.S. energy storage industry has made other strides too: in the last decade, we secured nine state deployment targets, over $1 billion in state incentives, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)’s landmark Order 841, and a variety of RTO/ISO updates to market products.

So, what’s left to do? Did we solve all the problems? (Hint: nope!) This year’s Policy Forum looks ahead at developing opportunities for energy storage in a post-IRA world.

What We’ll Discuss: State, Federal, Industry and Markets Conversations

The state policy conversation at the 2023 Policy Forum will focus on how restructured states—that is, states where choices for electric reliability are made by regional markets, rather than utilities and state regulators—can make policy progress on storage. State policymakers know they need energy storage to achieve their clean energy mandates. While storage deployment targets have been effective for inducing procurements in vertically structured states, they do not translate well in restructured states, where market mechanisms are the desired basis for resource choices. We need new answers “beyond targets” in those states. I’m thrilled to explore this challenge with David Sandbank, Vice President of NYSERDA, which has proposed a novel program; Abe Silverman, General Counsel for New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which has proposed an innovative program; and Carrie Zalewski, Chair of the Illinois Commerce Commission, where policymakers face similar challenges and are considering versions of these ideas. (For those of you attending the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Winter Policy Summit, we’ll be just a few blocks away—pop out and join us!)

The electricity markets conversation at the 2023 Policy Forum will pick up where the state policy conversation leaves off, discussing how RTOs/ISOs are shaping opportunities for storage. While storage began in ancillary services markets and has recently entered energy markets, the role of storage in resource adequacy and capacity markets remains contested. Market designs will continue to evolve for a grid with greater deployments of storage and renewables, the pace of which will be increasingly determined by interconnection queues. I’m very excited to geek out on where markets are going with FERC Commissioner Allison Clements as well as bringing leading RTO/ISO experts–like Walter Graf from PJM and Anna Foglesong from MISO–onstage to talk through their own market’s evolution and resource adequacy challenges.

The federal policy conversation at the 2023 Policy Forum will broaden the lens to what is happening in the wake of the storage ITC. The energy storage industry still faces large-scale challenges including implementing the IRA, combating rising global trade tensions, and promoting domestic supply chains and infrastructure. And the post-IRA politics of clean energy are changing, in part due to a new period of divided government. On that last point, I am pleased that Jason Grumet, founder of the Bipartisan Policy Center and ACP’s new CEO, will offer his vision for the storage and renewables industries and lead our keynote policy dialogue on the 118th Congress.

Finally, I think it will be important to take stock of the evolving relationship between the U.S. energy storage industry, policymakers, and other power sector stakeholders. I wrote about how the storage industry has gone from struggling to get policy attention and market traction to now post-IRA having “good problems” that come with overwhelming demand. With great power comes great responsibility, and I’m honored to have longtime industry veterans like Kiran Kumaraswamy of Fluence and Polly Shaw of Plus Power join me onstage to use our insights from the last decade of our advocacy to forecast the next decade of advocacy ahead for the energy storage industry.

Of course, most of all, there will be all of you and your colleagues—connecting with each other as much as our esteemed speakers. I expect a jubilant mood. So come join us this February 15—register today!

Elliot Mainzer, CEO of the California ISO, at the 2022 Energy Storage Policy Forum.

Former FERC Commissioners Norman Bay and Colette Honorable and Deputy Director for Policy Christy Walsh at the 2022 Energy Storage Policy Forum.

Offshore wind developers and partners have worked tirelessly over the past decade to bring the industry to life in the United States, starting with Rhode Island’s Block Island Wind Farm – a stone’s throw away from where the industry is gathering this week.

And now, as a result of the recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the idea of expanding offshore wind throughout the Northeast and building and operating offshore wind turbines in U.S. waters along all our coasts to provide our communities with clean, safe and reliable energy is more than just a pipe dream.

Perhaps nothing demonstrates the growth of the industry in our country more than our anticipated attendance at this year’s Offshore WINDPOWER Conference, where we’ll welcome a record 2,000+ attendees – from developers to turbine manufacturers, OEMs, politicians, and more. There is so much to celebrate this week as we all gather.

On the federal level, we worked with the Biden Administration and a bipartisan group of states to set an ambitious, but attainable, goal of 30 gigawatts (GW) of domestic offshore wind by 2030. And just weeks ago, the administration also announced new initiatives that will help deploy enough Floating Offshore Wind to power 5 million homes, allowing us to tap into the vast energy resources provided by strong winds over deep waters outside of the Northeast coast. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes critical funding to improve ports, develop modeling tools for project design and invest in record levels of research, development, and demonstration efforts. And the recently-passed IRA brings much-needed certainty and investments to incentivize even more renewable and reliable offshore wind energy.

There is even more to recognize on the state level, with more than 74,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind procurements established in both red and blue states. In New York alone, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) generated more than $4 billion in revenue from the Bight auction – a record-setting amount of investment across all U.S. offshore energy lease auctions. In addition, five coastal Northeast states, including Rhode Island, are currently coordinating on transmission logistics because they recognize that, given the fast growth of offshore wind in the decades to come, cooperation is needed to ensure every New England project is able to integrate into the electrical grid.

With national goals to achieve 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, the offshore wind industry will play a vital role in establishing U.S. energy independence and will bring significant economic opportunities along with it. Not only is the promise of clean and affordable energy within reach, but so too are the tens of thousands of good-paying jobs in the development, construction, and operations fields to support it.

It won’t just be coastal communities that will see the economic benefits of U.S. offshore wind. Industry development will accelerate economic opportunity for American manufacturing, construction, and supply chains across the nation, as well as prompting investment and upgrades to necessary infrastructure. For example, steel sourced from West Virginia and Alabama is currently being used to construct the nation’s first offshore wind turbine installation vessel in a Texas shipyard.

Certainly, there are still challenges ahead to realize the promise of this industry in the United States. From transmission to permitting reform to establishing a healthy supply chain, together we are ready to tackle these challenges and ensure we continue to build the kind of robust offshore wind industry we know is possible in this country.

Imagine the American offshore wind future: A new domestic supply chain; tens of thousands of good-paying jobs; revitalization of port communities; and billions of dollars invested in manufacturing, ports, workforce development and research.

ACP is excited by the opportunity to help accelerate the clean energy transition and bring the urgent need for clean, affordable, and reliable energy to life.

From March 8 – 10, we’re in San Diego for this year’s event and are excited to give our safety, and O&M clean energy industry leaders the opportunity to reconnect with old contacts and meet new ones at the industry’s leading O&M and safety event of the year.

With workers on the frontlines working to keep the lights on every day, it is critical for our sector to stay connected and share best practices. O&M teams must work together to maintain efficient and resilient operations, ensure grid reliability, all while keeping focus on the safety of techs.

With over 120 speakers, 120 exhibitors, and over 20 committee meetings, OMS 2022 is a can’t-miss event for anyone working in clean energy operations, maintenance, or safety.�� Here’s what OMS attendees can expect this week:

Educational Programming and Networking

Over the course of three days, OMS attendees will hear from a diverse array of industry experts��on��key topics��including:

• Safety Culture and Leadership
• Fire Protection for Solar, Storage and Wind
• Elevating Renewable Operations and Safety
• Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination
• Cybersecurity
• Risk Assessment
• Workforce Development
• Fall Protection
• O&M Solar Vegetation Management
• Offshore Workforce Industry Programs
• Solar Performance Optimization and more

From morning coffee with exhibitors and committee meetings to attend, to networking lunches and evening receptions, OMS offers numerous networking opportunities for industry attendees to take advantage of after so much time spent away.

Stay connected during the conference by downloading the official ACP event app

Throughout the O&M and Safety Conference, registered attendees can find the most up-to-date information about the conference by downloading the . Access the full conference schedule, presentations, and exhibition information and participate in Q&A and discussions during live presentations with our audience response system. ​ Attendees can also utilize our new app attendee activity feed to connect with other OMS attendees, share information about their exhibit booths and more.

​If you��don’t already have your all-access pass, there is still time to register on-site. Click here to view the full agenda and get all the details that you need for a successful conference. The ACP team looks forward to reconnecting with so many our clean energy colleagues at OMS in San Diego!

And looking back on ACP’s first CLEANPOWER event in Salt Lake City this past December, we have so much to be proud of. ACP members and partners that produced the event brought to life some of the sustainability activations we’ve been pushing so hard for over the years to new levels.

Environmental Impacts:
CLEANPOWER has long set the goal of working toward becoming a No-Waste event. The ACP information booth was an extension of our NO WASTE event goal by transforming every element from the traditional take-make-waste system to a make-no-waste system. We reconfigured how we manage resources, incorporating more reusable elements and electronic signage that can be adjusted year–over-year.

We improved the sustainability in our supply chain by procuring items for the ACP store to source more products that were made in the USA, reduced unnecessary plastic packaging and included products that were made from more sustainable sources.

ACP provides reusable stainless steel canteens filled with water to all speakers to eliminate single-use water bottles.

In partnership with the Salt Palace Convention Center and local charities, we were able to divert 14,274 pounds of materials from the landfill.��

And ACP is offsetting the energy used during the CLEANPOWER show, including our staff travel, with clean energy credits. ��Additionally, 40% of all food and beverage products available during CLEANPOWER were procured locally, reducing the carbon footprint in the transportation of products.

Social impacts:
Sustainability isn’t just what we do to save the planet, it’s what we do to engage and support our communities.��

Over 90 CLEANPOWER attendees in Salt Lake City participated in our Behind-the-Scenes Sustainability Tour. Stops on the tour included viewing upcycled tradeshow waste turned into art with the Utah Art Alliance and visiting the welding shop where engineers use upcycled materials to reinforce carts to transport trade show equipment. The reinforcement makes the carts safer and reduces the amount of damaged equipment, part of the Salt Palace Convention Center’s significant efforts to divert waste from the landfill.����

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The Sustainability Tour highlight was viewing the 600,000 square foot solar panel array on the Salt Palace Roof. The 1.65 megawatt (MW) array has provided about 18% of the building’s power since 2012. With 6,006 solar panels spanning the length of five football fields, the installation is one of the largest rooftop arrays in the United States.��

Check out a time-lapse of the installation of the Salt Palace’s 1.65 megawatt��solar panel array.

Continuing CLEANPOWER’s legacy of partnering with a local organization for a community service project, $15,000 was raised through attendee and direct ACP donations��to support the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake’s STEM education program.�� As part of our partnership, students participated in a solar-focused STEM activity at area clubs. Additionally, a group of industry executives visited with students at a��local Boys and Girls Club in Salt Lake City and shared career insights about working in clean energy.

Hannon Armstrong EVP and Chief Client Officer Susan Nickey��and ACP CEO Heather Zichal presented a donation to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake during CLEANPOWER 2021.


A student participates in a solar-focused STEM activity at one of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake.

Hannon Armstrong EVP and Chief Client Officer Susan Nickey, Lauren Glickman and Hannon Armstrong VP – Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Gil Jenkins shared career insights with students during a visit to a local Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake during CLEANPOWER 2021.

Looking Ahead
ACP and the CLEANPOWER planning team are charging full steam ahead into producing an exciting and engaging tradeshow in 2022, one that is built on the foundation of sustainability.��

For year CLEANPOWER has supported an Exhibitor Green Team and in 2021 we had some outstanding Green Team members. We extend a special thank you to Epsilon Associates, DEX Renewable Energy Solutions, and Integrated Power Systems for their outstanding commitment to sustainability at CLEANPOWER 2021!

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In 2022 we are upping the ante and making participation in the Exhibitor Green Team mandatory for all exhibitors. It may sound scary, but take it from our exhibitors that have been participants for years: it’s easy to do and can significantly reduce the environmental impact of the trade show.��

The Exhibitor Sustainability Program covers things like lighting, procurement, shipping booth materials and provides guidance on what material give-a-ways and onsite practices you’ll need to adhere to meet our sustainability goals.����

ACP will also offer some amazing Sustainability Sponsorship Opportunities for CLEANPOWER 2022. We are looking for the right partner to help us leave a legacy in San Antonio, and this is a sponsorship opportunity you won’t want to miss. Here are just a few of the options that will be featured in this new opportunity, which will give your organizations a great way to connect with our community and show your commitment to a sustainable future:

• Help make CLEANPOWER Carbon Neutral by supporting carbon offsets����
• Sustainability Tours��
• Engage the local artist community and support Upcycled Art from San Antonio Artists��
• Wellness program, including a 5K fun run ��
• Legacy Community Service Project��
• Green Angel Volunteer program supporting our No-Waste Efforts��
• Sustainability Scavenger Hunt

We look forward to seeing everyone at CLEANPOWER 2022 in San Antonio this May 16 – 18!

This is the first blog in a three-part series on ACP’s event sustainability. Stay tuned for part two, which will include a full debrief on the official CLEANPOWER 2021 sustainability report, plus a preview of what to expect in San Antonio in May.�� ��

To overcome these challenges, several solutions are beginning to find widespread application in Europe, and hold significant promise for the growing U.S. offshore wind market: 1. adopting multi-terminal HVDC transmission technology; 2. multi-purpose infrastructure; and 3. coordinating the offshore transmission development.����

1. HVDC technology
Meshed offshore HVDC transmission grids are seen as one of the solutions to tackle the challenge of grid integration from the exponentially growing deployment of renewable energy resources. With a significantly higher capacity than AC cables, HVDC connections can reduce the number of cables that are necessary by bundling the outputs of multiple offshore wind farms into a single high-capacity export link. HVDC technology enables economic transmission with low environmental and visual impact for hundreds to even thousands of miles, enabling delivery of offshore wind power further inland, closer to load centers, and also enabling connections between different states and remote renewable energy resources. For this reason, the uptake of HVDC systems for offshore wind export is growing rapidly worldwide and the total installed capacity is expected to increase five-fold over the next 10 years, as shown in Figure 1.��

Figure 1 – Cumulative capacity of installed and planned HVDC connected offshore wind farms worldwide��

2. Multi-purpose infrastructure
By combining the functions of offshore wind export and energy trade between different points of interconnection or states into one interconnected multi-terminal HVDC grid, so-called hybrid or multi-purpose infrastructure can be created. This can reduce the total amount of infrastructure needed—and hence the cost and environmental impact. At the same time the infrastructure utilization is maximized, improving the return on investment, which ultimately can result in reduced consumer bills. Meshed HVDC grids are a special type of multi-terminal HVDC grids, in which alternative redundant transmission paths can be utilized in case of equipment outages, to safeguard the reliability of the energy supply.

3. Coordinated planning
By building out offshore infrastructure as part of a coordinated transmission planning process, offshore wind farm developers would no longer have to build their own transmission links.�� If properly implemented, this would lower the barriers to entry and stimulate a competition on factors other than onshore interconnection rights. Realizing such cross-jurisdiction transmission grids requires a coordinated approach with aligned planning horizons. Coordination is required vertically between federal, RTO, state, and county planning and permitting authorities, as well as horizontally between different states’ public utility commissions, RTOs/ISOs, and planning and permitting authorities. Pragmatic and functional communication channels and platforms between these parties and development of common ground on how the benefits and costs of American offshore infrastructure should be assessed and allocated fairly will be key.�� The Department of Energy’s recently announced “ may provide an opportunity for such coordinated efforts. By building the ability to extend offshore infrastructure, it is possible to shorten the required planning horizon for future projects – but it will take forward-looking up-front investment and planning to ensure future flexibility.��

A pre-requisite for building coordinated extendable offshore transmission infrastructure is that transmission links which are developed at different locations and times are physically compatible and functionally interoperable. This requires the adoption of standardized system ratings such as voltage level, the development of an HVDC system grid code, and a solution to today’s multi-vendor interoperability challenges. Introducing further standardization will have the additional benefit of lowering the barrier to entry to new market participants, widening today’s limited supply chain.��

The energy sector undoubtedly plays a crucial role in accomplishing the 1.5 C° climate change threshold target, and offshore wind energy is expected to be a major contributor to the energy transition. Many regional and global experts see the planned offshore grid as a way forward, but this solution, as do all, presents advantages, challenges, and complexities.

To learn more about this critical topic, join DNV and U.S. offshore transmission developer, Anbaric, next Tuesday, January 25th at 2 PM ET for an ACP-hosted webinar: “Planned Offshore Grid – An American Dream Come True.”�� Our expert industry panel will provide attendees with a deep dive into the offshore grid concept to understand how it can unlock the transition to a clean, reliable and affordable energy future in the U.S. ��

This is a guest blog post from ACP member DNV.  To learn more information on how to become an ACP member, please visit our membership page. �į��

This fall saw��major federal action on clean energy legislation. From the signing of the��Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act��into law, which includes��$65 billion in��critical��grid modernization��investments��, to the��House��passage of the Build Back Better Act,��which��brings��the country one step closer to creating jobs��and��delivering����community benefits to every state, momentum for clean energy continues.��As the most targeted and��efficient utility-scale renewable energy tradeshow in the United States,��CLEANPOWER��brings together the��top��minds in the clean energy industry and creates��a collaborative platform for discussing issues that are important to����and their companies.

Our CLEANPOWER Conference��Chair��Leo��Moreno, President,��AES��and��ACP have��assembled an all-star event��here in Salt Lake City.��Over the course of the next two days, attendees can look forward��to��hearing��from��headline speakers including:����

• Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate��Advisor����
• Ali Zaidi,��White House Deputy National Climate Advisor����
• Brian Deese, White House Director of the National Economic Council��Larry Summers, Former Secretary of Treasury����
• Dan Yergin, IHS Markit Vice Chairman��
• James Murphy, ACP Chairman | President and Corporate Business Leader, Invenergy����
• ACP CEO Heather��Zichal��

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In addition, attendees will hear from a diverse array of industry experts��on��topics��including:��

• Spotlight Utah: The Rise of Solar and Storage in the Clean Power Sector��
• The Clean Energy Future: A Net Zero Grid Within Reach��
• Financing During a Period of Tax Law Change��
• Aging Fleets – Midlife Crisis or Time to Retire?��
• A New Federal Focus on Transmission:��What’s Next?��
• Clean Power Supply Chains Through 2030��
• Building the Clean Energy Workforce for the Future��
• Renewable Energy – Leading & Developing the Energy Transition��

CLEANPOWER’s Business Innovation Showcase Series will feature presentations that will highlight��the latest innovations in renewable energy from industry leaders and experts.��Presentations on our Business Innovation��Showcase Stage include:����

• AI for Renewables: Use Cases Beyond Failure Prediction��
• Ultimate Hybrid Resource: Renewables + Storage + Electric Vehicles��
• Doubly Fed Induction Generator��Wye��Ring and Connection Reliability, Repair and Upgrade��
• A Future Powered by Renewables: Sustainable Generation at the Center of the Energy Revolution��
• Reimagining Solar��
• Addressing the Grid Impacts of Increased Renewable Generation��
• Advanced Condition Monitoring using Electrical Signature Analysis��

For this year’s��CLEANPOWER Community Service Project, ACP��has partnered��with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake (BGCGSL)��with the goal of��raising��$30,000 to help fund the BGCGSL’s STEM education program activities that focus on teaching students about renewable energy.��During��the conference��ACP and several industry leaders will visit the Spence Eccles Club to share their experiences working in clean energy during a Careers in Renewable Energy presentation to club members and students.

After so much time apart, CLEANPOWER is��the perfect place��for our industry to reunite and network.��Registered attendees can utilize our official events app to connect��directly��with��fellow attendees, view the exhibition floor plan and plan their schedule during the event.����

There are also����available for viewing, in addition to��all��of��the��on-demand content from the June��Virtual CLEANPOWER event.����

With over 280 exhibitors and thousands of attendees, this is the return to doing business in-person we’ve all been looking forward to.��The��full agenda for the week��can be found��.��We look forward��reconnecting��with��you��at CLEANPOWER��Salt Lake City!�� ��