ACORE Finance Forum 2022 | American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) | 7 June 2022 | Convene, 237 Park Ave, New York, NY 10017, USA

The momentum driving the renewable energy economy has never been stronger. Under a new administration that is committed to confronting the climate crisis, corporate sustainability efforts are surging as companies scale up investment in a clean energy future.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a leader in the production of renewable energy finance and policy events for nearly 20 years, invites you to join us for the ACORE Finance Forum where we will examine how the renewable energy transaction landscape will evolve to meet this growing demand. We will bring together experts from across the renewable energy marketplace, including the sector’s largest and most influential investors, developers, utilities, manufacturers, advisors, and buyers to provide you with insights on the next stage of renewable energy finance and investment.

This forum will afford you the opportunity to engage in candid conversations with senior leaders and meet new colleagues using ACORE’s virtual networking tools.

This returns to feature how participants throughout the renewable energy transaction landscape are managing risks, approaching deals and moving forward. Join the sector’s largest and most influential investors, developers, utilities, manufacturers, advisors and buyers, and hear their insights on the next stage of renewable finance and investment.

Featured Topics to Include:

• The impact of rapid changes from the Russia-Ukraine crisis on energy markets
• How tax policy uncertainty, supply chain challenges, trade policies and inflation are affecting deals and project pipelines
• Evolving business models for project development and ownership as renewable companies shoulder new risks
• Capital stacks, the tax equity market and lender appetites
• The opportunities and pain points in moving ESG-motivated capital to our sector
• The changing risk behaviors of corporate buyers

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Doreen M. Harris
President & CEO, NYSERDA

SPEAKERS:

Angelin Baskaran
Managing Director, Head of East Power Origination, Morgan Stanley

Ted Brandt
Founder & CEO, Marathon Capital

Mit Buchanan
Managing Director, Energy Investments, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Patrick Bydume
Director, BlackRock

Greg Cameron
Executive Vice President, CFO, Bloom Energy

Elise Caplan
Director of Electricity Policy, ACORE

John Carson
CEO, Cordelio Power

Josh Dale
Managing Director, Renewables - Project Finance & Infrastructure, CIBC Capital Markets

Ken Elser
Senior Vice President, Renewable Energy Finance, DNV

Caroline Golin
Global Head, Energy Market Development & Policy, Google

Kevin Gresham
EVP, Strategy & Corporate Affairs, RWE Renewables Americas, LLC

Justin Gundlach
Senior Attorney, Institute for Policy Integrity

Alain Halimi
Executive Director, Nomura

Claus Hertel
Managing Director, Rabobank

John Moran
Head of Business Development, Reactivate

Sandhya Murali
Co-Founder and COO, Solstice

Frank O'Sullivan
Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Urvi Parekh
Head of Renewable Energy, Meta

Ben Pratt
Senior Vice President-Markets & Trading, Orsted

Ana Quelhas
Managing Director for Hydrogen, EDP Renewables

Gaurav Raniwala
Managing Director and Global Head of Renewable Energy, GE Energy Financial Services

Chad Reed
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and ESG, Hannon Armstrong

Pat Reiten
Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Paolo Romanacci
Head of North America, Enel Green Power

Ed Rossier
Managing Director and Head of Climate Finance, Enhanced Capital

Tom Rowlands-Rees
Head of Research, North America, BloombergNEF

Phillip Sangokoya
Director of Business Impact Integration, U.S. Bank

Meghan Schultz
Executive Vice President, Finance and Capital Markets, Invenergy

Patrick Taylor
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Eric Thumma
Vice President, New Business Offshore Wind, Avangrid Renewables

Steve Vavrik
Chief Executive Officer, Broad Reach Power

Rob Walsh
Managing Director, Blackstone Credit

Laura Zapata
CEO, Clearloop

Peter Zhu
Managing Director, Green Investment Group, Macquarie Asset Management

MODERATORS:

Hayden Baker
Partner, Troutman Pepper

Matt Bogdan
Associate, Wilson Sonsini

Mona Dajani
Global Co-Head, Renewable Energy, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw

Kristal Hansley
Founder & CEO, WeSolar Inc.

Keith Martin
Co-Head of Projects, Norton Rose Fulbright

Eamon Nolan
Partner, Vinson & Elkins

Himanshu Saxena
Chief Executive Officer, Starwood Energy

Greg Wetstone
President & CEO, ACORE

Edward Zaelke
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

2022 Sponsors

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS:
• Amazon Web Services
• Avangrid Renewables
• Bank of America
• BHE Renewables
• BlackRock
• GE
• Google
• Nextera Energy
• Orsted
• RWE
• Starwood Energy

RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• J.P. Morgan

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Blackstone
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Nomura
• Pillsbury
• US Bank
• Vinson Elkins

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL DINNER SPONSORS:
• Marathon Capital
• Troutman Pepper

NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• S2G Ventures a Builders Vision team
• Wilson Sonsini

SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
• ESAI Power