This meeting is by invitation only.
This interactive symposium is designed specifically for community and local government leaders, policymakers, and energy and climate program implementers.
A consortium of community choice aggregators, nonprofit and private sector solution providers, municipalities, and universities has implemented Advanced Energy Community (AEC) pilot projects in four communities — Richmond, Lancaster, Oakland, and Los Angeles County. The integrated AEC approach has advanced local climate protection, economic and job growth, and public health with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
This event will be a forum for stakeholders to explore promising program designs and scaling strategies as these pilots near completion. Attendees will assess project outcomes, consider policy recommendations, and contribute to an AEC Policy and Program Roadmap to advance California’s resilience, equity, affordability, and climate goals.
In the morning, Advanced Energy Community project leads will share learnings from AEC pilot projects funded by the California Energy Commission. In the afternoon, participants will engage in a strategic dialogue about how the AEC models can accelerate community-led clean energy and decarbonization initiatives to enhance local resiliency, equity, and affordability. The session will highlight distributed energy resource deployment and aggregation strategies, including virtual power plants, community microgrids, and innovative community engagement.
The symposium is hosted by The Climate Center, Zero Net Energy Alliance, Community Energy & Equity Resources, MCE, The Energy Coalition, and the California Institute for Energy and Environment at UC Berkeley, with support from the California Energy Commission.
Registration for this event is required using the form below.
If you are interested in participating but have not received an invitation, please contact Pooja Agarwal at pooja@theclimatecenter.org.
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