Envisioning the Grid for the Future

Imagine a future in which every suitable rooftop in California is covered with solar panels. The panels provide power to a resilient network of microgrids and stationary and EV batteries to provide reliable power for millions of Californians every day and night. All electric vehicles can export energy from their batteries to power homes and businesses and serve the grid. Energy is cheap and reliable and the air is clean. No one suffers the health burden of living near a fossil fuel power plant. Achieving this vision will require policies that allow more Californians to take advantage of bidirectional EVs, rooftop solar, and other local, clean energy solutions. 

In this webinar, we will hear from experts about what this vision might look like and what policies can deliver clean, affordable, reliable electricity for all. 

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Speakers

Shiriel King Abramson

Community Energy Resilience Specialist, The Climate Center

Shiriel King Abramson began working at The Climate Center in 2022. As the Community Energy Resilience Specialist, she researches, advocates, and collaborates to advance policies for a cleaner, more reliable electrical system in California, with a particular focus on vehicle-to-grid integration.

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Jasmin Ansar

Senior Climate Researcher, The Climate Center

Dr. Jasmin Ansar joined The Climate Center in September of 2022 as a Senior Climate Researcher to research and develop optimal policies to address the climate change emergency at speed and scale.

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Roger Lin

Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity

Roger works in the Center’s Energy Justice program advocating for an equitable clean energy future. Prior to joining the Center, he worked with environmental justice organizations throughout California and has litigated environmental justice and civil rights cases. He is an author of the textbook, Environmental Justice, Law, Policy and Regulation, and served on California’s Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group. Roger received his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University.

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Emi Yoko-Young

Policy Organizer, Reclaim Our Power

Emi joined the Reclaim Our Power: Utility Justice Campaign as the Policy Organizer in February 2024. She brings to the campaign over a decade of experience working at the intersection of policy and people in movement organizing spaces. Emi sees her role as bridging the divide between the needs that communities have expressed and the technical resources and policy practitioners in the environmental, health equity, and racial justice space. She believes that only in coalition and with the elevation of everybody’s strengths can we build the solutions that lead to a safe, affordable, and reliable energy future. She believes that movement building is what will change our culture and bring us collective liberation.

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Quentin Gee

Manager in the Energy Assessments Division of the California Energy Commission

Quentin Gee is a manager in the Energy Assessments Division of the California Energy Commission. He oversees forecasting of new electrification technologies (transportation, building electrification, and energy efficiency). Incorporating California’s leading climate policies, these forecasts are critical inputs into electricity system planning processes, including resource procurement, transmission, and distribution.

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