Thank you to all who participated in a successful 2022 NECPUC Symposium. Where presentation slides are available, they are linked to below.
Opening Plenaries: Governor Charlie Baker and FERC Commissioner Willie Phillips
Solving the Transmission Challenge for Decarbonization
Moderator: Hon. J. Riley Allen, Commissioner, Vermont Public Utilities Commission
Panelists: Johannes Pfeifenberger, Principal and Leader, Electricity Wholesale Markets & Planning, The Brattle Group
Vickie VanZandt, PE, NAE, LMIEEE, Transmission consultant, ISO New England Board Member
Bill Quinlan, President, Transmission and Offshore Wind Projects, Eversource Energy
Jared des Rosiers, Partner, Pierce Atwood LLP
Achieving Water Equity in a Changing Climate
Moderator: Hon. John “Jack” Betkoski III, Vice Chairman, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Panelists: Scott Berry, Director, Policy and Government Affairs, US Water Alliance
Vandana M. Rao, Ph.D., Dir. of Water Policy, MA Exec. Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Executive Director, Massachusetts Water Resources Commission
George S. Logan, Director of Community Relations, Aquarion Water Company
Gas in a Net Zero World
Moderator: Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
Panelists: Amy Boyd, Director of Policy, Acadia Center
Nikki Bruno, Director, Clean Technologies, Eversource Energy
Charles Crews, President and CEO, Northeast Gas Association
Judith Judson, Head of US Strategy, National Grid
Rebecca Tepper, Bureau Chief, Energy and Environmental Bureau, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Jolette Westbrook, Senior Attorney, Equitable Regulatory Solutions, Environmental Defense Fund
Innovations in Delivering Broadband Service
Moderator: Hon. Michael Caron, Commissioner, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Panelists: Hon. Ashley Stolba, Undersecretary of Community Development, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Robert Fish, Deputy Director, Vermont Community Broadband Board
Thomas Flaherty, General Manger, Westfield Gas + Electric and Whip City Fiber
William Harwood, Maine Public Advocate
Decarbonization: Policies, Plans, and Progress
Moderator: Janet Gail Besser, Managing Director, Smart Electric Power Alliance
Hon. Beth Card, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Hon. Marissa Paslick Gillett, Chairman, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Kenneth Kimmell, Vice President, Offshore Wind Development, Avangrid Renewables
Stephen Woerner, President, New England, National Grid
Closing the Gaps in Broadband Adoption
Moderator: Hon. Karen Charles Peterson, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable
Panelists:
Amy Huffman, Policy Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
Michelle Painter Lama, Principal Corporate Counsel, Government Affairs, T-Mobile
Trinity Thorpe-Lubneuski, Executive Director, Internet Essentials, Comcast
Tim Graham, Vice President, External Affairs at NCTA – The Internet & Television Association
Reliability: Past, Present and Future
Moderator: Hon. Ronald T. Gerwatowski, Chairman, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
Panelists: Hon. Patrick Woodcock, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Alicia Barton, CEO, First Light Power
Craig Hallstrom, President, Regional Electric Operations, CT and MA, Eversource Energy
Doug Hurley, Icetec Energy Services
Heather Takle, President and CEO, PowerOptions
Gordon van Welie, President and CEO, ISO New England
Fireside Chat with Hon. Jeffrey N. Roy, Massachusetts State Representative, Chairperson, Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Hosted by Cheryl LaFleur, Chair, ISO New England Board of Directors
Hot Topics in Wholesale/Regional Energy Issues
Moderator: Dan Dolan, President, New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA)
Panelists: Hon. Matthew Nelson, Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, NECPUC President
Hon. Philip L. Bartlett II, Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Hon. Katie S. Dykes, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Hon. June E. Tierney, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Public Service
The Power of ESG in Regulated Industries
Moderator: Jeremy McDiarmid, Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs, Northeast Clean Energy Council
Panelists: Kerry Bowie, Founder, President and Executive Director, Browning the Green Space
Joseph Rosenthal, Office of Public Participation, FERC
Catherine Finneran, Vice President, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs, Eversource Energy
“Shark Tank” – Regulatory Style!
Moderator: Hon. Matthew Nelson, Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, NECPUC President
Sharks: Hon. Carleton B. Simpson, Commissioner, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Jennifer Daloisio, CEO, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Margaret Downey, Administrator, Cape Light Compact
Gail Greenwald, Launchpad Venture Group
Thomas Williams, Vice President, Business Development, National Grid Partners
Contestants:
Rachel Wilson, Manager of Strategy and Market Development, Form Energy
Peter Olmsted, Director of Regulatory Affairs, FreeWire Technologies
Alex Houghtaling, Vice President, LineVision
Louis Desgrosseilliers, CEO, Neothermal Energy Storage
Scott Dimetrosky, Rolling Energy Resources
Mike Phillips, CEO, Sense
Stephen Conant, VP Commercial, VEIR