2023 Conference Program
Climate Solutions Start Here: Solar + Storage Lead the Way
The Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America 2023 conference program will highlight the readiness of solar and storage as available and immediate climate solutions. The program will also emphasize how grid electrification is a pillar of climate response strategies, in addition to the integral role solar and storage play in that transformation.
Browse the full conference program on this page.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Feb 14 - Day One
Feb 15 - Day Two
Workshop: The Green Hydrogen Value Proposition: Fundamental Policy Needs to Drive Market Development and Re-Imagine the Energy Ecosystem
*Pre-Registration Required This workshop will convene public and private sector stakeholders to discuss various technical, policy, and enabling environment topics related to the opportunities for hydrogen in economy-wide decarbonization. Topics... Read More
Qing Tian
Melanie L. Davidson
Clark Crawford
Abraham Mooney
Dhruv Bhatnagar
Jason Goodhand
Nick Connell
Dr. Justin W. Raade
Janice Lin
Workshop: Evolving Markets for Standalone and Hybrid Grid-Scale Storage
*Pre-Registration Required This workshop is designed to give participants an overview to the state of storage market for both hybrid grid-scale and standalone storage projects. Participants will learn about core... Read More
Nehal Divekar
John Fernandes
WORKSHOP: NABCEP Technical Training | Earn Your NABCEP CEUs!
NABCEP Registered Training Providers present 4 in-depth workshops on Battery Storage and Energy Management. NABCEP Board Certified Professionals and Associates will advance their professional development and earn CEUs pre-approved to... Read More
Chris Fox
Jeff Nicholson
John Cromer
Jeff Myles
Workshop: 2023 NEC: PV, Energy Storage and Interconnections
*Pre-Registration Required This will be the first conference workshop since the release of the 2023 NEC and Bill and Sean will give you the latest. Sean participates in the first... Read More
Bill Brooks
Sean White
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Room 202
Workshop: Community Solar Design Fundamentals: Achieving Successful Programs Through Optimal Program Design
*Pre-Registration Required Community solar (CS) is a proven approach that is gaining popularity in cities and counties across the country as a way to promote equitable solar deployment while also... Read More
Liz Glivinski
Rick Umoff
Kari Smith
Joseph Wiedman
Derek Chernow
Susannah Churchill
Matt McDonnell
Workshop: Energy Storage Interconnection Basics & Best Practices
*Pre-Registration Required This workshop is designed to present the basics and best practices for navigating the interconnection process for energy storage in today’s energy landscape. Participants will hear from multiple... Read More
Sergio Carrillo
Zach Woogen
Radina Valova
KEYNOTE: Innovation on the Front Line: Solar and Storage Leadership on Community Engagement
The federal government is placing increased focus on environmental justice and community benefits, especially for disadvantaged communities. Hear from Shalanda Baker, Director of Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, about... Read More
Honorable Shalanda H. Baker
Opening Remarks
Wes Doane
EVs as Grid Storage Resource /V2X Interconnection
“As the grid becomes more electrified, electric vehicles will have a role to play in storing and releasing excess energy to the grid. We have already seen the use of... Read More
John Wheeler
Stephen Lassiter
Gregory Poilasne
Ed Burgess
A Utility’s Approach to Energy Storage Fire Safety
Battery energy storage is an evolving market and the fire safety aspect of this technology has become an emergent, hot topic in the utility industry. Over the past several years,... Read More
Dan Clark
Paul Hayes
Grant Davis
Jay Sadler
Crafting Community Solar Program: What makes it effective
With the development of decarbonization goals from federal and state governments to utility goals, effective clean energy programs are needed to achieve them. Community Solar offers one option to reach... Read More
Jonathan Roberts
Rod Eckhardt
Daniela Pangallo
The Virtual Power Plant Business Model
A Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, medium-scale power generating units as well as flexible power consumers and storage systems. VPPs are managed via aggregation software, offering functions meant... Read More
Ann Yu
Nehal Divekar
10:00 am-5:00 pm
Clean Energy Workforce Development
Supply chain challenges and federal funding are reinforcing the value of reinvest in America’s clean energy workforce. This panel brings together perspectives from labor, industry, and leading labor economists to... Read More
Gia Vacin
Bernice Diaz
Tim Aldinger
Joe Goodenbery
Surviving Supply Chains
Supply chain challenges have represented a significant roadblock for timely and effective project development. This discussion will give participants insights into how developers and businesses can work to meet project... Read More
Christina Lampe-Onnerud
Marco Terruzzin
Marius Mordal Bakke
William Acker
Residential Solar Adoption Timelines and Permitting
This session covers NREL’s work evaluating residential PV adoption timelines and permitting/interconnection processes. The work utilizes project-level data covering 10-25% of U.S. installs each year 2017-2021, along with surveys of... Read More
Jeff Cook, Ph.D.
Maximizing Tax Benefits
The federal government has establish unprecedented levels of incentives for clean energy technologies, many of which will be accessed through tax breaks or tax incentives. These new regulations are complex,... Read More
Keith Martin
Community As The Cornerstone to Scaling The Clean Energy Transition
Community engagement and demonstration of community benefits are key to unlocking many buckets of federal funding. This panel will cover steps that renewable and storage developers can take to improve... Read More
Nick Chaset
IRA Domestic Content
The IRA provides an increased credit rate for PTC and ITC projects that satisfy domestic content requirements, representing millions of dollars in value to project developers and investors. This session... Read More
Ariel Debin
Gigio Sakota
Ryan Roberts
Matt Walz
Lindsay Cherry
Unlocking Transmission Capacity
Limited transmission capacity and overfull interconnection queues represent a significant challenge for continued scaled deployment of renewable energy resources like wind and solar. This panel will discuss solutions to address... Read More
Louis C. Ting
Allison Auld-Hill, P.E., Ph.D.
Bhaskar Ray
Rural Renewables
Renewable resources for the generation of electricity (e.g., wind, solar, geothermal, etc.) are typically most abundant and practical for development in rural areas, making these communities well-positioned to generate and... Read More
Astrid Atkinson
WRISE Networking Breakfast: Ensuring A Just Transition for All
*Additional registration required Join us at for breakfast, networking, and presentation by WRISE. We all want our families and communities to be healthy, happy and safe and as we... Read More
Anne Weisberg
Stella Ursua
Melina Acevedo
WRISE
Opening Remarks
Wes Doane
KEYNOTE: The Race To Zero: Leading the Charge on a Zero-Carbon Grid
LADWP is working to achieve a 100% renewable grid by 2035, and is investing heavily is solar, storage and emerging technologies like green hydrogen to enable the transition of the... Read More
Stephen Lacey
Marty Adams
Keynote: Corporate Climate Leadership: Getting to Carbon-negative by 2030
Corporate buyers represent a growing portion of overall renewable and clean energy purchases, and have some of the most progressive and ambitious ESG goals of any sector. Learn about Microsoft’s... Read More
Audrey Lee
Innovation in Project Structuring to Support Project Finance
Competitive power markets offer a unique opportunity to utilize storage as a physical hedge to serve financial firm obligations of a power hedge. On both a stand-alone basis or in... Read More
Hamza Zaidan
Joseph Santo
Jatin Khanna
Gary Dorris
Energy Storage as Grid Assets: Expanding Transmission Capacity to Accelerate Renewable Growth
By examining in detail the Gridbooster concept in Germany – using energy storage to provide contingency back up for the transmission grid, thus expanding the transfer capacity of existing and... Read More
Justin Boose
Jackson Salovaara
Andrew Giligan
Gabriel Murtaugh
The Journey to Net-Zero Starts at the Local Level: Enabling rapid deployment of LDES through small scale installations
Shorter duration storage is currently being installed to support today’s increasing amount of renewable energy generation and electrification. Increasing amounts of renewables will be deployed on the grid and building... Read More
Alexander Schoenfeldt
Matt Harper
Hans Mikael Svanbom
Julia Souder
How to Successfully Transition from Start-up to Commercialization in the Rapidly Accelerating Transition Market
There has never been a better time to start a business serving the rapidly growing renewable energy marketplace. Globally, private sector investment totaled $226 billion during the first half 2022... Read More
Michael Oshetski
Alan Cooper
Wendy Prabhu
Luncheon Keynote: How Solar and Storage Lead the Way to Tackling Climate Change | Sponsored by Aurora Solar
* Conference Pass Holders Sit down for a fireside chat with solar industry pros Paul Grana, GM at Aurora Solar and Janice Lin, CEO at Strategen, to learn from their... Read More
Paul Grana
Janice Lin
Unlocking Community Solar Financing
When it comes to Unlocking Community Solar Financing, there are two critical areas to consider: Program Risk and Development. Understanding which state programs have components that make it easier to... Read More
Josh Kunkel
California Energy Storage Market – State of the Union
There are several powerful dynamics influencing California’s energy storage market today. With both headwinds and tailwinds, many evolving over time, it has become increasingly difficult to predict what the future... Read More
Adam Gerza
How Solar Installers Can Benefit by Integrating their Business Management Software to SolarAPP+
It is now established that SolarAPP+ can help solar installers get more projects done faster by expediting compliance checks and building permit approvals for eligible rooftop solar systems. However, the... Read More
Jan Rippingale
Impact of Solar-Ready Mandates on New Building Design & Construction in 2023
States are enacting regulations and building codes mandating the installation of solar PV or solar-ready design on new building construction. This will result in an accelerated growth of rooftop solar,... Read More
Bronte Payne
R. Steven Jones
Duncan Cleminshaw
Mark C. Gies
Paul Zacher
Are Utility-Tech Partnerships the Answer to the Energy Burden?
With many Americans looking to make the switch to clean energy and save money on their energy bills, smart technology paired with utility demand response programs has become an effective... Read More
Jeff Gleeson
The Women Driving the Energy Transition
As the renewable energy industry heads into 2023 with rapid transformation and increased demand, it presents an opportunity to achieve greater gender equality and inclusion. Today women make up one-third... Read More
Kim Getgen
Rashida Caraway
Wendy Prabhu
Julia Souder
Behind the Curtain of Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage Programs
State officials, utilities and regulators are seeking to plan for increased load from transportation and building electrification, integrate more renewable energy, and prepare for more extreme weather. Behind-the-meter (BTM) energy... Read More
Gary Morrissett C.E.M.
Karen Glitman
Sergio Carrillo
California is In the Lead and Accelerating Decarbonization: Building the Solar+Storage Future
It is now widely recognized that solar + energy storage, including long-duration energy storage, will be critical to achieve deep decarbonization. California already leads the nation in solar deployment and... Read More
Steve Pullins
Vann Gupta
Eric Dresselhuys
Gabe Murtaugh