Webinar & Events - Finance

Tools to Tackle Affordability and Cost Allocation in Electricity Rate Design

November 6, 2025

This CESA webinar will cover how the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is addressing rate challenges in the electricity industry and helping to make the grid of the future affordable.

Front-of-Meter vs. Behind-the-Meter Batteries: An Economic Comparison for Massachusetts

October 8, 2025

This CEG webinar covers a report that compares the costs and benefits of one utility-scale, front-of-the-meter (FTM) battery system versus five commercial-scale, behind-the-meter (BTM) batteries of the same aggregate cost in Massachusetts.

For State and Federal Employees: NREL’s Procurement Analysis Tool

September 29, 2025

This CESA webinar for state and federal officials provided an overview of NREL’s Procurement Analysis Tool, a free, user-friendly resource designed to help public and private energy buyers plan and screen utility-scale off-site electricity procurement options.

Residential Solar+Storage: Weighing the Benefits of Bill Savings vs. Backup Power

November 20, 2024

How can households balance the economic benefits of using their battery to lower energy bills and the resilience benefits of stored energy for backup power? This CEG webinar covers Berkeley Lab’s study that explores this question.

Expanding Clean Energy Access and Benefits: Award-Winning Programs in Connecticut and Maryland

November 14, 2024

This webinar highlighted two impressive and impactful state clean energy programs that were purposefully designed so that low- and moderate-income households can not only participate in clean energy programs, but also benefit financially from them.

EPA Tools to Support States: Quantifying Emissions Reductions and the Health and Economic Co-Benefits of Clean Energy Policies

August 27, 2024

This CESA webinar features free tools developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that can help states with their clean energy grant applications by quantifying the co-benefits of clean energy policies.

Building the Foundation for Energy Resilient Communities: Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Funding Programs’ 2022 Impact

November 14, 2023

Panelists will discuss CEG’s Technical Assistance Fund (TAF) and the Resilient Power Leadership Initiative (RPLI), and the findings of CEG’s annual impact report. CEG staff will be joined by TAF engineering partners and a 2022 RPLI awardee.

NYSERDA’s State Energy Financing Fund and DOE’s Loan Programs Office: Financing Clean Energy at the State Level

November 1, 2023

Speakers from NYSERDA and DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) will explain how New York is taking advantage of LPO’s new expanded Title 17 loan authority and how other states can reach similar agreements with LPO and access federal funding for clean energy projects.

Predevelopment Funding for LMI Solar and Storage Projects: A Case Study from New York

September 19, 2023

NYSERDA’s Affordable Solar and Storage Predevelopment and Technical Assistance program in New York State is successfully addressing the predevelopment challenge for solar and storage projects for low- and moderate-income residents.

Energize Your Impact: How Funders & Donors Can Support Equitable Solar Power

September 6, 2023

This webinar will showcase innovative approaches funders are taking to bring equitable solar to low- and moderate-income households.