2015 Clean Power Healthy Communities Conference Program

Fifth Annual Clean Power Healthy Communities Conference
Local Clean Energy Alliance
California Endowment 1111 Broadway Ave, 7th Floor, Oakland, CA
March 5th, 2015, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, with Live Webcast

Registration and light breakfast (8:00 – 9:00)
 
Opening Introductory remarks to set the stage (9 – 9:15) 
 
Plenary: Why Local Control and Ownership of Energy Matters to Our Community (9:15 – 10:10)
Why locally controlled, decentralized energy systems are key to building healthy, sustainable 
communities: greenhouse gas reductions, economic vitality, jobs, community resilience
 
Breakouts: Community-Based Energy Initiatives in the Bay Area (10:20 – 11:15)
Workshops on initiatives in the Bay Area that confront fossil fuels, and that point the way forward
for local clean energy: Community Choice initiatives, energy efficiency programs, and community 
solar.
 
Keynote Address: The Essential Role of Energy Democracy in a Sustainable Future
 
Lunch and Networking (12:00 -1:00)
 
Plenary: Organizing to Democratize Energy (1:00 – 2:00)
Energy Democracy initiatives explore political strategy and organizing models: Community Choice 
(LCEA), Our Power communities (CJA), collective/community ownership (ESC)
 
Breakouts: Building Our Political Constituency (2:10 – 3:00)
Workshops on building political clout by sector: community, government, business, labor
Energy Democracy and the New Economy (3:10 – 4:10)
How the distributed nature of renewable energy can be leveraged to stimulate a regenerative, 
sustainable and equitable economy.
 
Conference Wrap Up (4:15 – 4:30)
 
Post-Conference Social Hour (5:00 – 7:00)