Youth Energy Summit

Global warming is one of the major issues youth around the world are struggling with. After all, your generation's going to bear the brunt of all future climate change. That’s why SMUD is hosting the Youth Energy Summit (YES), to help give you a voice in tomorrow’s future.

YES is a three-day climate and sustainability summit for junior and senior students at high schools in Sacramento county. Participants attend three days of learning to understand the year's theme, then spend the next couple of months choosing and executing their own community service project. During their three-day exploration, participants will:

Make friends and compare strategies
Learn from top experts about climate change challenges and solutions
Have fun discovering ways to make our planet a better place to live
Compete for scholarships
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2023 Youth Energy Summit

Scholarship winners

DATAlus, Monterey Trail High School
Team ANTIC, Vista Del Lago High School
Team Plastiglomerate, Vista Del Lago High School
Team Sequoia, Folsom High School

Videos

Student teams designed and implemented a community service project for their school or community based on the concept of reducing carbon emissions. Watch their virtual presentations to the panel of judges.

Watch the launch of the 2023 Youth Energy Summit and hear from our amazing speakers about topics from electric generation to food waste.

Watch the 2023 Youth Energy Summit

Past winners

Congratulations to the top three student teams!

2022 scholarship winners

1st place: Soteria, Vista Del Lago High School
2nd place: ANTIC, Vista Del Lago High School
3rd place: TIE: Team Pikachu, Mira Loma High School
3rd place: TIE: Team Rocket, Cordova High School

2021 scholarship winners

1^st place: Mystic, Mira Loma High School
2^nd place: Lorem Ipsum, Cosumnes Oaks High School
3^rd place: GETA, Laguna Creek High School

Honorable mentions:

Forces of Nature, Mira Loma High School
Renewable Future, Pleasant Grove High School