Thank you to all who participated in a successful 2017 NECPUC Symposium. The contents of this page have been provided by the presenters.
Will New England Find Harmony? State Laws & Regional Electric Markets
- Achieving State Policy Goals in Markets
Robert Stoddard, Senior Consultant, Charles River Associates, on behalf of Conservation Law Foundation, NextEra Energy Resources and Brookfield Renewable - Will New England Find Harmony? State Laws & Regional Electric Markets
Hon. Mark Vannoy, Chair, Maine Public Utilities Commission - Competitive Auctions with Subsidized Policy Resources, and Fuel Security Study
Gordon Van Welie, President and Chief Executive Officer, ISO-NE
Natural Gas: Models for Local Distribution Company Expansion
- Targeted Area Buildout
Todd Black, Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Customer Relations, Unitil - Virtual Pipeline Experience
Louis James, Director, Business Development, UGI Energy Services - Gas Utility Expansion
Thomas Kiley, President and CEO, Northeast Gas Association - Liberty Utilities – Natural Gas Growth
Michael Licata, Director, Government and Community Relations, Liberty Utilities
Water at the Nexus between Economic Regulation and Health
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in New Hampshire’s Drinking Water
Brandon Kernen, Hydrology and Water Conservation and Water Use Program Manager, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services - Emerging Contaminants: The Challenges and Threats of a Regulated Utility Response
Donald Ware, Chief Operating Officer, Pennichuck Corporation
Nuclear Waste Redux: Could this be a new movie?
- NECPUC Nuclear Waste Resolution – March 29, 1995
Sarah Hofmann, Board Member, Vermont Public Service Board - 3 New England Yankee Companies Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage & Transportation
Robert Capstick, Director of Government, Public & Regulatory Affairs, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Maine Yankee, and Connecticut Yankee - HI-STORE: A Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Used Nuclear Fuel & HLW
Ed Mayer, Program Director, Holtec Technology Campus & HI-STORE: A Holtec International UMAX Facility for Consolidated Interim Storage - Used Nuclear Fuel – Embracing the Target
Rod McCullum, Senior Director, Fuel and Decommissioning Programs, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) - The Slow and the Furious
Katrina McMurrian, Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition
Water Planning Roundtable
Emerging Legal Ethics Challenges
- Powerpoint Materials
Select ABA Model Rules (handout)
Maureen Smith, Director, Orr & Reno
Regulation in the Age of Competition and Innovation
- Introductory Materials
Hon. Kathryn Bailey, Commissioner, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Batteries Not Included: Risk and Reward of Storage
- Storage In Commodity Supply Chains
Hon. Ned Bartlett, Undersecretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs - Pomona Energy Storage Project
Jason Allen, VP of Operations – Power, AltaGas Services U.S - Energy Storage Overview – Status, Strategies, and Trends
Richard Fioravanti, Principal, Engineering Management Consulting Practice Energy and Utilities, Exponent - Key Insights on Energy Storage
Jesse Jenkins, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Perspective on Energy Storage in New England
Tom Kaslow, Director, Market Design & Policy, FirstLight Power Resources - The Expanding Role of Distributed Energy Resources and Storage in the Regional Power System
Christopher Parent, Director of Market Development, ISO New England
International Session: Lessons for New England
- Energy Transition in Europe: Challenging – But Less Fractured Than You Think
Richard Cowart, Principal and European Programs Director, Regulatory Assistance Project - Bright Perspectives for Renewable Developments in Latin America
Nativdad Martel, Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service - Increasing Access to Electricity in Africa
Milda Morkyte, Manager of International Programs, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners - Overview of Mexico’s Energy Reform
Paul Roberti, Executive Director, Advisory Services – Strategy, Ernst & Young - The Power Sector in China: What a difference two years can make…or not
Frederick Weston, Principal and China Programs Director, Regulatory Assistance Project
There’s an App for That!
- IoT, 5G and Big Mobile Data from T-Mobile
Derek Doan, Senior Manager for the Northeast Region for Public Sector and Education Sales, T-Mobile - Big (Computing + Data + Math): Artificial Intelligence for Regulated Industries
Colin Gounden, Chief Executive Officer, ViaScience - There’s an App for That
John Weaver, Attorney, McLane Middleton