2021 Power Up Energy Expo
Mr. Dave Robau
Executive Director, Gulf Coast Energy Network
Dr. Julia Nesheiwat
Distinguished Fellow, The Atlantic Council
As we address the impacts of climate change, we see how extreme weather events impact our national security. Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home & Abroad, established administration policy that climate considerations shall be an essential element of United States foreign policy & national security. For the Department of Defense, energy is an operational imperative and our dependence on traditional energy sources has increased vulnerabilities and poses a threat to military operations.
Our panel of subject matter experts will discuss alternative funding strategies to include third-party financing and Energy-As-A-Service business models. Learn about new programs for partnerships to advance the clean energy economy.
After building a national non-profit organization, Echols ran for and was elected to statewide office in 2010 serving as Public Service Commissioner. His primary job is energy regulation. When Echols took office, Georgia was 34th in solar power. Now, 7 years later the state is 5th in the nation in approved solar.
The Community Partnership for Defense Innovation discusses multiple key strategies on installation resilience plans regarding energy, grid and shoreline resilience, along with the federal sustainability framework.
This expert panel explores the latest energy technologies and other solutions just beyond the horizon. Learn about new strategies to ensure resiliency and meet cyber security mandates.
Adapting and modernizing our buildings and infrastructure are critical to creating a culture of resiliency. Leveraging advanced building systems and technologies and part of the solutions. This panel will discuss how we combine resource efficiency, onsite power supply through advanced microgrids, and innovative financing tools to achieve resiliency goals and mandates.
The Department of the Air Force Office of Energy Assurance (OEA) was established in February 2016 by the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff to serve as the aggregator for installation energy and water resilience initiatives. The new OEA Director, Mr. Kirk Phillips, offers a great overview of the Office and its recent accomplishments.
We are so pleased to partner with of friends at the RISE Consortium. The mission of the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium is to address the energy security and climate crises by reimagining how we use, generate, transport, and store energy and how we build efficient, modern, resilient infrastructure. Join more than 300 organizations as a RISE Consortium member.