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September 9 - 10, 2026  |  Salt Lake City, UT

The Mountain West’s Premier Forum for Renewable Project Development & Power Market Strategy

Rapidly emerging with world-class solar, storage, and wind resources, surging electricity demand, and ambitious clean energy mandates, the Mountain West is entering a decade of unprecedented renewable energy growth.

Developers, utilities, investors, and energy buyers are racing to build the next generation of solar, storage, and hybrid projects. But, success requires navigating complex barriers, including:

  • Transmission bottlenecks & interconnection delays
  • Evolving financing structures & procurement strategies
  • Permitting & development on federal and tribal lands
  • Reliability risks from extreme weather and shifting load forecasts

The Mountain West Renewables Summit convenes key stakeholders shaping the region’s energy transition: developers, utilities, investors, policymakers, energy buyers, and technology innovators to examine the critical issues shaping renewable energy deployment.

Join industry experts for insightful panels, dynamic discussions, and high-impact networking, as we explore:
 

  •  AI-driven load growth & hyperscale energy demand
  •  Transmission expansion & interconnection reform
  •  Project financing & procurement strategies
  •  Federal, regional, and state policy landscape
  •  Permitting & development on federal and tribal lands
  •  Emerging technologies shaping the Western power market

For organizations developing projects, procuring clean power, financing infrastructure, and shaping energy policy, the Summit provides a unique forum to engage with top energy leaders, exchange market intelligence, build strategic partnerships, and collaborate on solutions to the challenges facing the region’s energy infrastructure.

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65
Expert Speakers


Hear from top industry leaders
and market stakeholders

19
Content-Packed Sessions


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exclusive insights and updates

Premier Networking


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2025 FEATURED SPEAKERS

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Anna Astretsova

Vice President of Finance, GRIDSTOR
Speaker profile image for Henriëtte Boom

Henriëtte Boom

Senior Director, Development, AREVON
Speaker profile image for Betsy Brunner

Betsy Brunner

Director of Public Sector Partnerships & Strategic Funding, The Nuclear Company
Speaker profile image for Joe Chandler

Joe Chandler

Energy Technology & Engineering - Bureau Chief, NEW MEXICO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (ECAM)
Speaker profile image for Kris Cheney

Kris Cheney

Chief Development Officer, SCOUT CLEAN ENERGY
Speaker profile image for Ryan Galeria

Ryan Galeria

Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer, COPIA POWER
Speaker profile image for Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson

Director of Policy and Strategy/General Counsel, COLORADO RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
Speaker profile image for Jonathan Koehn

Jonathan Koehn

Climate Initiatives Director, CITY OF BOULDER
Speaker profile image for Suzanne Leta

Suzanne Leta

Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Americas, FLUENCE
Speaker profile image for Kirt Marlow

Kirt Marlow

Executive Director -- and Senior Vice President, IDAHO ADVANCED ENERGY CONSORTIUM (IAEC) -- BGS
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Talia Martin

Co-Executive Director, TRIBAL ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
Speaker profile image for Jess Melin

Jess Melin

Executive Vice President, BRIGHTNIGHT
Speaker profile image for Margaret Miller

Margaret Miller

Government and Regulatory Affairs Director, ENGIE NORTH AMERICA
Speaker profile image for Nick Myers

Nick Myers

Vice Chairman, ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION
Speaker profile image for Dawn Owens

Dawn Owens

Vice President, Head of Development and Commercial Markets, FERVO ENERGY
Speaker profile image for Justin Passfield

Justin Passfield

Director, CANIGOU GROUP
Speaker profile image for Bhaskar Ray

Bhaskar Ray

Vice President of Transmission, Interconnection & Performance Engineering, HANWHA RENEWABLES
Speaker profile image for Peter Scanlon, Esq

Peter Scanlon, Esq

Counsel, NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY
Speaker profile image for Kathleen Staks

Kathleen Staks

Executive Director, WESTERN FREEDOM
Speaker profile image for Holly Taylor

Holly Taylor

Manager, Regional Affairs, CALIFORNIA ISO (CAISO)

    2025 SPEAKING ORGANIZATIONS

    • Advanced Energy United
    • Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
    • Arevon
    • Arizona Corporation Commission
    • Arizona Energy Consortium
    • Arizona Public Service
    • Associated Governments of NW Colorado (AGNC)
    • BloombergNEF
    • BrightNight
    • Brown & Brown
    • California ISO (CAISO)
    • Canigou Group
    • CIM Group
    • City of Boulder
    • Clark County, Nevada
    • CleanCapital
    • Clearway Renew LLC
    • CohnReznick
    • Coldwell Solar
    • Colorado Rural Electric Association
    • Copia Power
    • Customized Energy Solutions
    • Davies
    • Department of Natural Resources
    • Electric Power Engineers
    • ENGIE North America
    • Fervo Energy
    • FlexGen
    • Fluence
    • Galehead Development
    • GridStor
    • Hadron Energy Inc
    • Hanwha Renewables
    • HEAL Utah
    • Holland & Hart LLP
    • Hopi Utilities Corporation
    • Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association of Arizona
    • John Hancock Infrastructure
    • Jupiter Power
    • MUFG
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    • Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
    • New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management (ECAM)
    • OnPeak Power
    • Open Mountain Energy
    • Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    • Platte River Power Authority
    • Quality Technology Services (QTS)
    • Recurrent Energy
    • RMI
    • rPlus Energies
    • RWE Clean Energy
    • Scout Clean Energy
    • Silverline
    • SolaREIT
    • Solariant Capital
    • SPP
    • Sunwest Bank
    • SustainEnergyFinance
    • The Nuclear Company
    • Think Microgrid
    • TransAlta Corporation
    • Tribal Energy Alternatives
    • Utah Clean Energy
    • Utah Office of Energy Development
    • Weber County Economic Development Department
    • Wells Fargo
    • Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
    • Western Freedom
    • Western Interstate Energy Board WIEB
    • Western Power Pool (WPP)
    • Western Resource Advocates
    • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    • XGS Energy

    WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

    Solar, Storage, Wind & Transmission Developers

    Corporate Offtakers

    Energy Risk Management Services / Insurance

    Investors, Banks, Lenders & Financiers

    Analysts & Consultants

    Utilities, Munis, Co-ops, & other Energy Procurers

    EPCs, Construction, and Equipment

    Local, State, Regional and Federal Energy Regulators

    City, State, Tribal, and Regional Governments

    Law Firms

    PAST PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

    • 174 Power Global
    • Accelergen Energy
    • Acciona Energy
    • Adapture Renewables
    • AES
    • Allium Renewable Energy
    • Alpha Omega Power
    • Ameresco
    • Apex Clean Energy
    • Arevon
    • Aspenall Energies Services, LLC
    • Avangrid Power
    • Avangrid Renewables
    • Avantus
    • Aypa Power
    • B.Grimm Power
    • Balanced Rock Power
    • BayWa r.e
    • Bechtel
    • Bechtel Clean Energy Development
    • Black Mountain Energy Storage
    • Blue Cat Energy
    • BOW Renewables LLC
    • BrightNight
    • Candela Renewables
    • Canigou Capital
    • Carbon Vault Holdings LLC
    • Clean Development International
    • Clearway
    • Clenera
    • ConnectGEN
    • Copia Power
    • Cordelio Power
    • Doral Renewables
    • Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions
    • Eavor Technologies Inc
    • EDF Renewables
    • EDP Renewables
    • EIP Storage
    • Enbridge
    • Enbridge, Inc.
    • Enchant Energy Corp
    • ENGIE
    • Enyo Renewable Energy
    • Eolus
    • Epic Star Energy
    • Estuary Power
    • esVolta
    • Exus Renewables
    • Ferrovial Energy, US
    • Fervo Energy
    • Fluence
    • Galehead Development
    • GenPro Energy Solutions, LLC
    • Green Box Solar
    • Grid Connected Infrastructure (GCI)
    • GridStor
    • Hadron Energy Inc
    • Hanwha Qcells USA
    • Hanwha Renewables
    • Hexagon Energy
    • Hyde Renewables
    • Idemitsu Renewables
    • Innergex Renewable Energy
    • IOWN
    • Jupiter Power
    • Korsail Energy
    • Leeward Renewable Energy
    • Lightsource BP
    • Longroad Energy
    • LRE
    • National Grid Renewables
    • National Renewable Solutions
    • National Renewables Solutions (NATRS)
    • Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC
    • Navajo Power
    • Nexamp
    • NextEra Energy Resources
    • NHOA Energy
    • Nova Clean Energy LLC
    • NRS
    • OCI Solar Power
    • OnPeak Power
    • Onyx Renewables
    • Open Mountain Energy
    • Orennia
    • Ormat Energy Storage
    • Orsted Americas
    • Our Next Energy (ONE)
    • Panamint Capital LLC
    • Pine Gate Renewables
    • Pivot Energy
    • PNE USA, Inc.
    • Potentia Renewables Inc.
    • Primergy
    • Private Energy Partners
    • PVcase
    • Radia
    • Reactivate
    • Recurrent Energy
    • Redeux Energy
    • Renewable America
    • Renova inc.
    • Repsol Renewables NA
    • Rev Renewables
    • Rodatherm Energy Corporation
    • rPlus Energies
    • RWE
    • Salamander Power
    • Samsung C&T Renewables
    • SB Energy
    • Scale Microgrids
    • Scout Clean Energy
    • Silicon Ranch Corporation
    • Sofos Power
    • Sol Systems
    • SolAmerica Energy
    • SolarBloom Energy LLC
    • Solariant Capital, LLC
    • Sonnedix
    • Stellar Renewable Power
    • Strata Clean Energy
    • Subterra Renewables
    • Sunpin
    • Syrcuit Energy Solutions
    • TED Renewables
    • Tenaska Power Services Co.
    • TransAlta Corporation
    • US Solar
    • Valor Infrastructure Partners
    • Vistra Corp
    • X-elio
    • XGS Energy
    • Zanskar Geothermal

    • Arizona Corporation Commission
    • CAISO
    • Clark County, Nevada
    • Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission
    • Colorado Energy Office
    • Department of Natural Resources
    • Department of Sustainability, Salt Lake City Corporation
    • Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department of New Mexico
    • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
    • LADWP
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Montana Public Service Commission
    • New Mexico Department of Transportation
    • New Mexico Energy Conservation and Management (ECAM)
    • New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
    • Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative
    • Provo City
    • Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
    • State of New Mexico - NMDOT
    • State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
    • U.S. Department of Energy
    • U.S. Department of the Interior
    • University of Illinois, Illino
    • US Energy Information Administration
    • UT House of Reps
    • Utah Department of Transportation
    • Utah Office of Energy Development
    • Utah Public Service Commission, WEIM-BOSR
    • Utah State Senate, District 13
    • Weber County Economic Development Department
    • WECC
    • Western Area Power Administration
    • Western Freedom
    • Western Interstate Energy Board WIEB
    • Western Power Pool (WPP)

    • Arizona Public Service
    • Black Hills Corporation
    • Bonneville Power Administration
    • California Community Power
    • City of Albuquerque
    • City of Boulder
    • Colorado Rural Electric Association
    • Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association of Arizona (IEDA)
    • ITC Great
    • Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    • La Plata Electric Association
    • Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
    • OTT HydroMet
    • Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
    • PacifiCorp
    • Platte River Power Authority
    • PNM
    • Powerex
    • Salt Lake City Corporation
    • Salt River Project
    • SMUD
    • Trico Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    • Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS)
    • United Power

    • Aspenall Energies
    • Bildmore LLC
    • BluePath Finance
    • CleanCapital
    • Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios, S.A.
    • CohnReznick
    • Collective Clean Energy Fund
    • Denham Capital
    • DevEngine
    • Dynasty Power
    • Excelsior Energy Capital
    • KeyBanc
    • Keybanc Capital Markets
    • Legacy Bank & Trust
    • Live Action
    • Marathon Capital
    • Mercuria Energy America
    • MUFG
    • National Cooperative Bank
    • Prudential Private Capital
    • Rabobank
    • Raymond James
    • Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
    • SolaREIT
    • Solaris Energy, Inc.
    • SolRiver Capital
    • Stockbridge
    • STX Commodities
    • Sunwest Bank
    • SustainEnergyFinance
    • The Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Valiant Peregrine
    • Wells Fargo

    • 3Degrees
    • ACT Group
    • Advanced Energy United
    • AESI
    • Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
    • Alta Environmental and Infrastructure
    • Altis Energy Services LLC
    • American Solar Energy Society
    • American Wire Group (AWG)
    • Americans for a Clean Energy Grid
    • Ampacity
    • Ampt
    • Analysis Group, Inc.
    • Arcosa Wind Towers
    • Arizona Energy Consortium
    • Aubrey Silvey Enterprises
    • Audi of America
    • Aurora Energy Research
    • Bamert Seed Company
    • Barr Engineering Co.
    • Bell Kearns, Ltd.
    • Beta Engineering
    • BHI
    • Blink Charging
    • BloombergNEF
    • Boviet Solar
    • Boyd Jones
    • Brown & Brown
    • Busch Law Firm PLLC
    • Carbon Rivers
    • CEBA
    • CES
    • Chronicle Heritage
    • Clark Bros, Inc.
    • Coldwell Solar
    • Colorado Solar & Storage Association (COSSA)
    • CPS America
    • Crusoe Energy Systems LLC
    • Customized Energy Solutions
    • Davies
    • DDH North America - GDA
    • DEPCOM Power
    • Doosan GridTech
    • Duncan Weinberg Genzer & Pembroke
    • Edison Energy, LLC
    • Electric Power Engineers
    • Empowered Energy
    • Energy Exemplar
    • Energy Project Solutions
    • Enertis Applus+
    • Environmental Defense Fund
    • Environmental Science Associates
    • Eocene Environmental Group, Inc.
    • ES Foundry Corp
    • ESA
    • Fidelity National Title
    • First American Title
    • Fisher Associates, P.E., L.S., L.A., D.P.C.
    • FlexGen
    • Foss & Company
    • Great Basin Energy
    • GTI Fabrication
    • Guidehouse
    • Guzman Energy
    • H & N Wind
    • HEAL Utah
    • Hi Tech Solutions
    • High to Low Voltage
    • Hiller Fire - Southwest Region
    • Holland & Hart
    • Honeywell
    • Husch Blackwell LLP
    • Huwa Enterprises, LLC
    • IBEW
    • Interwest Energy Alliance
    • Japan Electric Power Infomation Center, USA
    • JMS Energy
    • JUWI Inc
    • Laborers' Health and Safety LiUNA
    • Landgate
    • LCPtracker
    • Lear & Lear PLLC
    • Leitwind
    • LevelTen
    • Low Carbon Fuels Coalition
    • M.A. Mortenson Company
    • Mangum Economics
    • MEPPI
    • Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc
    • Moss Adams
    • National Renwable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    • neuroGrid
    • Nevados Engineering
    • New Energy Equity
    • nFront Consulting
    • NW Laborer's-Employers Cooperation and Education Fund
    • ORC U&I Land Services
    • Perkins Coie
    • PGM
    • POWER Engineers
    • Prevalon Energy
    • PTS Advance
    • QTS Data Centers
    • R2 Contractors
    • Renewable Northwest
    • Risk Strategies
    • RMI
    • Siemens PTI
    • Silverline
    • Sinovoltaics
    • SMA-America
    • Snell & Wilmer
    • Strategic Economic Research
    • SWCA Environmental Consultants
    • SYSO Technologies
    • Taber International
    • Talesun Solar
    • The Energy Authority
    • The Engineering Partners, Inc
    • The Nature Conservancy
    • The Nuclear Company
    • The University of Utah
    • Think Microgrid
    • Transcon Environmental, Inc.
    • Tribal Energy Alternatives
    • Tri-Merit
    • Troutman Pepper
    • TurnKey Logistics, LLC
    • UES
    • Unicorn Solar Inc
    • US Solar Value
    • Utah Clean Cities Coalition (UCCC)
    • Utah Clean Energy
    • Vermont Law School
    • Volvo Energy
    • Vote Solar
    • Western Resource Advocates
    • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
    • World Resources Institute
    • Yamamoto Caliboso Hetherington LLLC

    2025 RECAP

    230+
    Event Participants
    85
    Expert Speakers
    19
    Content-Packed Sessions
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