Managing Growth - Land Use and Community Engagement

Positive Impact in Clean Energy Development through Community Benefits Agreements & Successful Community Engagement

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PT

Location: 213AB, Level 2, Anaheim Convention Center

Moderator(s)

Gilbert Campbell

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Volt Energy Utility

Panelist(s)

Anjali Balakrishna (she/her/hers)

Program Manager - Renewable Energy + Environmental Justice
Microsoft
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dana Clare Redden (she/her/hers)

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Solar Stewards
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Sandhya Murali (she/her/hers)

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Solstice
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
EP

Elizabeth Perera

Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy, United States
Kara Titus

Senior Manager, Community Relations
lightsourceBP
Manhattan, Kansas, United States

This session will provide practical tools and knowledge to foster meaningful community partnerships that drive sustainable clean energy endeavors. Attendees will be introduced to tools - including Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) - that can deliver desired benefits to community members while fostering equitable development. During this session, speakers will talk through real-world case studies that have adeptly navigated and inclusively addressed community engagement in clean energy initiatives.