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Time
Topic
Speakers/Panelists
8:30 a.m. -8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks:

Heather Reams, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum Executive Director

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Lightning Talk: View from the Conservative Grassroots

Benji Backer, President – American Conservation Coalition (ACC)

Brittany Zwierzchowski Tisler, Executive Director – Conservative Energy Network (CEN)

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

A Case Study from the States: South Carolina Energy Freedom Act

Matt Moore, Chairman – Palmetto Conservative Solar Coalition (Moderator)

Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) – South Carolina Senator, District 46

Representative Nathan Ballentine (R-Richland County) – South Carolina Representative, District 71

Steffanie Dohn, Director of Government Relations – Southern Current

Tyson Grinstead, Director, Public Policy – Sunrun

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Keynote:

U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL01)

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Technology and Policy of Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Steven Shparber, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough (Moderator)

Celina Cunningham, Vice President & Chief of Staff – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Emily Duncan, Director, Federal Government Affairs – National Grid

Rob Gramlich, Founder and President – Grid Strategies, LLC

Jeff Leahey, Executive Vice President – National Hydropower Association

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Technology and Policy for Reducing Emissions from Fossil Fuels

Charles Hernick, Director of Policy and Advocacy – Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum (Moderator)

Judi Greenwald, Principal, Greenwald Consulting, and Advisor, Carbon Capture Coalition

Emily O’Connell, Director, Energy Markets Policy – American Gas Association

Jeff Stein, Policy Advisor – American Petroleum Institute

12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Closing Keynote

U.S. Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC05)