Utility Energy Savings Contract Forum

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August 11-12, 2026
Hampton Inn & Suites Panama City Beach, Florida

Why Attend the UESC (Utility Energy Savings Contract) Forum?
The UESC Forum brings together government agencies, utilities, and key stakeholders to foster meaningful collaboration and strategic partnerships across federal, state, and local levels.

Attendees will gain valuable opportunities to connect, share insights, and strengthen relationships that support the successful development and implementation of energy efficiency and water conservation projects.

The forum is designed to enhance communication between agencies and their serving utilities, helping to identify practical, cost-effective solutions that drive sustainability, reduce operational costs, and improve long-term resource management.

Whether you are looking to build partnerships, exchange best practices, or advance project implementation, the UESC Forum provides a platform to turn ideas into impactful results.

Key Benefits of Attending the UESC (Utility Energy Savings Contract) Forum

  • Share best practices to facilitate the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy projects at government sites
  • Collaboration: Stimulate and expand communication across government agencies, utilities, and other energy industry participants about energy management at government sites
  • Government goals: Identify how utilities can work with government agencies to achieve mandated energy efficiency and renewable energy goals set forth by statute and executive order, and agency goals related to resilience and cybersecurity
  • Case studies: Document successfully implemented projects and lessons learned.
  • New technologies: Explore recent developments in energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy technologies
  • New approaches: Communicate new approaches to achieving resilience or significant cost reduction
  • Industry awareness: Brief agencies on utility industry issues that may impact agency projects or operations.

    Who Should Attend? The UESC Forum is ideal for professionals from a wide range of roles, including:

    •  Sustainability Officers, Federal Governmental Decision Makers, Environmental Managers, Energy Managers, Facility Managers
    Attend to learn how you can retrofit your facility to meet resiliency, sustainability and energy efficiency with your local utility’s area wide contract for Utility Energy Savings Contract.

    Meet your local utility to discuss what projects you are thinking of or in the works for your facilities that you may want to use the Utility Energy Savings Contract.

    •  State and Local Government Decision Makers, Facility and Energy Managers

    Attend and learn what is new and how you might be able to utilize your local utility’s Energy Savings Contract or other contract vehicles.

    •  Utility Managers and Representatives
    Come learn what is new in the use of Utility Energy Savings Contracts for your government customers.

    Meet your local government agency energy/facility managers, decision makers to learn what they have in the pipeline for resiliency and sustainability projects in your service territory.

    Discuss any situation you might have with existing projects that are being planned or under contract that may affect your ability to service the specific project.

    • Energy Service Companies
    Attend to meet the government agencies that are thinking, planning, or implementing an Utility Energy Savings Contract for their resiliency and sustainability projects.

    Meet utilities that have an areawide contract for Utility Energy Savings Contract to perform work at a government facility. Or an utility that may need assistance to setup an Utility Energy Savings Contract for their service territory.

    • Energy Industry/Technology Companies

    Attend to meet potential government facilities that may be interested in your technology and discuss how they can get it installed at their facility with the use of their local utility’s Energy Savings Contract.

    •  Consultants, REIT Property Managers and Energy Engineers
    Discover practical solutions for designing and retrofitting energy efficient facilities including data centers, and learn how to advise clients on adopting green technologies with the use of an utility’s Energy Savings Contract.

    PROGRAM AGENDA:

    Networking, August 11, 2026
    Golf Tournament and Bonfire Reception


    Golf Tournament
    SGC FOUNDATION – PANAMA CITY BEACH CLASSIC
    Legacy Golf Club - Shotgun Start: 9:00 AM - REGISTER 
    This golf tournament is a charity golf tournament benefiting sick children at local Children’s Hospital. Each player will receive a goodie bag, practice balls, golf and lunch. For additional information contact Steve Ganzer at (301) 502-8978 or stevieg@sgc-foundation.org

     

    Bonfire Evening Reception 
    Hampton Inn and Suites Panama City Beach Beachfront
    7:00pm – 10:00pm 

    Forum, August 12, 2026
    8:00am - 4:30pm 

    8:00am - 8:45am Registration and Continental Breakfast 
    8:45am - 9:00am Welcome
    Steve Ganzer, Energy Sustainable Services
    9:00am - 9:30am

    Utility Welcome
    Florida Power and Light 

    9:30 - 10:00am Resiliency through Utility Energy Savings Contracts
    Paul Robinson, Former Army Corps of Engineer Director
    10:00am - 10:30am Energy Innovation
    Dave Robau, Founder & CEO, National Energy USA
    10:30am - 11:00am BREAK
    11am - 11:30am Utilizing your Utility Energy Savings Contracts
    Eric Myers, Florida Power and Light
    11:30am - 12:00pm Utility Energy Savings Contracts through Gas Utility
    James Stein, Southwest Gas
    12:00pm - 1:30pm  LUNCH
    1:30pm - 2:00pm Government Agencies - UESC Discussion 
    Shawn Nolan, Installation Energy Manager, NAVFAC PWD Pensacola
    2:00pm - 2:30pm Technology Round Table
    Michael Estes, Aquis and Dan Bakke, SCIpact
    2:30pm - 3:00pm BREAK
    3:00pm - 3:30pm Leveraging your Dollars for Maximum Impact
    Tim Unruh, Executive Director, NAESCO
    3:30pm - 4:00pm Geothermal Renewable Technology and Financing under UESC
    Jack DiEnna, Geothermal National & International Initiative
    4:00pm - 4:30pm

    UESC Case Studies
    Department of Energy

    4:30pm - 5:00pm Data Centers, the Grid, using Utility Energy Savings Contracts
    Speaker to Come

     

    HOTEL REGISTRATION:
    Hampton Inn & Suites Panama City Beach, Beachfront Hotel
    15505 Front Beach Road
    Panama City Beach, Florida 32413
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    For additional details or questions on the program, contact Steve Ganzer, Steve@ganzerassociates.com | Phone: (301) 502-8978

    For assistance or questions on registration, contact patty@pbjmediaholdings.com