CESA Webinars & Events

Below is the list of our upcoming and most recent webinars. All of our webinars are free to attend, but registration is required. Click on the titles of the upcoming webinars below to read more and register.

Upcoming

Community Storage: SMUD’s Energy StorageShares Program

July 17, 2025

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) launched their innovative Energy StorageShares program in 2019. This program was the first virtual energy storage program in the US and allows commercial customers to invest in an off-site battery energy storage system and benefit from demand reduction cost savings without having to invest in a battery system at their…

Load Growth: What States Are Doing to Accommodate Increasing Electric Demand

July 21, 2025

This webinar highlights a new CESA report focusing on load growth and highlights the ways that states are preparing for an influx of energy demand in the coming years.

Recent

Is Sodium the New Lithium? How Table Salt Might Save the Energy Storage Industry

November 7, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as a likely substitute for stationary battery applications, both on the grid and behind the meter. This ESTAP webinar will explore the potential applications, benefits, and challenges for sodium-ion batteries.

Meaningful Household Savings from Solar

October 30, 2024

In this DOE-organized webinar, CESA Executive Director Warren Leon and Senior Project Director for Solar and Offshore Wind Vero Bourg-Meyer will discuss best practices for meaningful household savings from solar, gaps in the literature on solar savings, and what will be needed to scale up best practices. 

Sharing Solar Benefits with Multifamily Renters: A Mississippi Case Study

October 30, 2024

This webinar dove into a pioneering multifamily solar project in Jackson, Mississippi that implemented an innovative technology solution to provide direct benefits to apartment residents who have historically been left out of the clean energy transition.

An Assessment of Equity in Massachusetts’ Energy Storage Programs

October 8, 2024

Clean Energy Group and Applied Economics Clinic analyzed the equity provisions in three Massachusetts energy storage programs: ConnectedSolutions, the SMART solar program, and the Clean Peak Standard. This webinar presented the results of that analysis.

Emerging Public Health Needs for Climate Smart Technology in Connecticut Affordable Housing

October 1, 2024

Speakers from Yale University, Connecticut Green Bank, Operation Fuel, Clean Energy Group, and The Towers discussed a new report describing the pressing need for climate smart technology in affordable housing in Connecticut, to ensure the safety and well-being of residents who rely on home medical devices.

Collaboration between Community-Based Organizations and State Energy Agencies: Findings and Lessons from the Solar with Justice Project

September 27, 2024

This CESA webinar covers a series of reports released by CESA and MIT in August based on a nationwide survey of community-based organizations. Report authors review key findings and lessons learned from the studies.

Massachusetts’ Accelerating Clean Transportation (ACT) School Bus Program

September 24, 2024

In this CESA webinar, guest speakers from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center presented their award-winning Accelerating Clean Transportation (ACT) School Bus Program. The program provides technical planning services and financial support to Massachusetts public school districts and/or transportation providers to complete successful electric school bus deployment projects.

Tribal-State Collaboration on Sustainability and Solar Development: A Case Study of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

September 23, 2024

In this CESA webinar, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe’s Eugene Strowbridge provided an overview of a forthcoming case study exploring the Tribal-State relationship through the experiences of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, which began developing its Sustainability Program in 2014.

An Introduction to Solar+Storage

September 19, 2024

In this webinar, speakers from Clean Energy Group will answer some of the most commonly asked questions about the design, installation, and economics of solar and battery storage for homes, businesses, and community facilities.

Using Community Solar to Cut Energy Burdens in Manufactured Mobile Home Communities

September 18, 2024

Manufactured homes (aka “mobile” homes) are an important form of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households. But they can often be energy-inefficient and difficult to weatherize, resulting in high energy bills and energy burdens. In this CESA webinar, speakers discussed Berkeley Lab’s report that proposes combining community solar subscriptions with air-source heat pump installations and managing bill credits to reduce winter heating bills.