SOLAR 2022: Energy Transition with Economic Justice

American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES) 51st Annual National Solar Conference, SOLAR 2022, at the University of New Mexico and online. The theme of this year’s conference is “Energy Transition with Economic Justice,” and focuses on an equitable renewable energy transformation. For this conference, ASES is partnering with their New Mexico Chapter, the New Mexico Solar Energy Association (NMSEA), which is celebrating 50 years of achievements.

About The Conference

• Wednesday, June 22 – Governments’ Role in the Renewable Energy Transformation featuring Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Governor, Martin Heinrich, United States Senator for New Mexico, Ron Darnell, Senior Vice President for Public Policy at PNM and Dave Renné, Past President of the International Solar Energy Society
• Thursday, June 23 – Ensuring a Just & Equitable Transformation featuring Shalanda Baker, Secretarial Advisor on Equity and Deputy Director for Energy Justice at the Department of Energy (DOE), Wahleah Johns, Director of the U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Jonathan Nez, President of the Navajo Nation and Nicole Sitaraman, Deputy Director, Office of Public Participation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Friday, June 24 – Solar Design, Architecture and the Future of Solar Education featuring Ed Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, Sandra Begay, Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, Dan Arvizu, New Mexico State University (NMSU) Chancellor and Gigi Goldman and Hal Aronson co-founders of We Share Solar

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