The 2025 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry brings together professionals from around the globe to Charlotte, North Carolina – ground zero for recent industrial investment, accompanied by a statewide commitment to modernizing the electricity sector by the year 2050. With the theme: “Industrial Competitiveness and the Evolving Energy Landscape,” the Summer Study on Energy Efficiency’s program will examine policies, funding, operations, and technology to sustain industrial competitiveness for individual firms and the sector at large. It will also look at how public-private partnerships can act now to develop the workforce needed for success, and compare national and state policy to look for immediate advantage and long-term leverage.
The industrial sector accounts for one-third of the United States’ primary energy use, so ongoing shifts in energy systems present enormous opportunities and risks for this sector. Industrial competitiveness is going to depend on continued investments in innovation, efficiency, and advances in energy solutions. Learn how to take advantage of the opportunity and minimize the risk.
Attendees will leave the Summer Study with an expanded network and an action plan to meet their goals.
The following tracks will be the highlight of the conference program:
- Track 1: Grids, Pipelines, and Funding
- Track 2: Technology and Operations
- Track 3: Bringing New Energy to Leadership
- Track 4: Collaborating through Complexity: Navigating Industrial Value Chains
The Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry’s participants include corporate leaders, energy managers and government relations professionals; equipment manufacturers and engineering services providers; labor representatives; energy efficiency program administrators, evaluators, and implementors; public utility commission and consumer counselor staff members; professionals in the utility sector with responsibilities for efficiency programs, resource planning, regulatory compliance and government relations; energy efficiency solution providers; federal and state energy and economic development officials; energy and sustainability management firms; and energy efficiency, clean energy and equity advocacy organizations.
