Become a Member
ACORE members play a critical role in advancing our mission of uniting finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy.
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Membership
ACORE members represent all sides of renewable energy transactions, including investors, developers, manufacturers, utilities, corporate buyers of renewable energy, and professional services firms.
The diversity of our membership establishes ACORE as a representative for the market at large, creating a unified voice for the industry with bipartisan recognition.
Our Value
Business Development
ACORE brings together senior industry leaders from all sides of the renewable energy transaction space for invite-only roundtables, networking receptions, and intimate dinners.
Market and Policy Insights
The corporate support from our diverse array of members is matched by the philanthropic community, advancing ACORE’s market research, policy campaigns, and industry analysis to educate key decision-makers and government officials around the country.
Industry News
With a daily, weekly, and monthly publication, ACORE’s newsletters track the latest updates across the renewable energy sector.
With concrete programs to enhance diversity in our sector, thought leadership on crucial policy issues, and effective engagement of leaders from across the renewable, finance, consumer, and political communities, ACORE is helping accelerate the realization of a secure, just, and sustainable U.S. clean energy economy.
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Laura Beane
Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.
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Did you know?
ACORE member companies hold more than $22 trillion in assets. In 2022, more than 90% of the booming utility-scale U.S. renewable growth was financed, developed, owned, or contracted for by ACORE members.
Supporter
Supporter members of ACORE gain valuable insight into the renewable energy market and policy environment through our newsletters, webinars, and networking events. Supporter members also receive discounts at all ACORE conferences and immediate access to the very latest information from the ACORE team.
Leadership CouncilLeadership Council
Leadership Council membership provides a platform for executives to increase their influence and reach within the sector. These members receive access to Leadership Council Dinners, held in conjunction with ACORE’s signature events, which provide attendees with the opportunity to network with fellow industry executives in an intimate setting. Leadership Council members are also eligible to share thought leadership pieces on the ACORE blog, Renewable Power Perspectives, and speak on ACORE webinars.
PREF & PRIMEPREF & PRIME
In ACORE’s two executive programs, members work with ACORE staff to tackle the issues most important to accelerating the renewable transition through strategic engagement with Congress, federal agencies, power markets, and states via briefings, formal comments, analyses, and direct outreach. To streamline engagement, companies can opt to join one or both of the programs below.
PREF
ACORE’s Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (PREF) program is the nation’s most important and credible resource on the range of issues relevant to renewable project finance and sector investment. PREF brings together insights and perspectives from financial institutions, corporate buyers, and renewable energy companies.
PRIME
ACORE’s Partnership for Renewable Integration and Market Expansion (PRIME) program brings together multi-technology renewable energy developers, manufacturers, utilities, and corporate buyers to strategically engage on legislative and regulatory pathways to promote renewable sector growth and expand the renewable energy marketplace.
Our Priorities
- Inflation Reduction Act Implementation
- Transmission & Wholesale Markets
- Federal Siting & Permitting
- Supply Chain & Trade Policy
- Workforce
- Environmental, Social, & Corporate Governance Investing
- Strategic State Outreach
- Climate & Clean Energy Policy
PREF & PRIME Working Groups
- Transmission & Markets
- Federal Policy
- Sustainable Finance & ESG
- Project Finance
ACORE effectively brings together investors, developers, manufacturers, corporate off-takers and electric utilities across the renewable energy economy. The organization’s research, policy analysis, educational outreach and advocacy have helped the industry to secure the policies and financial structures we need to achieve the clean energy transition. These efforts have been important for NextEra Energy as we work to support renewable sector growth.
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Phil Musser
NextEra Energy
Membership Inquiry
To learn more about becoming an ACORE member, please fill out this form to get in touch with our team.
Join leaders from across the renewable energy sector.
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What will our next 20 years look like? Here’s the truth: they’ll be better with ACORE at the forefront of energy policy.
Shannon Kellogg
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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