Sponsorship
Signature Utility Sponsor
National Grid Logo
National Grid is an electricity and gas company that connects more than seven million customers to vital energy sources through its networks in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society - to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century. National Grid holds a vital position at the center of a complex energy system and embraces its role in being the ultimate integrator of a new distributed energy world.
Platinum Sponsors
ABB Logo
For more than 100 years, ABB has been supporting the power industry with a wide portfolio of equipment, systems, and software. Today, ABB’s Energy Portfolio Management leads the industry with solutions and services designed to help energy market participants and market operators evaluate critical renewable energy investment decisions and optimize operations. Trusted globally by more than 400 customers, ABB’s Energy Portfolio Management services and solutions provide fast and comprehensive market analysis, long term planning, risk management and hedging, renewable integration, Microgrid strategy, energy storage, portfolio operations, regulatory policies and investments.
Lime Energy Logo
Lime Energy is building a new energy future. As a leading national provider of energy efficiency for small businesses, Lime designs and implements direct install programs for our utility clients that consistently exceed program savings goals. Our award-winning, integrated services programs provide utilities with reliable energy efficiency resources and the highest levels of customer satisfaction. This approach helps utilities across the country go deeper and broader with the cheapest, cleanest, and fastest energy resource that we have - energy efficiency.
Gold Sponsors
Allconnect Logo
Allconnect helps consumers connect their homes by providing a convenient single source to compare and purchase integrated media, broadband, energy products and more. Allconnect’s services are available at allconnect.com, through utility and energy companies and via affiliates. For partners, Allconnect acquires customers, increases revenue and generates higher CSAT. Allconnect’s CSAT ranks among the top three companies nationwide based on its 2015 American Customer Satisfaction Index score.
Direct Energy Logo
Direct Energy is one of North America’s largest retail providers of electricity, natural gas, and home and business energy-related services with over four million customers. Direct Energy gives customers choice, simplicity, and innovation where energy, data, and technology meet. A subsidiary of Centrica plc (LSE: CNA), an international energy and services company, Direct Energy, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, operate in 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia and 4 provinces in Canada. To learn more about Direct Energy, please visit www.directenergy.com.
Itron Logo
At Itron, we're dedicated to creating a more resourceful world. Together with our customers, we work to improve the quality of life, ensure the safety and promote the well-being of people everywhere.
ScottMadden, Inc. Logo
ScottMadden is the management consulting firm that does what it takes to get it done right. Our practice areas include Energy, Clean Tech & Sustainability, Corporate & Shared Services, and Grid Transformation. We deliver a broad array of consulting services ranging from strategic planning through implementation across many industries, business units, and functions. To learn more, visit www.scottmadden.com.
Whisker Labs Logo
Whisker Labs is bringing next generation home energy intelligence technologies to market. Our do-it-yourself (DIY) home energy monitoring sensor delivers accurate, real-time power usage data and diagnostics for appliances without costly professional installation. Bring all non-connected devices online for applications related to energy consumption, fault detection and overall home efficiency. Our intelligent demand side management platform, Connected Savings, provides unparalleled DR, EE and engagement. We provide a single DRMS interface across multiple devices, tailored DR strategies, and flexible dispatch. Our intelligent automated EE solution optimizes connected devices and provides personalized analytics via a mobile app or portal. Measure, inform and control with us.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Logo
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has built a multidisciplinary team of seasoned attorneys with extensive experience developing and financing major energy and infrastructure projects around the world. We bring to each of our assignments a commercial-minded understanding of the needs of different project participants, and we craft solutions that balance and align conflicting interests in order to get projects financed and built.
Silver Sponsor
KACO new energy Logo
KACO new energy is a leader for PV system solutions with a culture of in the photovoltaic inverter and power electronics industries. The German-based engineers have been developing, designing and manufacturing current inverters and power electronics for 100 years. The KACO blueplanet product family has set new standards in photovoltaic applications - particularly in reliability, efficiency, power density, and patented intellectual technology. The Ultrverter is the first of it's class.
Supporting Organizations
Advanced Energy Economy Logo
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) is a national association of business leaders who are making the global energy system more secure, clean, and affordable. AEE engages in policy advocacy at the federal, state, and regulatory levels. Our mission is transforming public policy to enable rapid growth of advanced energy companies. AEE recently introduced PowerSuite, a robust set of tools to search, track, and collaborate on energy legislation and utility regulatory proceedings from across the country with one, easy-to-use interface. Learn more at www.aee.net
American Energy Society Logo
The American Energy Society is the world’s professional association dedicated to accelerating the pursuit of abundant, affordable, safe energy. Scientists and engineers, executives and managers, academics and investigators, public and private investors, policy-makers and administrators ... they all come together thru Society hosted events, publications, consulting services, and its advanced web-based platform that harnesses the power of social media. Put simply, the American Energy Society offers unparalleled professional support for every professional in energy.
Center for Sustainable Energy Logo
The Center for Sustainable Energy is a mission-driven nonprofit, providing clean energy consulting services and program management to governments, regulators, utilities, businesses, property owners and others looking for an objective implementation partner to develop customized solutions that help lower energy costs, and increase consumer choice and accessibility to clean energy technologies. Expertise include: Clean Transportation, Energy Efficiency & Building Performance, Policy Support, Marketing, Education & Outreach and more. Learn more at EnergyCenter.org.
German American Chamber of Commerce - New York Logo
The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (GACC) acts as a link between German and American companies and organizations. The GACC is the first point of contact for German companies interested in doing business in the U.S., particularly on the West Coast, providing assistance through a variety of services. The Chamber connects German decision-makers with their U.S. counterparts and its goal is to bring German and American companies together, and thus, foster, strengthen and advance bilateral trade between Germany and the U.S.
Greentown Labs Logo
Greentown Labs is a community of bold, passionate entrepreneurs creating game-changing energy technologies that transform the way we live, work, and play. Located in Somerville, Mass., Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in the United States, operating a 33,000-square-foot facility that enables entrepreneurs to solve today’s biggest energy and environmental problems. Greentown Labs hosts a constant stream of events and programs for the cleantech community and tours more than 10,000 visitors from around the world each year. Its mission is to enable a vibrant community of entrepreneurs to realize their visions by providing access to the resources, labs and funding they need to thrive. The incubator is doubling the size of its headquarters in Somerville and in the fall of 2017 it will open its Global Center for Cleantech Innovation, providing an additional 58,000 sq. ft. of prototyping, office and event space for 50 additional startups. For more information, please visit www.greentownlabs.com or find us on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn.
NECEC Logo
NECEC’s mission is to create a world-class clean energy hub delivering global impact with economic, energy and environmental solutions. NECEC helps clean energy companies start, scale and succeed with our unique business, innovation and policy leadership. NECEC includes the Northeast Clean Energy Council, a 501(c)(6) trade member organization, and NECEC Institute, a 501(c)(3). The Northeast Clean Energy Council is the lead voice for hundreds of clean energy companies across the Northeast, influencing the energy policy agenda and growing the clean energy economy. NECEC Institute leads programs that support Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Industry Research & Development.
New York City Economic Development Corporation Logo
New York City Economic Development Corporation is the City of New York’s official organization responsible for driving economic growth, creating jobs, and improving the quality of life for New Yorkers.
Smarter Grid Solutions Logo
Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) is a world-leading software company, formed in 2008 as a spin-out from Scotland's University of Strathclyde. Over nine years SGS has connected over 300 MW of renewable generation and has worked with customers including SP Energy Networks, Southern California Edison, UK Power Networks, Consolidated Edison, and Western Power Distribution.
Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative Logo
The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to learn the wants and needs of energy consumers in North America, encourages the collaborative sharing of best practices in consumer engagement among industry stakeholders, and educates the public about the benefits of smart energy and energy technology.
Urban Future Lab + NYC ACRE Logo
The Urban Future Lab (UFL) is New York City’s hub for smart cities, clean energy and smart grid technology. Our programs include ACRE, a business incubation program for pre-seed to series A startups, PowerBridgeNY, a proof-of-concept center commercializing research from local universities, and Clean Start, an advanced diploma from NYU for people seeking a transition into the cleantech sector. The UFL is part of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and is located in the Downtown Brooklyn.
Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) LA Logo
Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) is a non-profit organization with more than 40,000 members worldwide. By providing a forum for networking and career development through social, educational and civic service opportunities, YPE aims to facilitate the advancement of young professionals in the global energy industry.
Media Partners
RTO Insider Logo
RTO Insider is your eyes and ears on the U.S. organized electric markets, bringing you exclusive coverage of policy making from “inside the room” at RTO/ISO stakeholder meetings across the country. We’re also inside the room wherever wholesale market participants have conversations that can impact policy: at FERC, on Capitol Hill, at industry conferences or in state capitals. Our team of reporters will be there to ensure you’re aware of any development that could impact your bottom line.
SolarKal Logo
SolarKal is the leading solar brokerage for businesses. SolarKal originates and pre-qualifies commercial solar projects thorough our network of expert solar brokers. We tailor these projects to our network of solar partners. We match regional commercial projects with regional solar installers and financiers. Overall, SolarKal lowers the cost of customer acquisition for its solar partners. To find our more, please visit us at www.solarkal.com.
TGE Ink Logo
The Green Economy provides information on policy, technology and finance for the American public, because we only invest in what we understand.
Utility Dive Logo
Utility Dive covers industry news and provides original analysis on the latest happenings in utility and energy. Our mission is to provide busy executives with a bird's-eye-view of the utilities industry in 60 seconds. With a daily email newsletter and website that looks great on mobile as well as desktop, plus a mobile app, Utility Dive keeps you informed on the go. You 'll get coverage of topics such as smart grid, energy efficiency, regulation and policy, grid security, distributed generation, renewable energy, and more. http://www.utilitydive.com/
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Greentech Media Logo
Greentech Media delivers business-to- business news, analysis and events at the forefront of the global energy transformation. Our coverage area extends across the clean energy industry with a focus on solar power and the electric utility market’s evolution. Greentech Media’s industry-leading coverage is provided by a team of analysts from our market intelligence arm, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, as well as our world-class journalists and global network of expert contributors.
GTM Research Logo
GTM Research is now Wood Mackenzie, the leading market analysis and advisory firm on the transformation of the global electricity industry. GTM Research is comprised of analysts covering solar, grid edge, and energy storage markets. Our analysts combine diverse backgrounds in energy, environmental, emerging technology, information technology and strategic consulting sectors. This diverse team provides critical and timely market analysis in the form of research reports, consulting, and data subscription services.
Affiliate Event
NY Climate Week NYC 2017 Logo
Climate Week NYC gathers the most influential leaders from business, states and cities annually to share why and how they are embracing the opportunities of the clean economy. In 2017, Climate Week NYC will celebrate the scale of global climate action and how we ensure jobs and prosperity for all.