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Mar 11, 2025, 10:15:01 AMMar 11

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Hi Folks,

The first event, Renewables Summit, is in Harrisburg in a few weeks. The third is online. PA SolarCorps is hosting a session to map the solar potential of Norristown and Pottstown in southeastern Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 20 , from 5:00-7:00 PM. It may interest folks in Montco and Chesco generally. Online event! Register here.

Onward with joy,

David Calloway

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From: Sharon Pillar <sha...@pasolarcenter.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Subject: Renewables Summit! Plus special SolarCorps session and Lodestar nominations
To: David Callowaay <davidrc...@gmail.com>

Friends --

I write to remind you that our 11th Annual Renewables Summit & Lobby Day is quickly approaching -- lock down your early bird rate and register by March 17th! More details are below.

Also below are details on how to nominate a business, nonprofit, municipality, or other type of organization who has gone solar for our Lodestar Award. We will also recognize the solar developers who helped them get there, so please nominate any of your clients who have gone solar in the past few years.

Finally, we are hosting TWO SolarCorps mapping sessions this month -- one for Allegheny County and another for southeastern PA! More details below.

Thanks so much, and sunny regards,

Sharon

PA Renewables Summit & Lobby Day

11th Annual PA Renewables Summit & Lobby Day

Monday, March 24 – Summit
Tuesday, March 25 – Lobby Day

Renewables Work for PA (RW4PA) Coalition, PA Solar & Storage Industries Association (PASSIA), and the PA Solar Center invite you to attend the 11th Annual PA Renewables Summit & Lobby Day. The summit on Monday, March 24th, will bring together industry professionals, NGOs, and decision-makers to discuss important issues to the Pennsylvania renewables market. We will also visit legislators on our Lobby Day, Tuesday, March 25th, in the state Capitol to talk to them about the importance of renewable energy.

Speakers will include:

KEYNOTE: David Althoff, Director, Energy Programs Office, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection & Secretary of the Board of Directors, National Association of State Energy Offices
Sam Robinson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
Jacob Finkel, Deputy Secretary of Policy & Planning, Office of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
Alisa Petersen, Federal Policy Manager, RMI
Joe Sherrick, Policy & Planning/Conservation Supervisor, PA Public Utility Commission
Devin Gray, Director, CFA Programs Division, PA Dept. of Community & Economic Development
Aaron Brickman, Senior Principal, US Program and Economic Development, RMI
Leah Meredith, SEIA, Director, Mid-Atlantic State Affairs
Robert Routh, Policy Director, Pennsylvania, Climate & Energy
...and more speakers on agrivoltaics, PJM, FERC, state and federal policy and storage.

These events are great networking opportunities and allow attendees to learn the latest in the renewable energy space.

Learn more and register here!

The PA Solar Center is officially accepting nominations for our 2025 Lodestar Awards! Please submit your nominations as soon as possible so we can work with nominees on acceptance guidelines. Our statewide ceremony will be held over Zoom on Thursday, June 5th, from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

We would like to honor any notable solar system installed at a Pennsylvania business, nonprofit, municipality, farm, or any other type of organization so we can honor them with our Lodestar Award. We would also like to honor the solar development companies who helped them go solar -- so if you are a solar developer, please don't be afraid to nominate your clients so we can recognize both them and you with the award!

Lodestar awardees will benefit from media promotion surrounding the event, as well as the ability to proudly display the award on their website and branding materials. Learn more about the Lodestar award and see past awardees here.

Please fill out this quick form if you would like to make a nomination. We look forward to hearing from you!

MAKE YOUR NOMINATION TODAY

mapping session

TWO SESSIONS IN MARCH FOR DIFFERENT REGIONS!

Southeastern PA:

Thursday, March 20, from 5:00-7:00 PM

Online event! Register here.

Allegheny County:

Tuesday, March 25, from 5:00-7:00 PM

Online event! Register here.

In March, PA SolarCorps will host two different sessions, first to map the solar potential of Norristown and Pottstown in southeastern Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 20, and then to map Belmar, Larimer, East Liberty, Garfield, and Bloomfield in Allegheny County on Tuesday, March 25.

Anyone from across the state can join us in this two-hour online session! It's easy to learn and your participation will help us identify more solar potential in communities.

To date, the SolarCorps volunteers have mapped the solar potential of commercial entities in 45 communities and have identified an estimated solar potential of 845 project sites with 227 MW of potential solar and an estimated $614 million in savings over 25 years.

Register today!

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