Join RENEW Northeast and energy thought leaders for an afternoon on the urgent and necessary steps to build the transmission foundation for the next era of clean energy.
Meeting rising electricity demand and achieving New England states’ energy policy objectives depends on enhancing and modernizing the power grid. New transmission lines are needed to connect new and existing generation in remote areas to New England consumers. Enhanced connections in neighboring regions must be built to better balance variable supply and demand and share resources during extreme weather and peak demand periods.
Discussions will be guided by a new RENEW transmission white paper being released in advance of event.
Space is limited. Ticket sales close on Thursday, June 4th at noon or when capacity is met.
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Insights & Stories from the Big Dig
Ian Coss, host and creator of The Big Dig, a Peabody Award-winning podcast GBH News podcast will sit down with Francis Pullaro, RENEW’s President, to share insights and stories from The Big Dig, one of the nation’s largest infrastructure projects The podcast illustrates the complexities, personalities, and politics that confront big infrastructure projects in the United States, and what it takes to overcome the hurdles to make progress on future big, hard projects — like electricity transmission.
Unveiling of RENEW’s Transmission White Paper
The morning of June 9th, RENEW will be unveiling a new White Paper prepared by Power Advisory. Eliza Donoghue of the Maine Renewable Energy Association (MREA) will interview Peter Shattuck of Power Advisory and paper co-author about the paper’s findings and how it can contribute to the dialogue around transmission planning in New England.
Transmission Planning, Affordability, and Reliability
A discussion of what policies are needed for accelerating transmission development while ensuring affordable rates and a reliable system, moderated by Sarah Shemkus of Canary Media with Tim Schneider of EVH LLC, Clark Stephens of The Nature Conservancy, and Weezie Nuara, Deputy Secretary for Federal and Regional Energy Affairs at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Transmission Planning: Needs, Costs and Benefits
A look at upcoming initiatives and recent papers involving Intraregional and Interregional transmission matters, including compliance with FERC’s Order 1920, the Northeastern Coordinated System Plan, opportunities with Eastern Canada, and the 1200-megawatt single source limit. Several recent new papers have been released on the subject which will be discussed. Moderated by RENEW’s Carter Scott of CPS Energy Consulting with panelists Adria Brooks of Grid Strategies, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger of Brattle, Sheila Keane of the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE), and Maria Robinson of Hitachi Energy.
Poster Reception 4 – 5:30 pm – Networking reception. Learn more about how your company can present a poster at the reception.