Registration Now Open for PNWER's 30th Annual Summit in Big Sky, MT- August 15-19!

Join us in Big Sky, Montana for our

30th Annual Summit from August 15-19!

PNWER is currently planning our first ever hybrid in-person/virtual Annual Summit! The 2021 Summit promises robust in-person and virtual content and networking opportunities which will allow our in-person attendees to enjoy all that Big Sky has to offer as well as the opportunity to reach a broader audience virtually throughout the region and as far away as Ottawa and Washington, D.C.

Accommodations

Book your room at the beautiful Big Sky Resort today!

Make your reservation by using this link here or by calling Big Sky directly at (800) 548-4486 and referencing "PNWER 2021 Summit."

*NOTE: When booking online, you will need to use the link provided above in order to be included in the PNWER room block. However, if you do not see the accommodations that you are looking for online, there may be additional accommodations and lower prices available. To learn about further options, call Big Sky Resort directly at the number above.

PNWER NEWS

PNWER Awarded EDA Grant to Create Congregate Accelerator to Reopen Tourism & Performing Arts

PNWER has been awarded the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge grant. The SPRINT Grant award will support the creation of “Congregate: A Solutions Accelerator'' focused on scaling solutions that help safely re-open tourism, performing arts, travel, and hospitality (TPATH). PNWER plans to use the grant funds to focus on safely reopening the tourism and performing arts industries beginning in the Central Puget Sound and Southeast Alaska regions. See PNWER's news release here.

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PNWER Receives EDA Grant to Develop a Comprehensive Regional Pandemic Resilience Roadmap

PNWER has been awarded a U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to develop a Comprehensive Regional Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to improve capacities of communities to safely and successfully address the challenges and economically recover from a pandemic. This will be an opportunity to build upon PNWER's previous work in 2010 on a Comprehensive Community Bio-Event Resilience Action Plan following the H1N1 pandemic.

Learn more about the Regional Pandemic Resilience Roadmap here.

PNWER Holds Virtual Energy Conference

On March 24th, PNWER held a virtual energy conference on "Ensuring Regional Reliability & Resource Adequacy in Achieving Climate Goals in the Pacific Northwest." The conference featured a series of panels with utility executives, major private sector businesses, and other regional energy stakeholders examining opportunities, challenges, and how our region can work collaboratively as we look towards our long-term energy future.

Find more information including a recording of the conference here.

LEHI to be Held In-Person in D.C. from Oct. 19-23, 2021

The Legislative Energy Horizons Institute (LEHI) will be taking place in-person in Washington, D.C. from October 19-23, 2021. Governors and energy advisors are now welcome to apply!

More information on LEHI including how to apply can be found at pnwer.org/lehi or email Nate Weigel at Nate.Weigel@pnwer.org.

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