Join this solar basics workshop to learn how solar works and how to find a solar contractor. Register here.
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📅 Date: Friday, December 5, 2025
🕓 Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
🍹 Followed by: Member Happy Hour & Networking
📍 Location: Riverhouse Lodge, Bend, Oregon
👉 Are you a member in good standing?
Email Kristi at kristi@orssia.org to receive your free registration code to attend this year’s event.
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Please be patient — we’re using a new registration system this year!
State of the Industry: Updates on OSSIA’s work advancing solar + storage in Oregon
Policy & Legislative Recap: Highlights from 2025, including HB 2065, the Solar Rebate Program, and workforce development initiatives
Internship Program Update: See how OSSIA is helping grow Oregon’s clean energy workforce
2025–2026 Vision: Expanding access to solar and storage across the state
Board Nominations: OSSIA board nominations are now open — get involved and help shape our industry’s future
Networking & Happy Hour: Stay after for drinks, light appetizers, and great conversation with peers and partners
Get the latest updates on solar and storage in Oregon
Help guide OSSIA’s advocacy and programs for the year ahead
Connect with fellow professionals and industry leaders
Support the only statewide association representing solar and storage
Join our community of developers, EPCs, manufacturers, and industry experts in Seattle this fall
Hosted by the Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA)
Join SESA for an essential industry update webinar designed for solar and storage companies doing business in Puerto Rico — or planning to. This session will unpack the latest developments shaping the island’s clean energy future and what they mean for your business.
This event is open to both SESA members and nonmembers.
Joining SESA: United We’re Stronger
Learn how SESA membership empowers your company with advocacy, networking, and influence in shaping Puerto Rico’s energy transition.
VPPs (Virtual Power Plants)
Explore how aggregated solar-plus-storage systems are transforming grid stability and creating new revenue opportunities for customers and installers alike.
Inverter Settings & Grid Resilience
Understand the latest inverter configuration standards and how proper settings can improve system performance and grid stability during disturbances and blackouts.
Stopping Solar Taxes: Ongoing Campaign
Find out how SESA continues to lead the charge in protecting the solar industry from unfair taxation and ensuring a sustainable business environment.
Special Guest: Judelly Hernández-Morales explains the IBTS project on VPP customer preferences
Hear about how to sign up for upcoming input sessions on customer preferences for Virtual Power Plant program participation in Puerto Rico
SESA Summit 2025 Preview
Get a preview of the SESA Summit 2025, happening October 27–29 at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan—the premier event bringing together policymakers, innovators, and energy leaders shaping Puerto Rico’s renewable energy future.
If you’re involved in Puerto Rico’s solar or storage market — or preparing to enter it — this is a webinar you can’t afford to miss.
A strong SESA means a strong industry. Together, we can power a resilient, sustainable Puerto Rico.
At Solar Oregon, we’re busy preparing for our annual Go Zero! Tour. This year’s event will feature an open-house style tour of two inspiring homes in North Portland, followed by an all-ages happy hour where we’ll highlight net-zero and path-to-zero homes from across Oregon.
A FREE Webinar on changes to the solar tax credits for our members! The recent passage of H.R.1 includes sweeping changes to federal tax incentives for solar and energy storage, introducing new deadlines, requirements and risks into the sector. Join this webinar to learn about the implications of H.R.1 from leading renewable energy tax attorneys and policy experts. This webinar is organized by a consortium of state solar + storage trade associations as a free resource to our members across the country. The speakers include
• Brandon King, Attorney with the Clean Energy Counsel
• Monica Wilson Dozier, Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Contact OSSIA for member registration details.
Host include: TenneSEIA, ISEA, REIA-NM, NYSEIA, Renewable Energy Vermont, Montana Renewable Energy Association (also goes by MREA) , GSREIA (Gulf States Renewable Energy), ILSSA, AriSEIA, GeorgiaSEIA, HSEA, ISETA, CHESSA, FLSEIA, COSSA and NCSEA, MOSEIA, Solar + Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA), WASEIA, MSSIA and more!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
What is better than solar energy and good wine? Join Solar Oregon for our 13th Annual Solar Wine Tour on Saturday, May 10th!
Come and learn about the mutually beneficial relationship between solar power and vineyards.
Where: The tour will include stops at multiple wineries for tastings and lunch. Winery information will be shared as we get closer to the event.
Schedule: TBD
More detailed itinerary coming soon!
Can't make it on May 10th but still want to enjoy some great wine and support a good cause? A Solar Sleeper ticket is your way to get delicious wine and support Solar Oregon while getting to sleep in. Your ticket includes 3 bottles of wine (one from each stop of the tour). Wine baskets will be available for pickup the week before the tour.
You can purchase your solar sleeper ticket in addition to the tour! Just purchase both or whichever one fits your schedule and budget!
The Solar Sleeper option ends on 5/1. Get all of your tic
Join us for our annual Alternative Investments Conference for insights into industry opportunities, key trends, and potential upcoming challenges.
Our virtual conference will feature leading industry professionals who will address important strategies to help you stay ahead of upcoming accounting, regulatory, and tax changes—and the latest developments related to alternative investments.
Daniel Dart will be the keynote speaker this year. Dart is a seed investor, part of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle, recipient of a Sloan Leadership Fellowship, and founder of Rock Yard Ventures.
Key topics include:
Industry tax overview including post-election state and local, international, and personal tax compliance updates
Today’s macroeconomic investment environment
Trends in venture capital and private equity
Accounting and regulatory updates
Cybersecurity risks and considerations
Guest Speaker TBD
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
Join us on November 13 in Seattle for our fall Clean & Affordable Energy Conference! Hear the latest on energy issues in our region and learn from peers’ experiences within the clean energy transition in a tabletop discussion. Expert panelists will discuss how to support energy affordability as we make needed investments and upgrades to decarbonize our economy, the successes and opportunities in advancing Tribal energy projects, and the movement to connect the West in an independently governed energy market including the “hot off the press” new Pathways Initiative governance proposal to be released in early November.
Stick around afterwards for our Clean Energy Awards Reception from 5pm – 7pm at the HUB.
Members of the Coalition are encouraged to attend our Member Meeting the day before, Tuesday, November 12, at the Smart Buildings Center from 3pm – 5pm. Stay that evening for a Members Reception from 5pm – 6:30pm.
Guest Speaker TBD
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
Oregon Solar + Storage Energy Conference
Crowne Plaza Portland Convention Center
1441 NE 2nd Ave, Portland OR 97232
The Gateway to Solar Conference, hosted by the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA), is one of the Midwest's biggest and best solar + storage conferences. Each year solar installers and developers, manufacturers, distributors, financiers, engineers, utilities, job trainers, trade unions, non-profits, government agencies, and more gather for quality networking, education, and fun off-site events.
Meet industry professionals from across the state and country, hear from state officials, regulators, and legislators, and gain in-depth insight into Minnesota's booming market and where it's headed during this exciting two-day conference.
Proceeds from the Gateway Conference support MnSEIA’s year-round regulatory and policy work to protect and promote the growth of Minnesota solar + storage.
Guest Speaker TBD
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
The Forth Roadmap Conference arrives in Detroit, MI, the heart of the nation’s automotive industry to show how transportation can change lives and communities. After a decade of hosting the Roadmap Conference in Portland, OR, Forth is relocating the conference to a city synonymous with transportation. Detroit has a proven record of applying innovation and hard work to build a better future. It is an example of how innovation, strong labor unions, workforce development and good paying jobs can transform a nation.
Guest Speaker Tanya Barham, CEO , Community Energy Labs
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
Illuminate your evening with our Solar Social Happy Hour! Join us at Place To B at 5:30pm on August 7th for a happy hour specifically designed for solar enthusiasts. Network with fellow aficionados, enjoy refreshments, and delve into discussions about the future of solar power. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the solar revolution and toast to a sustainable future! Event is free to attend, advance registration is appreciated.
These events are organized through a collaboration with OSSIA, Power Northwest, and Place to B.
Guest Speaker TBD
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
Guest Speaker Jo Blinman, Neil Kelly Sales
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
Guest Speaker TBD
Join us at the Lucky Lab on NW Quimby! POWERdrinks monthly meet-ups provide a welcoming and casual opportunity to meet peers and share ideas.
