EBC Energy Resources Committee

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Mission Statement

The mission of the EBC Energy Resources Committee is to identify and address energy and renewable energy issues that are of concern and of interest to EBC members and their clients. Issues include but are not limited to legislative, regulatory and policy developments in the New England states, innovative technologies, recent project successes, and business development opportunities at the federal, state, regional, and local level. These issues are addressed by providing objective information from up-to-date and reliable sources including government officials, technology developers, and business experts.

To implement this mission statement, the committee will:

• Create and foster an open and ongoing exchange with legislators and regulators.
• Organize focus groups to provide state regulators and policy makers with ideas, experiences and opinions on defined draft policies or regulations.
• Organize routine committee meetings where guest speakers can address topics of concern.
• Organize seminars, workshops or conferences on energy and renewable energy issues.
• Organize Matchmaking sessions that focus on energy and renewable energy sectors.
• Foster networking opportunities that create opportunities for the EBC membership to meet important stakeholders, potential clients and other EBC members.

Program Topics of Interest include:

• Grid transformation and modernization including development of smart grids
• Domestic shale gas revolution and its impact on the generation mix
• Natural gas delivery to the northeast including pipelines and LNG
• Power plant retirements
• Distributed generation, demand resources and micro grids
• Solar power policy and development including SRECs
• Land-based and offshore wind energy policy and development
• Net metering policies
• Biomass, waste-to-energy, and anaerobic digestion
• Deployment of niche and developing technologies such as landfill gas, fuel cells and hydrokinetics
• State and federal energy policies including the Green Communities Act, Clean Energy Standard, Global Warming Solutions Act, and proposed legislation
• EPA Clean Power Plan
• FERC Order 1000 (transmission)
• Importing Canadian Hydro and Wind
• Reemergence of Nuclear Power
• The role of ISO New England and other RTOs

Committee Leadership

Committee Chair – TBD

Leadership Team

The members of the EBC Energy Resources Committee Leadership team meet routinely with the committee chair to identify topics for future EBC programs. As part of their responsibility, members of the leadership team will also take on the role of program chair to organize and moderate EBC programs for this committee.

Current members of the EBC Energy Resources Committee Leadership Team include:

Stephen B. Barrett, LEED AP, Principal
Barrett Energy Resources Group
PO Box 1004, Concord, Massachusetts 01742
339.234.2696  //  steve@barrettenergygroup.com

Julie Barry, Attorney
Prince Lobel Tye LLP
100 Cambridge Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA  02114
617.456.8090  //  jbarry@PrinceLobel.com

Marc Bergeron, PWS, CWS, Associate
Epsilon Associates, Inc.
3 Mill & Main Place, Suite 250, Maynard, MA 01754
978.461.6253  //  MBergeron@epsilonassociates.com

Juliet Browne, Partner
Verrill Dana LLP
One Portland Square, Portland, ME  04112
207.253.4608  //  jbrowne@verrilldana.com

Catherine Finneran, Director, Environmental Affairs
Eversource Energy
One NSTAR Way, NE250, Westwood, MA  02090
781.441.8859  //  catherine.finneran@eversource.com

Ronald T. Gerwatowski, Advising on Energy Policy Matters
508.259.7963  //  gerwat@verizon.net

Shawn Konary, Senior Director
NRG
9 Freezer Road, Sandwich, MA 02459
617.529.3874  //  shawn.konary@nrg.com

Gregg McBridge, LSP, Senior Principal
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
249 Vanderbilt Avenue, Norwood, MA 02062
781.278.3828  //  gregg.mcbride@gza.com

Tom Rooney, Vice President, Advanced Energy Services
TRC
104 Congress Street, Suite 401, Portsmouth, NH 03801
603.766.0781  //   TRooney@trccompanies.com

Past Meetings

2019

• June 10 – Energy Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting
• May 24 – Energy Resources Site Visit: MassCEC Wind Technology Testing Center
• April 9 – Energy Resources Program: Renewable Energy Procurement in Massachusetts and New England
• January 23 – Sixth Annual Offshore Wind Conference – Featuring Scope of Vineyard Wind and Ørsted Bay State Projects
• January 9 – Energy Resources Program: DOER Commissioner Judith Judson and the DOER Division Directors

2018

• December 10 – Energy Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting
• October 30 – Energy Resources Program: Efficiency as a Grid Resource
• October 18 – Energy Resources Program: Energy Program Developments at Massachusetts State & Regional Agencies
• September 18 – Energy Resources Webinar: Public Perception of Power in New England
• June 11 – Energy Resources Committee Program Planning Meeting  
• May 18 – Energy Resources Program: Update from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Leadership
• May 8 – Energy Resources Program: Electric Vehicles – Charging Ahead and Gaining Speed
• January 26 – Energy Resources Program: Renewable Thermal