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

Prioritizing Equity in Program Development: How to Build a Resilient Power Technical Assistance Fund

April 23, 2024

Over the past 10 years, CEG’s Technical Assistance Fund has supported over 175 communities in their quest for resilient power. In this webinar, CEG staff will discuss how to establish an effective and equitable technical assistance program.

Battery Storage for Fossil-Fueled Peaker Power Plant Replacement: A Maine Case Study

April 30, 2024

Speakers from Strategen and CESA will discuss a new analysis which shows that battery storage can cost effectively replace aging fossil-fueled peaker power plants in New England.

Equity Strategies for LA’s 100% Clean Energy Transition

May 2, 2024

The LA100 Equity Strategies project provides community-guided, data-driven strategies for increasing equity in LA’s transition to 100% clean energy. Most of the findings and methodologies are relevant to states with similar goals.

Micro-Financing and Locally Led Development: A Scalable Model for Resilient Power in Rural Communities

May 16, 2024

This webinar will feature the Solar Village Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing solar+storage to schools, clinics and homes in rural India and Puerto Rico, helping with health, education, and home life as well as climate change.

Energy Storage Interconnection – Challenges and Solutions

May 21, 2024

Energy storage projects face unique operational attributes that are often not well accounted for in current interconnection processes, and this can lead to storage projects facing undue burdens that may ultimately cause them to become uneconomical. In this webinar, policy experts will examine the problem and discuss new initiatives designed to address interconnection challenges.

CESA 2024 Members Meeting

June 3, 2024

CESA’s 2024 Members Meeting will take place on June 3-4 in Chicago, Illinois. This annual event is filled with learning, networking, and information-sharing activities.

Recent

CESA Webinar: America’s Power Plan – Finance and Utility Business Models

September 30, 2013

This webinar, presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) for the State-Federal RPS Collaborative, is the first in a two-part series featuring authors from America’s Power Plan, an October 2013 toolkit for state and local decision makers developed by more than 150 of the nation’s top energy experts.

Wind Powering America Webinar: Small Wind Standards and Policy Update

September 18, 2013

Val Stori from the Clean Energy States Alliance, and Brent Summerville from the Small Wind Certification Council for an update on small wind standards and policy. During the September presentation, Orrell will provide an introduction to and brief demonstration of the Distributed Wind Policy Comparison Tool. Val Stori will provide an overview of the Interstate Turbine Advisory Council, and Brent Summerville will discuss the Small Wind Certification Council and the role of standards in the small wind industry.

CDFA Webinar: New Models of Financing Energy Efficiency

September 17, 2013

CDFA will host a webinar on September 17, 2013 at 1 pm EDT on a new development in clean energy finance.

ESTAP Webinar: Optimizing the Benefits of a PV with Battery Storage System

September 16, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance and its Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) project hosted a webinar on the PNM’s Prosperity Energy Storage Project. Guest speakers included Steve Willard from PNM Resources, Dan Borneo from Sandia National Laboratory, and Dr. Imre Gyuk from the US DOE.

CESA Webinar: Innovations in Renewable Energy Finance

August 20, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) will be presenting a finance webinar to address new models in RE/EE finance.

ESTAP Webinar: Resilient Solar-Storage Systems for Homes and Commercial Facilities

July 17, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance’s Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) project will host a webinar featuring Michael Kleinberg of DNV KEMA, who will discuss existing solutions and opportunities for solar PV systems with battery backup in residential and commercial applications.

OWAP Webinar: Making History with VolturnUS

July 11, 2013

Join OWAP for a 60-minute webinar with Dr. Habib Dagher, founding director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. Dr. Dagher will discuss VolturnUS platform prototype, its launch and progress to date, and how the project is supporting and growing the U.S. offshore wind industry through technological innovation. Dr. Dagher’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A period.

RPS Webinar: The State of State RPSs

June 28, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance is hosting a webinar to describe the key findings and recommendations from a forthcoming CESA report for the State-Federal RPS Collaborative on “The State of State RPSs.”

ESTAP Webinar: An Overview of the Electricity Storage Handbook

June 18, 2013

Clean Energy States Alliance, with the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia National Laboratories, will host a webinar introducing the recently updated Electricity Storage Handbook released by Sandia National Laboratories and published by the U.S. Department of Energy. The webinar is titled “Highlights of the DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA.”

CESA Membership Meeting – Washington, DC

June 3, 2013

CESA Spring Membership Meeting on June 3-4, 2013 in Washington, DC.