Efficiency Exchange Conference
Hyatt Regency Portland | May 20-21, 2025 | Hybrid
About Efficiency Exchange
Efficiency Exchange (EFX) is the premier networking and learning conference for energy efficiency professionals from across the Northwest. Over 500 regional and national attendees from public and private utilities, consulting and research firms, and government and non-profit organizations come together to learn and connect to help the region more effectively achieve its energy efficiency goals.
- Location: Hyatt Regency Portland at the Convention Center | 375 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR 97232
- Dates: May 20-21, 2025; optional pre-event building tours to take place on May 19
Book Your Stay
Hyatt Regency Portland at the Convention Center:
375 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR 97232
EFX has secured discounted rooms at the Hyatt Regency, the same location where the conference is taking place.The room block rate, starting at $230, will be available to conference attendees as long as rooms are available.
EFX25 Keynote Speakers
April Rinne | May 20
April Rinne is a change navigator, speaker, investor, and adventurer whose work and travels in more than 100 countries have given her a front-row seat to a world in flux. She is ranked one of the 50 Leading Female Futurists in the world by Forbes and is a Harvard Law School graduate, a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a member of the Silicon Guild and Thinkers50 Radar, a Fulbright Scholar, and the author of the international bestseller Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change.
Steve Wright | May 21
We are pleased to announce Steve Wright will moderate the conference’s opening plenary on Wednesday, May 21. Steve will be joined by a panel of regional utility and energy efficiency experts to discuss and explore the role that energy efficiency and demand response play in utilities’ pursuit of least cost resources. Panelists include Maria Pope, CEO of Portland General Electric, Kyle Roadman, General Manager of Emerald People’s Utility District, and Kim Rush, President of NW Natural.
In his career, Steve spent over four decades generating and distributing electricity across the Northwest. In his roles as Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration for 12 years and General Manager of Chelan PUD for 8 years, Steve became a nationally recognized leader in energy efficiency.
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