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

Residential Solar Financing 101

June 22, 2016

Travis Lowder from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory discusses common residential solar financing choices, solar financing consumer protection issues, publicly supported solar finance programs from around the country, and broad solar financing trends.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Resiliency: Microgrids for Grid Power

June 16, 2016

In this webinar, presented by the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) and Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, guest speakers from FuelCell Energy and A/Z Corporation provided an overview of key features associated with the use of fuel cells in microgrid applications and fuel cell technology currently being used to support microgrids.

Reducing Electric Bills in California Multifamily Affordable Housing with Solar+Storage

June 15, 2016

In this webinar, presented by Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project, panelists from Clean Energy Group, the California Housing Partnership, the Center for Sustainable Energy, and Geli discuss the findings of their new report on solar+storage for California affordable multifamily housing.

Spring 2016 CESA Members Meeting

June 1, 2016

The 2016 CESA members meeting was held June 1-2 in Minneapolis, MN, and was hosted by Xcel Energy – Renewable Development Fund and the Minnesota Department of Commerce – Division of Energy Resources.

RPS Collaborative Webinar: A Tale of Two Grids

May 25, 2016

This webinar looked at the future of the electric grid and states’ approaches to grid modernization.

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Resiliency: Hydrogen for Power-to-Gas Energy Storage

May 12, 2016

Clean Energy Group and the Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) are hosting a webinar on using hydrogen as a Power-to-Gas (P2G) energy storage medium. Guest speakers from McPhy Energy, ITM Power, and Electro Power Systems (EPS) will present.

Energizing Cleveland with Offshore Wind: An Update on the Icebreaker Project

May 4, 2016

This webinar, presented by the Northeast Wind Resource Center (NWRC), will feature a presentation on the Icebreaker project–a demonstration-scale offshore wind project in Lake Erie. The 20 MW project is the first proposed fresh-water offshore wind project in the US.

Energy Storage Market Updates and Focus on Modeling for System Design

April 21, 2016

Guest speakers from Customized Energy Solutions will give a short update on energy storage markets, and then will cover the importance of modeling in developing a project and of having plant operational capabilities.

Procurement Guidance for Energy Storage Projects: Help with RFIs, RFQs and RFPs

April 20, 2016

This webinar will offer guidance for developing procurement documents for feasibility and economic analyses, engineering, equipment, and services related to developing and implementing an energy storage project. This webinar is presented by the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) and the Resilient Power Project.

State of the U.S. Energy Storage Industry: 2015 Year in Review

April 19, 2016

Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) will host a webinar to review the US energy storage industry in 2015. Ravi Manghani and Brett Simon from GTM Research will present.