Annual Conference & Champions Awards
September 21, 2022
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
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Karen Gail Miller Conference Center SLCC Miller Campus
9750 South 300 West
Sandy, UT 84070
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Utah's Energy Future: Air Quality, Carbon, and Our New Climate Reality
AEE Utah Energy Champions Conference, Sept. 21, 2022
Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus
If you manage or purchase energy for Utah facilities and care about improving our air quality, you know that a lot is changing such as:
- Decarbonization/electrification technology advancements (e.g. heat pumps and batteries)
- Expanding renewable energy options
- Increasing value for and diversification of Demand Management
Combine these with:
- new tax and grant opportunities (e.g. Inflation Reduction Act)
- new utility rate schedules and incentives
- increasing air quality challenges and
- dynamic demands from building owners and tenants
…and you have many great reasons to attend the 2022 AEE Utah Energy Champions Conference. Speakers will share lessons learned while pioneering new energy management strategies to help accelerate your efforts to reduce energy costs and clean our air.
Join us at SLCC’s Miller Campus on September 21st to learn the most valuable information about these cutting-edge topics from Utah’s leading experts, vendors and energy education organizations.
AEE Utah members with a current Chapter membership can attend for free (registration required). Non-member can Join the Utah Chapter for $60 for one year and receive complimentary registration. Non-members who don’t join the chapter can attend for $90. Higher Ed students with valid ID can register for free.
Scheduled Interactive Sessions
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TRACK 1: Decarbonization and Electrification Utah Case Studies |
TRACK 2: Utah's New Energy Management Opportunities | ||||||
| Time | Presenters | Topic | Room | Time | Presenters | Topic |
Room |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast and vendor tables | ||||||
| 8:30 AM | Justin Owen, Weber State University | Driven by Cost Savings | 150 A/B | 8:30 AM | Chris Benson, Bernhard | Power of Choice: Making Offiste Renewables a Reality in Utah | 150 G/H |
| 9:15 AM | Paul Schulte and Greg Libecci, Salt Lake City School District | Driven by Students & Board Action | 150 A/B | 9:15 AM | Shawn Grant, Rocky Mountain Power | RMP's New Demand Response Incentive | 150 G/H |
| 10:00 AM | Break/Vendor Tables | ||||||
| 10:30 AM | Samuel Jensen Augustine, University of Utah | Driven by Capital Projects | 150 A/B | 10:30 AM | Eric Steele, Gardner Energy | Utah Energy Storage Considerations | 150 G/H |
| 11:15 AM | Moderated By Sunny Devnani, KW Engineering | Panel Discussion | 150 A/B | 11:15 AM | Moderated By Glen Anderson, Bernhard | Panel Discussion | 150 G/H |
| Noon | Lunch and Keynote speaker | ||||||
| 12:45 | Awards | ||||||
| 1-2 PM | Vendor Tables | ||||||
Noon: Annual Energy Champions Awards and Lunch
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer Gardner
Value Add: Why the Western Energy Imbalance Market makes Demand Response more marketable and diverse
Bio:
Ms. Gardner is an attorney and independent consultant with over 10 years of experience in the electric power sector. Ms. Gardner’s practice has focused on enhancing utility operations through energy markets, developing constructive governance models for regional organizations, implementing market reforms necessary for the effective integration of renewables and distributed energy resources, and refining the long-term resource and transmission planning efforts of western utilities.
Current AEE Utah members can attend for free (registration required)
Guests can register for $90 or become a local member for $60 before registering. Join Utah Chapter
Tickets
$0.00 Member Ticket
$90.00 Non-Member Ticket
$0.00 Student Ticket
$0.00 Presenter
$0.00 Award Winner/Guest
$0.00 Vendor
