Moderators:
Kathleen Brown, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; Former Treasurer, State of California
Adel Hagekhalil, Assistant Director, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation
Speakers:
Dan Adler, Managing Director, CalCEF
Dan Hartman, Managing Director and Co-Head of National Utilities Group, Public Financial Management
Jessica Fox, Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Paul Brown, President, Paul Redvers Brown Inc.
Jack Baylis, Member, National Infrastructure Advisory Council
Ian Parker, Managing Partner of Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking, Goldman Sachs
Communities and utilities across the nation face the challenges of aging infrastructure, climate change, increased costs, and limited funding. With such challenges come opportunities to be innovative and for our utilities and communities to become more efficient, sustainable and resilient. Solutions such as green infrastructure and renewable energy projects are addressing these issues while enhancing the quality of life in our communities. Funding them, however, is a major challenge. With creative financing ideas being tried across the nation to help utilities and communities meet these challenges, what are some of the best ideas and examples in the water and energy sectors?
