Oregon Solar + Storage Conference 2025: Full Schedule

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7:30am PDT

Breakfast hosted by EZ Solar Loans

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT

Belmont Foyer

A variety of breakfast items, coffee, and tea to get your morning started!

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT
Belmont Foyer

Activity

7:30am PDT

Networking in Expo Hall

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT

Belmont AB

Visit exhibitors, get your passport stickers, and network with your peers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT
Belmont AB

Networking

7:30am PDT

Registration

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT

Belmont Foyer

Wednesday May 14, 2025 7:30am - 9:00am PDT
Belmont Foyer

Registration

8:00am PDT

Lithium-Ion BESS Safety, Codes, and Standards

Wednesday May 14, 2025 8:00am - 10:00am PDT

Windsor AB

Battery energy storage systems are key to the energy transition as well as much needed reliable resiliency needs. The PV industry is fairly mature but the energy storage industry is growing rapidly, with storage technologies, codes, and standards evolving. Storage related fire events raise significant and justified concerns within communities. It is important to understand the state of today's ESS technologies, current and expected updates to codes and standards, testing and requirements...all of which have safety implications. This is key to be able to make informed decisions about your development and guidance for your community customers as well as your jurisdiction and fire stakeholders. Join subject matter experts from engineering and education firm, Mayfield Renewables who will provide clarity on the real vs perceived risks of battery energy storage systems and provide insight on current and upcoming updates to related codes and standards.

Speakers

Tyson Bittrich

Market Research Analyst, Mayfield Renewables

Tyson is enthusiastic about the forthcoming energy transition and is excited to contributeto renewable energy solutions. Tyson calls Portland, OR, home, where he is finishing hisB.S. in Renewable Energy Engineering from Oregon Institute of Technology. His studiesfocus on electrochemical... Read More →

Ryan Mayfield

Founder, Mayfield Renewables

Ryan has been working in the renewable energy field since 1999 and founded Mayfield Renewables in 2007. Ryan has been widely known for his commitment to understanding and demystifying codes and standards for the PV and energy storage industry for decades. His career has blended technical... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 8:00am - 10:00am PDT
Windsor AB

Technical, NABCEP CEU Session

Audience NABCEP

8:30am PDT

Selling You Price: Real-World Strategies to Help Escape the Price-Driven Sale

Wednesday May 14, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am PDT

Windsor C

Sales people, marketing people, and business owners - if you want to generate more sales and get proven strategies that preserve your profitability, this is the seminar for you.

SELLING YOU PRICE is an intense sales program designed to increase your sales effectiveness while maintaining the price you want and need to charge for the project. This seminar combines interpersonal and functional selling skills into a strategically-focused experience designed to reflect your business’s day-to-day challenges, opportunities, and competitive reality. Participants will learn:
• Learn how to develop the trust, credibility, and rapport necessary to turn prospects into committed customers who want to use you for their project.
• The importance of following a sales process and what needs to happen in the mind of the customer for them to want and agree to buy from you.
• Learn process models for making high-impact proposal presentations that get results and position you as the contractor of choice for their project.

Speakers

John DeRosa

Director of Contractor Training, SRS Distribution, Inc.

John works with individuals and organizations to amplify their sales effectiveness and confidence so they can exceed their individual and company goals. He coaches with passion, guiding his customers to effectively strengthen and elevate their sales outcomes to new levels of success.With... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Windsor C

Sales / Marketing, NABCEP CEU Session

Audience NABCEP

9:00am PDT

Hot Topics at the Bonneville Power Administration

Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT

Belmont C

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is facing a sudden staffing cuts while dealing with unprecedented transmission constraints. On top of those issues, BPA has decided to join the Southwest Power Pool's day-ahead market, Markets+. How will these issues and BPA's day-ahead market decision impact solar development and integration? What are the downstream impacts?

Speakers

Sidney Villanueva

Attorney & Transmisson Expert, Blue Skies Law, LLC

Sidney Villanueva is a transmission attorney committed to advancing the clean energy transition with a healthy mix of creative ideas and straight talk. She founded Blue Skies Law, a full-service law firm dedicated exclusively to energy and public utility matters and mainly counsels... Read More →

Henry Tilghman

President, Tilghman Associates

Henry is a lawyer by training but prefers consulting. A graduate of Georgetown University and the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, Henry left his litigation practice in 2001 to assist PacifiCorp with Federal regulatory compliance and policy issues. He has served... Read More →

Mike Goetz

Regulatory Affairs Director, Renewable Northwest

Mike Goetz, our Regulatory Affairs Director, joined Renewable Northwest in January 2025. In his role, Mike is responsible for leading the development of the organization’s state regulatory and markets and transmission strategy in Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. Mike engages... Read More →

Randy Hardy

Principal, Hardy Energy Consulting

Randy Hardy provides strategic advice to utilities, wind/renewable generators, and other organizations in the current rapidly changing electricity environment. His experience has covered regulatory, legislative and transactional work, including thirteen years as CEO managing two large... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Belmont C

Policy Focus, Pending CLE

10:00am PDT

Keynote - Smart Solar: The Opportunity for Distributed Power Plants in Oregon

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am PDT

Belmont AB

Shannon Anderson is one of the nation's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) experts. She'll discuss what they are, the benefits to customers and the grid, and what solar contractors can expect if Oregon adopts VPP policies. We'll learn how other states have done it and how Oregon can use those best practices in our own programs.

Speakers

Shannon Anderson

Distributed Power Plant Policy Director, Solar United Neighbors

As a Distributed Power Plant Policy Director, Shannon supports SUN’s efforts to advance adoption of distributed power plants (DPPs for short, also known as Virtual Power Plants) around the country in a way that ensures consumer protections, equitable participation, and fair compensation... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am PDT
Belmont AB

Keynote

10:30am PDT

Networking in Expo Hall

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PDT

Belmont AB

Visit exhibitors, get your passport stickers, and network with your peers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Belmont AB

Networking

10:30am PDT

Sales Closing Clinic

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT

Windsor C

Asking for the sale is an essential part of every sales call, yet only a small percentage of salespeople are comfortable with the need to do this. THE CLOSING CLINIC focuses exclusively on the steps that must be taken for salespeople to earn the right to ask for the sale – and feel comfortable doing it.

Contractor salespeople will redefine their beliefs about closing and gain the “closer’s mindset” necessary to boost their closing percentages.

Specific Skills That Will Be Developed:
• The reasons why some salespeople struggle with this very natural part of the sales call -and how to know when you’ve earned the right to ask a closing question.
• The top five prerequisites that must be met before you ask a closing question.
• A very organic and professional way to ask a closing question and put the prospect in a position where they need to make a decision.
• Effective ways to neutralize the price objection and communicate your confidence in your selling price.
• Strategies that better enable them to respond to their most common objections, such as: “Your price is too high.”, “I want to think about it” and “I need to get additional estimates”.
• The importance of being prepared to answer the objection they will hear and being accountable for their outcomes.

Speakers

John DeRosa

Director of Contractor Training, SRS Distribution, Inc.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Windsor C

Sales / Marketing, NABCEP CEU Session

Audience NABCEP

11:00am PDT

New Pathways for Siting Solar in Eastern Oregon

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Belmont C

For the past year and a half OSSIA has engaged with dozens of stakeholders to create new "least conflict" siting pathways for solar in Eastern Oregon. Come learn how that Rules Advisory Committee went and the pros and cons of these new pathways.

Moderators

Dugan Marieb

Pine Gate Renewables

Founded in 2016, Pine Gate Renewables is a developer and owner-operator of utility scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. We are dedicated to the innovative deployment of clean energy and have extensive experience in the development, financing, construction... Read More →

Speakers

James Williams

Executive Director, Community Renewables Energy Association

James Williams first ran for office in 2018 at the age of 29 while working as a lumber grader at Collins Pine Sawmill, and took office in January of 2019. He hopes to continue bringing a fresh perspective to the table in all matters we works on, strengthening ties across his county... Read More →

Olivier Jamin

Counsel, Davis Wright Termaine

Olivier Jamin provides legal advice to clients on environmental, energy, land use, and litigation matters. He makes sense of complex regulatory and legal permitting processes for his clients, working with them to identify a practical and sensical path to smart business decisions with... Read More →

Miranda Erlich

miranda@greenlightamerican.org, Greenlight America

Miranda is an accomplished grassroots organizer and team leader with a passion for clean energy. She was previously the Federal Field Director for the Sierra Club, where she led the Sierra Club’s field strategy for the Inflation Reduction Act. Miranda began her career in clean energy... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Belmont C

Policy Focus, Pending CLE

11:00am PDT

Navigating Uncertainty with Solar Financing

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Windsor AB

This session focuses on solar financing in a high-interest rate environment, the rise of third-party ownership, and leveraging financing tools to navigate market uncertainty. Geared towards solar installers and marketing professionals.

Alex will share the current solar financing landscape and how existing tools can help installers navigate uncertain market conditions.

Speakers

Alex Atmore

Finance Specialist, Greentech Renewables

Based in Bend OR, Alex Atmore helps solar installers across the Pacific Northwest grow by leveraging frictionless financing programs with no dealer fees. Prior to his current role at Greentech Renewables, Alex has gained deep financing experience from his time at SunEdison, Spruce... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Windsor AB

Sales / Marketing

11:30am PDT

Wheres Waldo Meet-Up: Better Business Bureau

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:30am - 11:45am PDT

Cambridge

Sponsors

Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a nonprofit organization that promotes marketplace trust by providing business ratings, dispute resolution, and consumer education to promote ethical business practices and foster trust between businesses and consumers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 11:30am - 11:45am PDT
Cambridge

Spotlight Talk

12:00pm PDT

Lunch hosted by Schneider Electric

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Belmont Foyer

Lunch is served in both the Belmont and Windsor foyers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Belmont Foyer

Activity

12:00pm PDT

Networking in Expo Hall

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Belmont AB

Visit exhibitors, get your passport stickers, and network with your peers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Belmont AB

Networking

12:30pm PDT

Spotlight Talk: SMART

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:30pm - 12:30pm PDT

Belmont AB

Sponsors

SMART

We specialize in Energy Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality & Project Development supported by multiple building trades national networks.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 12:30pm - 12:30pm PDT
Belmont AB

Spotlight Talk

1:00pm PDT

Wheres Waldo Meet-Up: Loan Terra

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 1:15pm PDT

Cambridge

Sponsors

LoanTerra

LoanTerra partners with ethical sources of financing to provide residential solar and storage loans with zero dealer fees.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 1:15pm PDT
Cambridge

Spotlight Talk

1:00pm PDT

The Future of Homebuilding has Solar and Storage

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT

Windsor AB

Approximately one-third of all new homes in Oregon participate in the EPS New Construction program from Energy Trust of Oregon, and over 10% of them are built as solar-ready. With this market shift and increasing demand for resilience, the next frontier for Oregon builders is to incorporate installed solar + storage. You’ll hear about Energy Trust's New Homes offers for EV charging, solar, and storage features as well as how our research with both solar + storage consumers and installers informed a new solar + storage offering for energy efficient new homes. The information provided in this session will help you understand these new opportunities and incentives so you can work with established builders to install solar + storage in their homes.

Speakers

Jackson Miner Ehlers

Project Associate, Energy Trust of Oregon

Jackson Miner Ehlers is a Project Associate with a background in finance, data analysis, and sales. In his current role, Jackson provides analytical support for the Energy Trust of Oregon's EPS New Construction program, which offers incentives and training for above-code residential... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Windsor AB

Energy Trust Programming

1:00pm PDT

The New (Micro Grid) Frontier: Field Reports from the Wildfire West

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT

Belmont C

Drawing on case studies and real-world project experience, this session will examine the key barriers to broader deployment of microgrids in Oregon. The panelists will then present fresh ideas on solutions to enable more widespread implementation of these important systems throughout the region.

Moderators

Shannon Souza

Principal & CEO, Sol Coast Consulting & Design

Since 1994, Shannon has pursued a career path in Sustainable practices for the PNW from my home base on the Oregon Coast.She began with pollution control, waste minimization, and environmental remediation with Weyerhaeuser Company's corporate office of the Environment, and then as... Read More →

Speakers

Karina Hershberg

Associate Principle, PAE

Karina is an Associate Principal at PAE, where she leads PAE’s Renewable Energy Systems team and is the regional leader for the Regenerative Design group. She brings a unique perspective to her dual roles in system analysis and engineering at PAE. Passionate about ensuring a transition... Read More →

Mark Crowdis

Chief Executive Officer, 127 Energy

Mark founded (2016) and leads 127 Energy with Pierre Moses the company's President. Mark has a leading role in identifying, planning, executing and financing renewable energy projects, from small commercial and industrial scale microgrids to complex utility scale projects exceeding... Read More →

Kevin Wright

President & Founder, ProtoGen

As President and Founder of ProtoGen, he is an energy resilience pioneer with nearly 30 years of industry experience. Beginning as an electrician in 1996 and achieving Master Electrician status by 2001, he founded ProtoGen in 2016, motivated by his firsthand experience during Hurricane... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Belmont C

Policy Focus, Pending CLE

1:00pm PDT

Sales Is Not A Spectator’s Sport

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT

Windsor C

Sales is nothing more than a series of definable and repeatable steps that anybody can learn but business owners and managers need to make sure their salespeople are executing and acting on those steps. If you want to build a world-class selling organization, you need to do less sales training and more sales coaching - no excuses. This informative session serves as a crash course to help business owners, managers, and salespeople learn the best practices for building a dynamic sales culture and the pitfalls to avoid when doing it.

Speakers

John DeRosa

Director of Contractor Training, SRS Distribution, Inc.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Windsor C

Sales / Marketing, NABCEP CEU Session

Audience NABCEP

1:45pm PDT

Wheres Waldo Meet-Up: Mission Solar

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:45pm - 2:00pm PDT

Cambridge

Sponsors

Mission Solar

Mission Solar Energy is a U.S.-based company dedicated to producing high-efficiency solar modules and providing renewable energy solutions to residential, commercial, and utility-scale markets. Founded in 2014 with a commitment to sustainability and energy independence, Mission Solar... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 1:45pm - 2:00pm PDT
Cambridge

Spotlight Talk

2:00pm PDT

Networking in Expo Hall

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT

Belmont AB

Visit exhibitors, get your passport stickers, and network with your peers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Belmont AB

Networking

2:30pm PDT

Wheres Waldo Meet-Up: SolarEdge

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm PDT

Cambridge

Sponsors

SolarEdge

SolarEdge is a visionary leader in smart energy technology, committed to harnessing the power of the sun to create a sustainable future. SolarEdge's DC-Optimized technology maximizes energy production, and drives innovation in energy storage and EV charging solutions for both residential... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Cambridge

Spotlight Talk

2:30pm PDT

Regulatory Highlights: Public Utility Commission Round-Up

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Belmont C

What's happening at the Oregon Public Utility Commission and how does it impact your work? Panelists will discuss a range of PUC topics including interconnection delays, PURPA and avoided costs, implementation of HB 2021, and more.

Moderators

Alyssa Forest

Policy and Regulatory Affairs Director, OSSIA

Alyssa grew up in Sacramento, California, then moved to Oregon for college. She graduated with a B.S. in Natural Resource Law and Policy from Oregon State University in 2018. After moving to Portland, Alyssa worked as a claims adjuster for a few years. This experience, along with... Read More →

Speakers

Irion Sanger

Attorney, Sanger Greene

Mr. Sanger’s legal and consulting practice focuses on energy, administrative, and public utility law. He represents energy trade associations, municipalities, electric cooperatives, irrigation districts, end-use industrial and commercial consumers, investor owned natural gas and... Read More →

Rose Monahan

Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Program, Sierra Club

Rose Monahan is a staff attorney with Sierra Club's Environmental Law Program where she covers a wide range of environmental and energy law topics. She has represented Sierra Club in dozens of public utility proceedings in Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, California, and Arizona... Read More →

Ted Drennan

Energy Policy Analyst, Oregon Public Utility Commission

As an Energy Policy Analyst at the OPUC Ted works on multiple issues facing the utility industry. Topics related to electricity include interconnection modernization, PURPA, resource valuation, reliability, general rate case, as well as gas issues such as purchased gas adjustments... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Belmont C

Policy Focus

2:30pm PDT

Brighter Future with Solar: Navigating Tax Benefits and Incentives

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Windsor AB

This session provides an overview and update of the Inflation Reduction Act energy incentives that are most applicable to the Oregon Solar community. Learn how these incentives are calculated and how they can be monetized by your customers to help offset the investment in green energy initiatives like solar, geothermal, and EV charging stations.

Understand the complexity of filing for these energy incentives and how your customers can maximize their investments and return on investment.

Learning Objectives*
• Participants will learn which energy incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act are most relevant.
• Participants will also learn how their customers, including tax-exempt organizations, monetize tax credits and incentives, and the process they go through.
• Participants will learn any new updates/changes to the investment tax credit for solar systems.

Speakers

Doug Kolker

CPA & Partner, Wipfli

Doug Kolker leads Wipfli’s energy incentives team, focusing on the energy incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. He is also responsible for the overall planning, organization, supervision and completion of client engagements. He has 20 years of experience working within... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Windsor AB

Sales / Marketing

2:30pm PDT

Battery Storage and the Rediscovery of Non-Firm Utility Service for New Large Loads

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT

Windsor C

This session will discuss recent utility proposals for non-firm energy, the historical practice of utility curtailments, customer responses, and possible solutions. It will also address the legal issues, benefits, and challenges of providing and utilizing this interruptible energy service.

Electric utility load projections have skyrocketed over the last few years. Traditional “duty to serve” utilities are desperate to find creative ways to meet this new demand while still complying with their renewable resource mandates and greenhouse gas limits. Fueled by mounting requests to power new data centers and clean tech manufacturing and restrained by transmission limits, climate initiatives, the intermittency of solar and wind generation, and a load curve that peaks just as the sun goes down, utilities are looking to revive and repackaging the practice of offering non-firm, interruptible, service for new large loads. Something that was more compatible with aluminum factories and paper mills that could shut down production lines or ramp up cogeneration, non-firm service allows a utility to curtail large customers during peak demand to balance the grid. Unlike these industries of old, however, this new large demand cannot just shut down, and running traditional diesel backup generation would violate climate-driven requirements. A possible solution is battery storage, charged during off-peak hours, and used to bridge the gap during utility curtailments.

Speakers

Garrett Stephenson

Shareholder, Schwabe

Garrett Stephenson is a shareholder in the Portland law office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. Garrett Stephenson’s natural resource and energy practice focuses on project planning, risk reduction, and permitting. He has ‎substantial experience in electrical transmission and... Read More →

Bill Ohle

Shareholder, Schwabe

Bill Ohle brings a strong industry background to representing public utilities and industries in state and federal regulatory matters. Before joining Schwabe, he served as in-house counsel for a publicly owned electrical, water and wastewater utility company. Currently, Bill represents... Read More →

Neerav Jashnani

Principal, Segue Sustainable Infrastructure

Neerav brings nearly a decade of renewable energy project finance and M&A experience to the team at Segue with experience across all asset classes, representing over 1 GW and over $1b of transaction value. He joins from the Infrastructure Investment team at Greenbacker Capital where... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Windsor C

Technical

3:30pm PDT

Networking in Expo Hall

Wednesday May 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT

Belmont AB

Visit exhibitors, get your passport stickers, and network with your peers.

Wednesday May 14, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Belmont AB

Networking

4:00pm PDT

Wheres Waldo Meet-Up: Wipfli

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm PDT

Cambridge

Sponsors

Wipfli

Wipfli is a top 25 advisory and accounting firm with over 90 years of experience helping businesses like yours grow and thrive. With energy tax incentives at the forefront of many business decisions, we help organizations significantly reduce project costs, providing long-term financial... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm PDT
Cambridge

Spotlight Talk

4:00pm PDT

Legal Ethics in the Energy Industry: Navigating Common Conflicts and Communication Issues for Attorneys

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Windsor AB

Session details coming soon!

Moderators

Sara Sayles

Shareholder, Schwabe

Sara Sayles is a real estate lawyer who focuses on utility-scale renewable energy development. She assists clients with all phases of development, beginning with site control, obtaining land use entitlements, and negotiating ancillary agreements. Sara has obtained land use entitlements... Read More →

Speakers

Ken Pearson

Associate, Schwabe

An environmental, real estate, and land use lawyer, Ken Pearson, advises on large- and small-scale projects. He helps clients buy, sell, permit, and grow their energy and natural resource operations. Ken grew up on an island in Southeast Alaska, where he acquired his lifelong love... Read More →

Nellie Barnard

Shareholder, Schwabe

Nellie Barnard provides legal ethics and risk management advice to lawyers, law firms, law students, and in-house legal departments. She also represents Oregon and Washington lawyers in attorney discipline matters and character and fitness proceedings, including on appeal. With a... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Windsor AB

Policy Focus, Pending CLE

4:00pm PDT

The Future of Oregon’s RFP Process

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Windsor C

Oregon's Request for Proposals (RFP) Process is at a crossroads: recent litigation, ongoing PUC rulemakings, and state clean energy targets are forcing change in the RFP process. Past RFP processes and mistakes have convinced regulators that Oregon is indeed facing a problem when it comes to competition in the RFP process, and current rulemakings are opening the doors for RFP reform. How can the RFP process be improved?

Moderators

Amy Berg Picket

Principal, Developer, Sunstone Energy

Amy has a BS in sustainability from Oregon State University that led to 10 years working in Utility Solar Scale development. The focus of this work is in the Northwest with a focus on Oregon. Amy is a Permitting and Stakeholder engagement specialist for solar farm development. Amy... Read More →

Speakers

Dugan Marieb

Pine Gate Renewables

Max Greene

Attorney, Sanger Greene

Max Greene is a partner in the law firm Sanger Greene PC, where he represents clients on matters related to the clean energy transition in the Northwest and provides advice to nonprofits, trade associations, and electricity generators, among others. Max previously served as Deputy... Read More →

Marie Barlow

In-House Counsel, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, NewSun Energy

Marie Barlow is an energy regulatory and policy attorney with deep knowledge in resource planning and procurement, interconnection, transmission, and climate change policy. Marie brings a unique blend of analytical precision and creative problem solving to her work and aims to empower... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Windsor C

Policy Focus

4:00pm PDT

Tribal Renewable Energy Transition: Collaborations in Oregon

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

Belmont C

This panel will cover current and planned Tribal renewable energy transition projects, programs, and partnerships with Oregon Tribes. Topics will include utility scale solar and storage partnerships, transmission upgrades, workforce development, energy sovereignty, and collaborating on siting to protect cultural and natural resources.

Moderators

David Harper

Executive Officer & Tribal Liaison, 7Skyline

David has more than 30 years of experience in Indigenous governance, cultural preservation, and policy development. As an executive officer and Tribal liaison for 7Skyline, he has led Tribal outreach efforts for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects with more than 50 Tribes... Read More →

Speakers

Cathy Ehli

Executive Director, Warm Springs Power & Water Enterprises

Nearly 25 years of executive and senior executive experience in the electric utility industry. Across several positions, Cathy has provided leadership in the development of strategies to achieve broad organizational goals. Cathy's strategic leadership has also advanced specific initiatives... Read More →

Stone Hudson

Program Officer to Tribal Communities, Meyer Memorial Trust

Stone aims to use his lived experience to make impactful and lasting change within his community.Stone unexpectedly started his career in government and policy. While in that space, he refined his role to focusing on tribal relations and has spent much of his time focusing on creating... Read More →

Kevin Lo

Corporate Sustainability Distinguished Technologist, HP

Interesting facts about Kevin Lo:• Passionate about sustainability, circular economy, reducing carbon, and social justice opportunities. • Conceptual Car Designer, known for the Local Motors LM3D Swim featured at SEMA.• Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Washing... Read More →

Wednesday May 14, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Belmont C

Policy Focus

5:00pm PDT

Happy Hour & Networking hosted by Platt Electric & Franklin WH

Wednesday May 14, 2025 5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT

Belmont Foyer

Stay and enjoy the fun with networking, hosted appetizers, and beverages!

**Franklin WH will host an Old Fashion cocktail**

**Platt Electric will host a Lemon Drop cocktail**

Wednesday May 14, 2025 5:00pm - 6:30pm PDT
Belmont Foyer

Networking