DECEMBER 10-12, 2019 THE LIAISON CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DC

Where Policy & Business Leaders Meet to Build the Next-Generation Grid 2019

OVERVIEW & KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

ABBAccentureAdvanced Energy Economy AES Energy StorageAlliance for Transportation

ElectrificationAmazon Web Services American Electric Power Arizona Public Service CompanyBaltimore Gas and ElectricBloomberg

CenterPoint EnergyCitigroupComcastCon EdisonDNV GLDoosan Fuel Cell Duke EnergyEcova Edison Electric Institute Electric Power Research Institute Electrify America

Energy Storage AssociationEntergy Environmental Defense FundExelonGEGlobal Smart Grid FederationHannon Armstrong IBMIntelItronLandis+Gyr

REPRESENTATIVES FROM SELECT ORGANIZATIONS:

brings together business, utility, finance, and policy leaders to explore the most important topics impacting the grid. The event convenes world-class experts to explore diverse perspectives and uncover market innovations poised to redraw the electric utility landscape. With the growth and integration of clean energy, energy storage and electrified transportation – along with new business and regulatory models supporting investments in DERs and grid modernization – this event offers an unprecedented opportunity to connect with key stakeholders and explore what’s next in the utility sector.

2019 THEMES: UNLEASHING CAPITAL, MANAGING RISK, ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATING POLICY

The following demographics provide deeper insights into the type of organizations and representatives that attended the kick-off event – and what to expect at 2019.

Lockheed Martin EnergyMetropolitan Washington

Council of GovernmentsMichigan Agency for EnergyMitsubishi Electric Power

Products, Inc.National Association of State

Energy OfficialsNational Electrical Manufacturers

Association National Governors Association

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

NavigantNextEra EnergyNew York Power AuthorityOracle UtilitiesPacific Gas and ElectricProterra Reed Smith LLPRESReuters

Rocky Mountain InstituteSchneider ElectricS&P GlobalU.S. Conference of MayorsU.S. Department of EnergyWells Fargo

REPRESENTATIVES FROM SELECT ORGANIZATIONS (CONTINUED):

POSITION/TITLE Director: 33%

Executive (e.g., SVP, VP, Partner): 23%

Manager: 16%

Other:15%

C-Level (e.g., CEO, CFO, Founder, President): 13%

ORGANIZATION TYPE Grid-Related Company/Vendor/Service Provider: 28%

Trade Group/Stakeholder Organization: 21%

Government Agency/Regulatory Commission: 14%

Utility/System Operator: 13%

Consultancy: 9%

Media: 9%

Financial Organization: 5%

Project Developer: 1%

UTILITIES

POLICYMAKERSREGULATORS BUSINESSES INVESTORS

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

OTHER INNOVATORS

SERVICE PROVIDERS

TECHNOLOGY LEADERS

Bringing key stakeholders and decision-makers together from across the grid industry.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Featuring inspirational keynotes, executive-level panel conversations, and action-oriented working groups

Showcasing breakthroughs and real-world enactment of policies that promote technology innovation, advanced business models, and investment strategies for a modernized grid

Connecting hundreds of federal, state, and local stakeholders from across the nation

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Policy uncertainty, rapidly changing market conditions, and the rise of customer choice are redrawing the grid landscape. To thrive, the industry must build new relationships, assess emerging opportunities and challenges, and maintain flexibility. gridCONNEXT will bring together the full spectrum of stakeholders—spanning utilities, policy makers, regulators, technology innovators, and end-users—to discuss the latest breakthroughs and developments in grid modernization. Attendees will hear from industry and policy experts via featured keynotes and panel discussions, as well as exchange ideas and develop best practices in facilitated working groups, with a focus on:

• Improving overall electric system safety, reliability, sustainability, security, resilience, efficiency, and affordability

• Enabling customer choice

• Integrating utility-scale and distributed clean energy resources

• Enhancing decision-making by customers and grid owners and operators

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PROGRAM TOPICS

PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

Tuesday, December 1010:00am - 2:00pmIncluded in gridCONNEXT registration

Join EY and the GridWise Alliance for the culmination of a year-long project that pursued answers from utilities and grid stakeholders on how we successfully transition to a future energy world that is cleaner, more decentralized, and increasingly digital. Key insights will be shared during the half day launch event, which is a great opportunity to network and explore distribution system challenges as we kick off gridCONNEXT 2019.

Plenary Programming 2019 KEYNOTES + PANELS INCLUDE:

• Utility Keynote: Nora Mead Brownell on Utilities in the Face of Rapid Change

• Consumer Protection and Risks in the Age of Ubiquitous Data

• Keynote: The Five Greatest Risks Facing the Grid

• Energy Majors Investing in Grid Innovation and Infrastructure

• Structured Green Financing—Investing in Regional, Utility, and Corporate Clean-tech Infrastructure

• Grid Innovation, Incubating Start Ups, and Scaling Growth

• Keynote: Bill Ritter Jr. on The Energy Transition in America: Why States, Cities, and Businesses Are Driving Decarbonization and What it Means for the 2020 Election

• Keynote: Utility 2.0 for the Developing World

• Point-Counterpoint: Electricity & The Public Good— Competitive Markets vs. Regulated Utilities

• The Great Enabler: The Connected and Distributed Grid

• Meeting Zero Carbon Goals: Managing High Penetration Renewable Electricity Grids

Bill Ritter, Jr., Former Governor, Colorado and Founder, Center for the New Energy Economy

Calvin Butler, CEO, Baltimore Gas & Electric Company and Chairman, GridWise Alliance

Dr. Emily Reichert, CEO, Greentown LabsJeffrey Miller, Principal, EY Advisory Services John MacWilliams, Senior Fellow, Center on Global

Energy Policy, Columbia University and Former Associate Deputy Secretary, U.S. DOE

Kristina Skierka, CEO, Power for All

Nora Brownell, Chair of the Board, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Richard Kauffman, Chairman of the Board, NYSERDATodd Glass, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiTom Hassenboehler, Founder and Executive Director,

Energy Consumer Market Alignment Project (EC-MAP)Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Energy & Sustainability, Plug

and Play Technology CenterWendee Hilderbrand, Privacy Officer, Hawaiian Electric

KEYNOTE PRESENTERS AND PANELISTS INCLUDE:

GRIDCONNEXT 2019 EVENT PARTNERS

PREMIER PARTNERS:

CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS:

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:

PARTNERSHIP PACKAGES

REGISTRATION FEES

PREMIER: $25K

• 7 delegate passes

• Participation on conference program steering committee

• Prominent branding recognition across event channels, e.g., website, email marketing, brochure, agenda, and onsite.

• Mutually agreed upon speaker in featured session

• Prominent booth/presence at the event

• One dedicated mailing to Conference attendees

• Copy of attendee list and direct introductions

• Sponsorship of reception/meal/networking break of partner’s choice

SUPPORTING: $10K

• 4 delegate passes

• Mutually agreed upon speaker in breakout or panel session

• Prominent branding recognition across event channels

• Table space/booth at the event

• Copy of attendee list

CONTRIBUTING: $5K

• 2 delegate passes

• Branding recognition across event channels

• Copy of attendee list

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GridWise Members...................

Regulators and Government........

EARLY RATE STANDARD RATE

$795

$595

$295

$995

$795

$495

The GridWise Alliance represents the broad and diverse group of stakeholders that design, build, and operate the electric grid. This includes electric utilities, infor-mation and communications equipment and service providers, national laboratories, academic institutions, regional transmission operators, and Independent sys-tem operators. Since 2003, GridWise and its members have been at the forefront of educating federal and state legislators and regulators on the critical need to modernize our nation’s electricity system to ensure continued economic growth and competitiveness and achieve system reliability, resilience, security, efficiency, sustainability, and affordability.

WWW.GRIDWISE.ORG

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, serves corporate, government, NGO, utility, and financial clients working to transition to a low-carbon, clean-tech future. Prod-ucts and services include stock indexes tracking U.S. and global clean energy, water, and grid infrastructure markets (with Nasdaq); custom consulting projects; and events that regularly convene hundreds of industry innovators and stakeholders. Clean Edge founder and managing director Ron Pernick is co-author of two books focused clean-tech business innovation and financial opportunities, Clean Tech Nation (HarperCollins, 2012) and The Clean Tech Revolution (HarperCollins, 2007).

WWW.CLEANEDGE.COM

Photo credits: gridCONNEXT 2017 and 2018 photos courtesy of TVOGLOBAL

TO GET INVOLVED, CONTACT:

Steve Hauser, GridWise Alliance shauser@gridwise.org

Ron Pernick, Clean Edge pernick@cleanedge.com

Richard O’Neill, GridWise Alliance roneill@gridwise.org