Transportation Energy Partners

Energy Independence Summit 2025

Dates: Monday, February 10 - Thursday, February 13
Location: The Washington Plaza Hotel (10 Thomas Cir NW, Washington, DC 20005)

Please join us IN PERSON at the Washington Plaza Hotel for Energy Independence Summit 2025. Our 19th annual Summit will bring together leaders of the nation’s Clean Cities and Communities Coalitions, the clean transportation industry, the Trump Administration and Congress to accelerate strategies for advancing markets for clean fuels and vehicles.

LEARN the latest information about the tens of billions of dollars the federal government will invest in clean transportation over the coming years.

ENGAGE with leaders from the EPA Clean School Bus Program, the DOT Fueling Infrastructure Program, the DOE Clean Hydrogen Program, and the USDA Biofuels infrastructure program about how they plan to roll out funding in 2025.

NETWORK with Clean Cities and Communities and industry leaders to learn about the latest technologies and strategies to advance clean fuels and vehicles.

MEET with your House and Senate offices to make sure they know how important it is to continue to invest in clean transportation programs and technologies that benefit all communities.

EIS 2025 Agenda

Monday, February 10, 2025
3:00           Hotel Check-In Opens

3:30 - 7:30       Summit Registration

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
7:30 - 8:30       Summit Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00       Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 10:00       Clean Transportation Policy Accomplishments in 2024

10:00 - 11:00       Clean Fuels Landscape in 2025 and Beyond

11:05 - 11:15       NETWORKING BREAK

11:15 - 12:00       Building an Affirmative Case for Clean Cities and Communities

12:00 - 1:00       LUNCH

1:00 - 1:45       Communicating Across Political Perspectives

1:45 - 2:30       Incentives Landscape for Alternative Fuels

2:30 - 3:00       NETWORKING BREAK

3:00 - 3:45       Making the Economic Case for Industry Involvement in Alternative Fuels

3:45 - 4:15       The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program

4:15 - 5:00       Preparing for Capitol Hill Day

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
7:30 - 8:30       BREAKFAST
           Choose your own adventure

9:00 - 5:00       Congressional Office Meetings
           Summit participants will participate in a full day of meetings with
Congressional offices

6:00 - 8:00       Capitol Hill Energy Independence Reception - Sponsored by UPS

Thursday, February 13, 2025
7:30 - 8:30       Breakfast and Debrief of Capitol Hill Day Meetings

8:30 - 9:15       Roundtable with U.S. Department of Energy

9:15 - 10:00       Roundtable with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

10:00 - 10:30       NETWORKING BREAK

10:30 - 11:15       Roundtable with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

11:15 - 12:00       Roundtable with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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Transportation Energy Partners (TEP) convenes the nation's 75 Clean Cities and Communities coalitions with the clean transportation industry to advance policies that reduce American dependence on petroleum-based fuels.

Drive Clean Rural USA is Delivering Clean Fuel Benefits to Rural Communities

Drive Clean Rural USA is an 8-state pilot project funded by the DOE, and led by Transportation Energy Partners, focused on bringing together rural government leaders, business owners, fleet managers, farmers, and industry experts to accelerate rural communities' access to clean fuel transportation solutions.

Kelly Gilbert, Executive Director
Metropolitan Energy Center, Kansas City MO

TEP Strengthens the Nation's Clean Cities Coalitions

TEP's policy education on alternative fuel impacts have increased our capacity to advance local markets for clean fuels across Kansas and Missouri. Their effective work at the national level to increase funding and support for the nation's 75 Clean Cities Coalitions has supported similar work in hundreds of communities across the U.S.

TEP Wins New Policies and Funding for the Clean Transportation Industry

TEP has played a critical role in supporting efforts to win new incentives and funding, which have benefitted UPS and others in the clean transportation industry. TEP's annual Energy Independence Summit, which brings Clean Cities and industry leaders together to meet with more than 250 Congressional offices in Washington DC, is one of the most effective grassroots advocacy efforts I have ever seen.

Jim Bruce, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Policy Officer for Global Public Affairs
UPS

Alleyn Harned, Executive Director
Virginia Clean Cities

TEP's Energy Independence Summit Connects Clean Transportation Leaders with Top Congressional and Administration Policymakers

The annual Energy Independence Summit is the premier Capitol event bringing together Congressional and Administrative officials, industry leaders, and Clean Cities Coalitions. It is crucial to the ongoing success and sustained support of the program, and to our leaders understanding and support of alternative fuels issues.