Electric Innovation Forum at NYC Climate Week
The Electric Innovation Forum brings 150 bipartisan elected officials and community leaders together with executives from technology, finance, business, and philanthropy to shape the future of electrification in the United States.
This year's event focuses on topics key to scaling electrification, including transportation, large scale electrification, and state and local solutions to data centers, equity, and energy affordability. Built for relationship building and real world practicality, participants in this invitation-only event leave with the connections and actionable next steps needed to implement electrification solutions in communities across the country.
The Forum also lays the foundation for future collaboration, including the Initiative's innovation site tours connecting elected officials directly with electrification projects, funder connections, and inclusion in other high-level convenings hosted by EII and its partners.
Attendance is by invitation only. Invitations are non-transferable.
This event is organized by the Electric Innovation Initiative
Schedule Overview
12:00 PM | Doors and Registration Opens
12:30 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Remarks offered by Electric Innovation Initiative co-founders, Hawaii State Senator Chris Lee and California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, as well as Washington State Representative Stephanie Barnard and Sofia Berger, Senior Vice President, Earth and Environment Business Line Executive, WSP
12:45 PM | Fireside Chat: Electrification From Coast to Coast
1:00 PM | Opening Panel: How States, Tribal Nations, and Cities Are Leading on Electrification
1:45 PM | Funding the Future: Financing Electrification at State and Local Levels
2:00–2:15 PM | Break
2:15 PM | Working Groups
Topics:
Turning Decarb Into Dollars: Making Cents of Fleet Electrification
The Policy Grid: Creating the Infrastructure for Electrification Solutions
Power for All: The New Wave of Affordable Multi-Family Housing Solutions
Building an Electric Future: Opportunities for Industrial Electrification
Ports, Rail and Road: Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electrification Solutions
3:25 PM | Closing Keynote Panel: Big Load. Bigger Stakes. Data Centers and the Future of the Grid
4:00 PM | Adjourn
Speakers
Alessandra Carreon, Chief Climate Officer, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
Andrew Freedman, Senior Reporter, CNN
Angela Birney, Mayor, City of Redmond, WA
Ari Matusiak, Co-founder, President, & CEO, Rewiring America
Assemblyman Dave Bailey, Jr., New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District, New Jersey General Assembly
Chief Henry Red Cloud, Founder and President of the Board of Directors, Red Cloud Renewables
Chris Benjamin, Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability, PG&E
Chris Lee, State Senator, Hawaii
David Hochschild, Chair, California Energy Commission
Doreen Harris, President and CEO, NYSERDA
Dylan McDowell, CEO, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL)
Eileen Higgins, Mayor, City of Miami, Florida
Elizabeth Fiedler, Pennsylvania State Representative, PA House of Representatives, Chair of House Energy Committee
Erica Bowman, VP of Strategy, Planning and Performance, Edison International
Fred DePerez, Senior Vice President, Harbinger Motors
Guillermo Ortiz, Senior Clean Vehicles Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Heather Tomley, Managing Director of Planning and Environmental Affairs, Port of Long Beach
Hilari Varnadore, Vice President of State and Local Government, U.S. Green Building Council
Ivan Penn, Energy reporter, New York Times
Jennifer McDermott, Green Energy Reporter, The Associated Press
John Williams, Chief Policy Officer, NYSERDA
Jon M. Williams, CEO, Viridi
Karen Skelton, Senior Policy Advisor, DOE, and Stanford Doerr Visiting Scholar, Stanford
Kate Gallego, Mayor, City of Phoenix, Arizona
Kelly Speakes-Backman, Director, Maryland Energy Administration
Kevin Miller, Managing Policy Advisor, Tesla
Lauren McLean, Mayor, City of Boise, Idaho
Lauren Sanchez, Chair, California Air Resources Board
Leah Stokes, Anton Vonk Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Matt LeDucq, Founder & CEO, Forum Mobility
Matt Meyer, Governor, State of Delaware
Nehali Jain, Vice President, Strategy and Growth, Antora
Panama Bartholomy, Executive Director, Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC)
Patricia Lock Dawson, Mayor of Riverside, CA
Raymond Ward, Representative, Utah State House of Representatives
Rex Richardson, Mayor of Long Beach, CA
Sara Mochrie, Senior Vice President, Earth & Environment Power Market Leader, WSP USA
Serena McIlwain, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
Sofia Berger, Earth and Environment Business Line Executive, WSP
Stephanie Barnard, Representative, Washington State