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Track C · Clean Generation Mix & Emerging Fuels

What do communities need to see before they trust a new energy technology in their backyard?

Thursday, November 54:15 – 5:30

About This Session

This track focuses on what communities need to understand about energy transition pathways that balance environmental progress, affordability, infrastructure practicality, and consumer trust. With panelists spanning conservation and climate mitigation, offshore wind community engagement, distributed energy entrepreneurship, regional clean energy policy, and traditional fuel distribution, the conversation works through where public trust in the transition is earned and where it is still being tested.

Key Questions Explored

  • What do communities need to see before they trust a new energy technology in their backyard?
  • How should affordability and environmental progress be balanced in deployment decisions?
  • Where is public trust in the energy transition currently weakest, and why?
  • What would it take to align environmental, economic, and community priorities in generation siting?

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