Full Schedule

11:00 AM - 6:00 PM MT

Registration Open

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

PEAK: Performance, Modeling & Assessment Program

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Pre-Conference Workshop: Mock Crisis Training—How to Communicate Effectively in a Worst-Case Scenario

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM MT

Welcome Reception—Siting & Permitting and PEAK

7:00 AM - 5:30 PM MT

Registration Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MT

Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM MT

Opening General Session

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM MT

Transition Break

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM MT

Exciting Session to be Announced!

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT

Navigating the Shift—Legal Strategies for Clean Energy

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MT

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

From Data to Dialogue—Applying Social Science to Win Clean Energy Projects

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

Parity with Pipelines—Expanding FERC's Authority to Approve, Site, and Permit Transmission

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

Landowner Voices

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM MT

PEAK: Performance, Modeling & Assessment Program

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Transition Break

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Three Minutes, One Chance—Winning the Room at the Public Meeting

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Headwinds and Hope—A New Generation’s Commitment to Clean Power

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM MT

Practical Realities of Agrivoltaics at Scale

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Navigating Fire Risk and Community Concerns in California’s Permitting Process

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Playing Offense—States Stepping Up for Proactive Change

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Soil and Solar Synergies—Enhancing Land Health through Renewable Energy

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MT

Poster Networking Reception—Siting & Permitting and PEAK

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM MT

Registration Open

7:15 AM - 8:15 AM MT

Fun Run & Walk

7:45 AM - 8:45 AM MT

Networking Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MT

Building Respectful, Lasting Partnerships with Tribal Nations in Clean Energy Development

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MT

Energy Storage Safety—Updated NFPA 855 Standards and Impacts on State and Local Siting

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM MT

Conservation Strategies—Lessons Learned and Practical Implementation

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT

Clean Power INSIGHTS: The Invisible Network—How Facebook Groups are Reshaping Advocacy Campaigns

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT

Clean Power INSIGHTS: From Reform to Results—First Comparative Evidence from a Five-State Permitting Gap Analysis

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM MT

Transition Break

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MT

Lessons from Rancho Viejo—How We Built a Successful Coalition to Combat Sophisticated Opposition in New Mexico

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MT

Backstop to Breakthrough—Building Transmission at the Speed of Need

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MT

Clean Power INSIGHTS: Conservation and Land

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MT

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

Building Trust at the Local Level—A Conversation with Planning and Zoning Officials

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

The Surge—A Non-Profit Campaign to Maximize Approvals of PTC/ITC Qualified Projects

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MT

De-Risking Operational Projects—Bats, Eagles, and Pollinators

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Clean Power INSIGHTS: Community Engagement

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Beyond the County Line—How Local Engagement Shapes State Energy Policy

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Reflections on Corporate Conservation and Biodiversity Successes—A Case Study Discussion

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM MT

Transition Break

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Community Benefits—More Than an Agreement

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Siting Energy Storage and Data Centers

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Technology Advances in Wildlife Monitoring and Response—Birds and Cameras