November 5, 2020

November 5, 2020/in Events, News /


The Customers First! Coalition teamed up with Slipstream in October to host a webinar series which helped educate and facilitate conversation among Wisconsin energy stakeholders.



Our Energy Winners and Losers webinar, held two weeks before Election Day, featured a State of the Election and Q&A with Craig Gilbert, Washington Bureau Chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and a panel discussion on energy issues of national importance with Denise Bode, Partner, Michael Best Strategies LLC; Jessica Pacheco, Managing Partner, Horizon Strategies; and, Ellen Nowak, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.


Thanks to WisconsinEye for live streaming and archiving our Energy Winners and Losers webinar!


Watch here: https://wiseye.org/2020/10/21/customers-first-coalition-energy-winners-and-losers/ 


Our Building Toward Zero Carbon with Grid Flexibility webinar was also a great opportunity to become more familiar with new and emerging building technologies, with remarks from Tyler Huebner, Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin; Rois Langner, Senior Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Scott Hackel, Director of Research and Innovation, Slipstream; and, Phil Markham, Smart Buildings R&D Manager, Southern Company.


Watch Webinar #2 here!

https://slipstreaminc.org/about/events/building-toward-zero-carbon-grid-flexibility


Our first October energy webinar, Equity and Clean Energy, featured Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin’s 45th Lieutenant Governor; Rebecca Cameron Valcq, Chairperson, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin; Laura Goldberg, Midwest Regional Director, Energy Efficiency for All, Natural Resources Defense Council; and, Tony G. Reames, PhD, PE, Assistant Professor of Energy Justice, University of Michigan School for Environment & Sustainability.


Watch Webinar #1 here!
https://slipstreaminc.org/about/events/equity-and-clean-energy



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