RNG SUMMIT 2025 Schedule

Subject to Additional Updates

Tuesday, April 22

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM: Golf

5:00 - 7:00 PM: Opening Reception

Wednesday, April 23

9:00 - 10:15 AM: Advocacy LAB

LAB Chair - Harrison Clay (Mercuria); Remarks & Q&A - Victor Silva Santos (U.S. Dept of Energy)

10:15 - 11:15 AM: Education LAB

Dylan Chase and Rachel Franco (RNG COALITION)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 - 1:15 PM: Welcome, Acknowledgments & Safety Induction

1:15 - 1:30 PM: Influencing the Future of Energy - Policy, Progress, Possibilities through LEADS

Johannes Escudero (RNG COALITION)

1:30 - 2:00 PM: Cutting Through the Noise: Obtaining Foundational Data for Advocacy & Education

MODERATOR: Rachel Franco (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Tristan Brown (State University of New York), Julia Mackey (ORENNIA), Danielle Vitoff (Guidehouse), and Phil Vos (RNG COALITION)

2:00 - 2:30 PM: Cutting Through the Noise: Adapting Comms Approaches to New Political Realities

MODERATOR: Dylan Chase (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Kristen Meredith (Bauer), Jason Miner (FGS Global); Allison Reynolds (Vinson & Elkins)

2:30 - 3:00 PM: Cutting Through the Noise: Fundamentals of RNG Advocacy in a Changing Political Landscape

MODERATOR: Johannes Escudero (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Geoffrey Dietz (RNG COALITION), Yanni Psareas (RNG COALITION), Alex Ripley (RNG COALITION), and Sam Wade (RNG COALITION) 

3:00 - 3:45 PM: Stabilizing State-Level Investment Signals for RNG

MODERATOR: Sam Wade (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Matthew Botill (CARB), Juanroux Greyling (Maas Energy Works), Commissioner John Reynolds (CPUC), and Aaron Smith (UC Berkeley)

3:45 - 4:15 PM: RFS: Navigating a New EPA & Preparing for SET 2.0

MODERATOR: Anne Steckel (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Harrison Clay (Mercuria), Cassandra Farrant (Amp Americas), and Sandra Franco (RNG COALITION)

4:15 - 5:00 PM: Trump Administration & the 119th Congress: Implications for RNG Tax Credits

MODERATOR: Geoffrey Dietz (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Elizabeth Crouse (Holland & Knight), Anthony Reed (FGS Global), Jenny Speck (Vinson & Elkins), and Timothy Urban (Bracewell)

5:00 - 7:00 PM: Evening Reception

Thursday, April 24

9:00 - 10:15 AM: Leadership LAB

LAB Chair - Johannes Escudero (RNG COALITION), Jeremy Foster (FOSCO Strategies)

10:15 - 11:00 AM: Development LAB

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 - 1:15 PM: Acknowledgments

1:15 - 2:00 PM: Opportunities for New Growth in Canadian RNG Markets

SPEAKERS: Edwin Makkinga (Enbridge) and Alex Ripley (RNG COALITION)

2:00 - 2:45 PM: Utility Ratebasing RNG Interconnects & Procurement

MODERATOR: Sam Wade (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Tanguy Largeau (WAGA Energy), Elsa Valay-Paz (SoCalGas) and Tony Rymar (divert)

2:45 - 3:30 PM: State-level Legislative Leadership on Clean Fuel Programs

MODERATOR: Yanni Psareas (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Tristan Brown (State University of New York), Cassandra Farrant (Amp Americas) and Julia Mackey (ORENNIA)

3:30 - 4:45 PM: Voluntary & Alternative Regulated Markets: The Path Forward for RNG in 2025

MODERATOR: Alex Ripley (RNG COALITION)

PANELISTS: Morgan Beeler (STX Group), Chris Cooper (CRS), and Pat Foody (Iogen)

5:00 - 7:00 PM: Closing Reception