CRES 30th Anniversary Celebration

Note: this is a ticketed event. Purchase tickets here.

Celebrate 30 years of clean energy progress at our anniversary celebration this fall at the beautiful Retreat at Solterra in Lakewood on Sunday, September 27th, from 1-6 PM!

Since 1996, the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) has provided education, advocacy, and community engagement to accelerate our state's path toward a 100% clean energy future. From that first member meeting through to the recent legislative wins of the 2026 session, we as a community have so much to celebrate!

The theme for this event will be CRES Past, Present, and Future, with a big emphasis on the future. Colorado officially hit 44% renewable energy (% of total electricity sales) in 2025 (up from 19% in 2016), with some estimates already putting the state well past 50% for 2026. This is a huge achievement by any standard, but also a call to action to step things up!

Join us for a reunion-style event full of short storytelling, great conversations, live music, food, drinks, and more!

Past - Celebrate our early days from that first call for members to the big wins with the Lamar Wind Farm and Amendment 36/Colorado's RPS.

Present - Our chapters and Policy Committee have been working hard over the past few years on Speaker Series programming and policy advocacy. Hear about the recent progress made on both!

Future - What comes next? Colorado is a top 10 state for energy production, but it still has a ways to go before it's fully renewable. Let's talk vision, next steps, and explore ways we can work together to build Colorado's renewable energy future.

The event will be more casual, with no formal keynote speakers scheduled. Our goal is to reconnect, re-energize, and power ahead toward a 100% renewable energy Colorado.

When: Sunday, September 27th from 1-6 PM
Where: The Retreat at Solterra in Lakewood (15250 W. Evans Ave., Lakewood, CO 80228)

Get your tickets for this event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cres-30th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-1988939939901

Save the date and stay tuned for more details! We'll also be hosting several smaller events throughout the summer leading up to the main celebration in September.

Want to help out with this event? Send us an email at info@cres-energy.org about volunteering with the anniversary celebrations!