Steven Feldgus, PhD
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
U.S. Department of the Interior
ACP Siting & Permitting Conference 2024
Conference Recap
In 2024, for the second year in a row, ACP's Siting & Permitting conference sold out.
Thank you to the 1,000+ experts and leaders who joined us in Colorado Springs.
Getting projects off the ground is becoming more and more challenging. At ACP’s Siting & Permitting Conference industry leaders, experts, and stakeholders convene to collaborate on challenges, best practices and solutions.
ACP’s 2025 Siting & Permitting Conference will be hosted in Seattle, WA from April 14 – 16. Check out the 2024 recap to get a sense of what we have in store!
Thanks for Joining Us in Colorado Springs!
Siting & Permitting 2024 At-A-Glance
1000+
Attendees in 2024
100+
Speakers across 2 program tracks in 2024
32
Exhibitors in 2024
Thank You to Our 2024 Program Co-Chairs
Featured Speakers
Below are just a few of the esteemed speakers who took the stage to help shape the future of clean energy project deployment in 2024.
Chris Hansen
State Senator (D-31)
Colorado General Assembly Denver, Colorado
Richard Elsner
Park County Commissioner (CO)
Park County, Colorado
Madeline Fernandez
Member of the Lenni Lenape Tribe (also known as the Delaware Tribe of Indians)
Board Member at Large, Native American Women's Association Inc. (N.A.W.A)
Frank Macchiarola
Chief Policy Officer
American Clean Power Association
JC Sandberg
Chief Advocacy Officer
American Clean Power Association
2024 Schedule At-a-Glance
Monday, March 117:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Open 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Pre-Conference Seminars 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Opening Reception |
Tuesday, March 126:30 am – 7:30 am | Networking 5K run and 2.5K Walk sponsored by Ironwood Consulting 7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Open 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Networking Breakfast 7:30 am – 6:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Open 8:30 am – 10:00 am | Welcome & Keynote Remarks 10:30 am – 4:45 pm | Programming, Lunch & Networking 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm | Networking & Poster Reception |
Wednesday, March 137:00 am – 10:00 am | Registration Open 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Networking Breakfast 8:30 am – 5:45 pm | Exhibit Hall Open 8:30 am – 4:45 pm | Programming, Lunch & Networking |
Education Breakdown
22 standing-room-only sessions + 2 sold out pre-conference seminars
100+ speakers and poster presenters
Over 90% of attendees met at least some of their goals for the event.
Attendee Breakdown
ACP’s Siting & Permitting Conference has nearly doubled in size since 2022, and sold out in 2023 and 2024.
90% of attendees in 2024 plan to attend again in 2025.
Over 60% of attendees play a role in final purchasing decisions at their organization.
Top Attending States: Colorado, Texas, California, Florida and New York.
Company Breakdown
Generation Sources of Attending Companies:
Utility-Scale Solar: 24%
Energy Storage: 22%
Onshore Wind: 21%
Transmission: 16%
Offshore Wind: 10%
Behind-the-Meter: 6%
Building Meaningful Connections
Pre-Conference Workshops
ACP hosted two pre-conference workshops in 2024 which both sold out! The popular activities gave attendees a chance to discuss and dig into two major issues for the industry: More than Monitoring—Encouraging Use of Ecological Data to Inform Responsible Renewable Energy Development and Winning Community Support—Addressing Opposition & Misinformation.
Lunchtime Topical Table Chats
During one of the conference lunches, panel speakers were available at tables throughout the exhibit hall to allow attendees the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about niche topics.
Fun Run 5K
Nearly 50 brave attendees joined us in the chilly, dark morning for a sunrise 5K run through Colorado Springs and a 2.5K walk around the Broadmoor property.
Welcome Reception
Complete with falcons and owls, the 2024 Opening Reception gave 1,000+ attendees the opportunity to catch up with old friends and make ones before sessions began.
2024 Pre-Conference Programs | Monday, March 11 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM MT
The 2024 Siting & Permitting Conference featured two SOLD OUT pre-conference seminars. Attendees at these interactive, small-group programs explored timely topics in depth with subject matter experts and got to know peers with similar interests before the main program began.
SOLD OUT | Winning Community Support: Addressing Opposition & MisinformationLearn from the experts on how to develop persuasive messaging, engage trusted, influential voices to build support for renewable energy deployment in rural communities, and understand how to effectively educate decision-makers about the benefits of renewable energy projects. Leave the workshop having gained knowledge around successful tactics and tools to understand the on-the-ground challenges and how to adjust strategy to be more successful. |
Making the Most of Post-Construction Monitoring EffortsMonitoring is widely used and intended to evaluate the impact of human activity on wildlife. However, monitoring is costly and becomes an inefficient use of resources if the results are not informing management decisions. Data from monitoring efforts is collected in several repositories and databases, which can inform our understanding of renewable energy-wildlife interactions and help develop strategies to minimize negative impacts and overcome permitting hurdles. This interactive workshop will bring together experts from several renewable-energy wildlife data repositories as well as experts in data collection, management, and analyses to discuss the barriers that limit the usefulness of current available monitoring data and potential pathways for a process to make the best use of this information moving forward. |
It is an exciting time to be in the clean energy industry—especially in the environmental field.
Read this blog from Scott Dawson, one of our 2024 Program Co-Chairs, about how Siting and Permitting conference is the place to hear about the issues currently facing the industry and discover and discuss innovative solutions to address them.
2024 Highlights
2024 Presenting Sponsors
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