ACORE Finance West 2017 | Acore Finance West | 12 October 2017 | Le Méridien San Francisco, 333 Battery St. San Francisco, CA, 94111

ACORE Finance West convenes leaders at a pivotal time for renewable energy in the western U.S. as states intensify their renewable commitments in the face of federal retrenchment.

This premier industry event will highlight top investment opportunities and provide the latest insights on the financing of renewable energy and grid modernization efforts in leading western markets.

Join a dynamic group of senior industry executives, investors, corporate purchasers and other top transactional professionals to discuss pressing issues on:

• The cost of capital, trends in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity investment, and the availability of tax equity;

• Challenges and opportunities for securing financing in the context of changing western electricity markets, with the rise of community choice aggregators, shifting business models for distributed generation, growth of energy storage and the expansion of wholesale markets;

• The potential impacts of federal tax reform, a possible new infrastructure initiative, the new solar trade case, renewed interest in fossil fuels, states’ strategies to achieve 100% renewable power, and other policy and regulatory actions affecting renewables growth and investment; and

• The role of newer market entrants – such as Fortune 500 companies, institutional investors, and other new sources of private capital – in ramping up investment and deployment.

2017 SPEAKERS

Kevin Walsh
Managing Director, Renewable Energy, GE Energy Financial Services

Jordan Newman
Director, Principal Investments, Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance, Wells Fargo

Beth Waters
Managing Director, Project Finance – Americas, MUFG

Steve Vavrik
Chief Commercial Officer, Apex Clean Energy

Greg Wetstone
President & Chief Executive Officer, ACORE

Ron Flax-Davidson
Chairman & CEO, PNE Wind USA, Inc.

Mark Widmar
CEO, First Solar

Martin Hermann
Founder & CEO, 8minutenergy

Ira Ehrenpreis
Managing Partner, DBL Partners

Susan Kennedy
Founder & CEO, Advanced Microgrid Systems

Rhys Marsh
Director, CIT Energy Finance

Mark Vanderhelm
Vice President, Walmart Energy

Ed Feo
President, Coronal Energy LLC

Berk Gursoy
Vice President of Business Development, Brookfield

Barbara Hale
Assistant General Manager, Power, SF Public Utilities Commission, Chair CalCCA

Cliff Rechtschaffen
Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission

2017 SPONSORS

Gold
• APEX Clean Energy

Silver
• Avagrid Renewables
• BrookField
• Cohn Rexnick
• Morrison Foerster