Renewable Gas 360

Renewable Gas 360 provides critical education to legislative staff and public agency representatives on the many economic and environmental benefits of renewable gas.

*Formerly the Rethink Methane Symposium

Renewable Gas 360 aims at fostering a circular energy economy that enables California to immediately and cost effectively:

  • Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants & GHGs
  • Manage Overburdened Landfills
  • Mitigate the Leading Source of Urban Air Pollution
  • Capture Methane Emissions from Dairy & Agriculture
  • Foster Economic Growth in Disadvantaged Communities
  • Reduce Wildfire Risk by Providing a Market for Dead Trees
  • Store/Transport Surplus Renewable Energy
  • Increase Production of Renewable Hydrogen & Syngas

Renewable Gas 360 2020 | January 22-23, 2020| Sacramento, California

Keynote speakers and panel discussions imagined the gas utility of the future and how its role will change as the state aims to achieve a 100% renewable grid, as well as focused on the development of a roadmap for a renewable hydrogen future in California. The propane industry described how they are moving toward renewable supplies. The symposium’s dairy panel explored new strategies to use dairy biogas for virtual zero NOx power production (through fuel cells) and touched on the success of the most cost effective GHG reduction program funded by the California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. In addition, attendees heard about an important new study of the potential RNG supply out to 2040.

Featured Speakers Included:

  • Nancy Skinner, California State Senator, District 9
  • Hector De La Torre, Gubernatorial Appointee, California Air Resources Board
  • Angelina Galiteva, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, CAISO
  • Lawrence Lingbloom, Chief Consultant,California Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
  • Jack Brouwer, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine
  • Chelsea Jenkins, Executive Director of Government Affairs, ROUSH CleanTech
  • Katrina Fritz, Executive Director, California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative
  • Sharon Tomkins, Vice President, Strategy and Engagement, and Chief Environmental Officer, SoCalGas
  • Kevin Best, Chairman and CEO, RealEnergy
  • Dan LeFevers, Director of State and Consumer Programs, Gas Technology Institute

For access to speaker presentations, please contact events@gladstein.org

Rethink Methane Symposium 2019 | February 26-27, 2019| Sacramento, California

Rethink Methane brought together more than 300 stakeholders from the California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, legislative staff, and multiple other state and local agencies, as well as professionals from the bioenergy, dairy, hydrogen, electric, natural gas, and fuel cell industries. These innovators convened to discuss the role renewable gas can play in helping California immediately and cost-effectively achieve the climate, air quality and economic development objectives set by multiple important state policies.

Featured Speakers Included:

  • Cliff Rechtschaffen, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
  • Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, California State Assemblymember, District 4
  • Jena Price, Legislative Affairs Manager, California League of Conservation Voters
  • Floyd Vergara, Chief of Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
  • Tanya Peacock, Manager, Public Policy and Planning, SoCalGas
  • Mary Solecki, Partner, AJW
  • Sam Wade, Director of State Regulatory Affairs, Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas
  • Michael Silva, Project Manager & Civil Engineer, CR&R
  • Aaron Ratner, Managing Director, Ultra Capital

For access to speaker presentations, please contact events@gladstein.org

Rethink Methane Symposium 2018 | February 6-7, 2018| Sacramento, California

Hundreds of stakeholders from the California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, legislative staff and multiple other state and local agencies, as well as and the bioenergy, dairy, hydrogen, electric, natural gas, and fuel cell industries, convened to continue the discussion about the role renewable gas can play in helping California achieve its air quality and climate objectives, sustainably manage its organic waste, and responsibly accelerate market development for renewable power. The key message was that ongoing education is vital to ensuring public and private sector decisionmakers understand the critical role renewable gas can play in immediately and cost effectively meeting the objectives set in SB32, AB197, and SB1383, as well as other important state polices.

Featured Speakers Included:

  • Richard Corey, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board Sacramento
  • Assemblywoman Autumn R. Burke, District 62, California State Senate
  • Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, District 4, California State Senate
  • Kip Lipper, Chief Policy Advisor, Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment, Office of CA Senate Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon
  • Jena Price, Legislative Affairs Manager, California League of Conservation Voters
  • George Minter, Regional VP, External Affairs & Environmental Strategy, SoCalGas
  • Jack Brouwer, Associate Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center
  • Floyd Vergara, Chief of Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
  • Michael Boccadoro, President, West Coast Advisors

For access to speaker presentations, please contact events@gladstein.org