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New York State is at an inflection point as it transitions to a cleaner energy economy while ensuring a reliable and affordable supply of electricity. 

The Clean Energy Pathways Workshop will bring together the state’s leading energy experts and innovators to examine potential pathways forward—and hurdles to overcome—as we make major grid investment decisions, decarbonize, and encourage more clean energy and storage development. The perspective of different energy sectors will be shared, and the need for policy and market rule changes to facilitate the energy transition will be discussed. 

This workshop promises stakeholders and decision-makers with a forum to explore the best pathways toward an equitable, resilient, and economical energy supply for all future New Yorkers. Workshop participants and attendees will include representatives from government agencies, utilities, transmission system operators, energy companies, NGOs, and academia.

Join us and be part of the solution!

Why Attend?

  • New York's energy system is at a critical turning point. Will your organization be ready?

  • Get the intelligence you need to respond to rapidly changing policies, markets, and technologies.

  • Understand where the biggest risks—and greatest opportunities—are emerging.

  • Hear from the experts shaping the future of energy reliability, affordability, and resilience.

  • Network with decision-makers before the next wave of investments and regulations takes hold.

  • Develop strategies to adapt, compete, and lead through the transition.


2026 Agenda


SPEAKERS


The conference will feature 30+ speakers covering multiple topics. Please check back as speakers are added to the agenda.

 

Bruce Bailey

Executive in Residence at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center

Richard Dewey

President and CEO, New York ISO

Jennifer Dodge

Associate Professor, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

Jeff Freedman

Research Faculty at the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center


 
 

JORGE gONZALEZ-cRUZ

Professor - Empire Innovation, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center

John B. King

15th Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY)

Richard Perez

Senior Research Faculty at Atmospheric Sciences Research Center

Christopher Thorncroft

Director, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and Professor

 
 

Marguerite Wells

Executive Director of the Alliance of Clean Energy New York (ACE NY)

Jan WoodCock

Director of Operations at the NYS Center of Excellence in Weather and Climate Analytics