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Our Work

Since 1977, the Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program (EEP) has worked with thought leaders to challenge, review, test, and shape energy, conservation, and environmental policies, governance systems, and institutions that support the wellbeing of both nature and society. EEP addresses critical energy, environmental, and climate change issues through non-partisan, non-ideological convenings and facilitated collaborations, with the specific intent of bringing together diverse stakeholders to improve the process and progress of policy-level dialogue.

Annual Forums

The annual Aspen Energy Week serves as a pivotal forum for candid conversations among a diverse group of leading energy system actors. The forum’s discussions focus on the future of the domestic energy system broadly, and in particular encourages leaders to devise, design, and deploy solutions to the climate crisis. Over four days at the Aspen Meadows Resort in Aspen, Colorado, the invitation-only forum convenes energy entrepreneurs, industry executives, regulators, policymakers, and thought leaders in a set of moderated discussions that draw upon the full range of perspectives in the room in pursuit of breakthrough ideas and action. The 2024 forum was co-chaired by Rich Powell, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Buyers Alliance; Robin Millican, Senior Director, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy; Miranda Ballentine, Former Founding CEO, Clean Energy Buyers Alliance; Colette Honorable, Executive Vice President, Public Policy and Chief External Affairs Officer, Exelon Corporation; Dawn Lippert, Founder 7 Chief Executive Officer, Elemental Excelerator; Michael Terrell Senior Director, Energy & Climate, Google; Justin Worland, Senior Correspondent at TIME.

The Aspen Winter Energy Forum brings together top experts from corporations, government, academia, and non-profits for frank conversations about key issues in clean energy and deep decarbonization. The invitation-only forum seeks to build relationships and broaden possibilities for a cleaner and more equitable energy future. Innovation in clean energy policy, technology, finance, and markets are major themes of the conversations, with a special focus on unleashing technologies that contribute to satisfying world energy demand in a sustainable way. The 2025 forum was co-chaired by Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies, and Jim Connaughton, President & CEO, Nautilus Data Technologies, and Kate McGinty, Vice President and Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer, Johnson Controls.