7:30 a.m.

Registration Opens

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Networking Coffee Hour

Women in Energy Breakfast

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Paul Lesure, CEO, Durion; REV Board Chair

• Oliver Szott, UVM Environmental Engineering Student

• Vermont Senate Appropriations Chair Andrew Perchlik (D/P-Washington District)

9:15-9:45 a.m.

Keynote Address

• Dan Reicher, Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University

10:00-10:45 a.m.

Opening Plenary: Tackling Energy Affordability in New England

• Commissioner Riley Allen, Vermont Public Utility Commission  

• Moderated by Adam Necrason, The Necrason Group

11:00 a.m.-noon

Breakout Session A

• Bringing Renewables Online Under OBBBA

• Ratepayer Benefits of Energy Trade with Canada

• Solar’s Second Act: Repowering, Recycling and Decommissioning

• Energy Storage's Role in Energy Affordability

12:00-1:15 p.m.

Lunch & Awards

• 2026 Renewable Energy Lifetime Achievement Award: Jito Coleman

• 2026 Renewable Energy Lifetime Achievement Award: Jonathan Lynch

1:30-2:30 p.m.

Breakout Session B

• Updating Net Metering for a Changing Grid

• How Solar Protects Vermont's Rural Landscape

• How Does Vermont Rate on Energy Affordability?

• Early Lessons on Cluster Studies

2:45-3:45 p.m.

Breakout Session C

• 100% Renewable by 2035: How the RES Helps Vermonters Save

• Cheaper Power: Accelerating Timelines for Distributed Generation

• Developing the Workforce for Decarbonization

• Electrifying in a Capacity Constrained World

4:00-4:20 p.m.

Closing Plenary: Clean, Reliable, Affordable—The Benefits of Renewables

• Dan Sosland, Acadia Center

• Jonathan Dowds, Renewable Energy Vermont

4:30-5:30 p.m.

Networking Happy Hour

Complimentary snack & drinks, music by Frosty Frog