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Utility Energy Savings Contract Forum 

August 11-12, 2026Hampton 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
SGC FOUNDATION – PANAMA CITY BEACH CLASSIC Legacy Golf Club - Shotgun Start: 9:00 AM - 

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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 (includes 2 drink tickets for attendees)

Forum, August 12, 20268:00am - 4:30pm (agenda with speakers and topics to come)