Read these articles and blogs covering the 2009 Symposium:

Cleantechies.com

Decentralize the Grid: Practical or Unrealistic?

Greentech Media

Solar Thermal vs PV: Which Tech will Utilities Favor? 

Energy Storage: A Poor Idea for Solar-Thermal Power Project

earth2tech

Does the U.S. Need a Federal Reserve for Energy?

Mary Nichols Wants the Feds to Look West

MIT Technology Review

What the Fed Can Learn from California's Energy Policy

UC Berkeley News

Energy symposium weighs perils and opportunities on climate change