Monday
Monday will feature an optional guided tour of local solar installations and research facilities, including brief presentations from local experts.

7:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

SEPA Board Meeting (Invitation only)

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Solar Tour (additional fee required)

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EPRI Executive Meeting (Invitation only)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception

Tuesday
(conference activities are open to all attendees/speakers/sponsors)

Tuesday will feature a traditional conference session design with mixed utility, government, and consultant speakers and presentations. Topics include central station grid and project issues, smart grid, and distributed generation project issues.

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Regional Director Meet and Greet Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM

General Session, Welcome and Working Groups, Utility Executive Panel

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Morning Break in Sponsor Rooms

10:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Industry Session

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch: SEPA Utility Rankings Award

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions; High Penetration Solar - Grid Integration, Distributed Solutions: Smart Grid

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Afternoon Break in Sponsor Rooms

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions: Centralized Project Issues, Distributed Project Issues

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Networking Receptions in Sponsor Rooms

Wednesday
(conference activities are open to Utility Employees ONLY)

Wednesday will feature a more dialogue oriented design with panels, facilitators, and audience discussion and feedback.  Topics include policy, future utility regulatory paradigms, business models, program management, and utility workforce development.

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Working Group Roundtables

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

General Session: Colorado State RES Experience Roundtable

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Morning Break in Sponsor Rooms

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions: Policy and Regulatory Issues, Program Management

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch: Markets and Cost Update

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Concurrent Sessions: Utility Solar Business Models, Grid Integration Technical Issues, Part I

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Afternoon Break in Sponsor Rooms

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions: Utility Workforce Development Issues, Grid Integration Technical Issues, Part II (Continued)

Thursday

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

NREL High Penetration PV Workshop
(registration required, no fee to attend)

Friday

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

EPRI PV/Storage Inverter Communication Workshop
(registration required, no fee to attend)