2016 New England Energy Conference And Exposition

Posted March 22, 2016 by Ann Gisinger

23rd Annual New England Energy Conference and Exposition
Tuesday and Wednesday, May 10 and 11, 2016
Sea Crest Beach Hotel, North Falmouth, MA

Registration is OPEN

Tuesday’s Events – May 10

Golf Tournament
The Golf Club, 132 Falmouth Woods Road, East Falmouth, MA

Closest to the Pin Competition Sponsor: Con Edison Development

Golf Tournament Sponsors:
Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
Entergy – Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
NextEra Energy Resources

10:00 AM Conference Registration Opens at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel

4:30-6:45 PM Exhibition Hall Opens for Viewing and Welcome Reception

Sponsors:
Cape Light Compact
Dominion
Robinson+Cole

6:55 PM Dinner and Keynote Speaker

Introductions:

Tina Bennett, President, NECA; Senior Vice President, CLEAResult
Joey Lee Miranda, President, CPES; Partner, Robinson+Cole

Keynote Address: TBA

Sponsors:
Pullman & Comley LLC
TRC Environmental Corporation

Wednesday’s Events – May 11

All events will be held at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel

7:15 AM Registration Opens

7:30-8:30 AM Roundtable Discussion Breakfast

Sponsor: Columbia Gas of Massachusetts

8:45-10:00 – Panel I – New England’s Energy Balancing Act

Moderator: David O’Connor, Senior Vice President for Energy, ML Strategies, LLC

Dan Dolan, President, New England Power Generators Association
Anne George, Vice President – External Affairs & Communications, ISO-New England
Camilo Serna, Vice President Strategic Planning & Policy, Eversource Energy
Rebecca Tepper, Deputy Chief of the Energy and Environmental Bureau, MA Office of the Attorney General

10:00 – 11:00 Morning Break in Exhibit Hall

Sponsor: Day Pitney LLP

11:00-12:15 – Panel II – Restructured Energy Markets & the Grid of the Future: Can they work together?

Moderator: John Athas, Treasurer and Principal Consultant, Daymark Energy Advisors

David Littell, Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project
Tim Roughan, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy, National Grid
Gin Kirkland Kinney, Managing Director – Business Solutions, NRG
Michah Remley, Senior Vice President of Product, EnerNOC, Inc.

12:15-1:45 – Luncheon and Keynote Speaker

Stephen Whitley, President & CEO (retired), NYISO

1:45-3:00 – Panel IIIA – Cutting Carbon: Stop or Step on the Gas

Moderator: Shaela Collins, Attorney, Columbia Gas of Massachusetts

Tracy Babbidge, Bureau Chief, Energy and Technology Policy, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Dan Allegretti, VP State Government Affiars – East, Exelon Corporation
David Ismay, Clean Energy and Climate Change Staff Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
Tom Kiley, President & CEO, Northeast Gas Association

1:45-3:00 – Panel IIIB – Energy of Tomorrow – Not Your Mother’s Centralized Power Plant!

Moderator: Janet Gail Besser, VP of Policy and Government Affairs, Northeast Clean Energy Council

Richard Baxter, President, Mustang Prairie Energy
Matthew Morrissey, Executive Director, Offshore Wind MA
Matt Cinadr, Project Manager, SourceOne Energy Solutions
Kerrick Johnson, Vice President, Vermont Electric Power Company

3:00-3:30 – Afternoon Break in Exhibit Hall

Sponsor: Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative

3:30-4:45 – Wrap-up Session

Moderator: Joey Lee Miranda, Partner, Robinson+Cole

Hon. Paul Roberti, Commissioner, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
Hon. Mark Vannoy, Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Hon. Michael Caron, Commissioner, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Hon. Jolette Westbrook, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

4:45 – Prize Drawing

Grand Prize Sponsor: Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.

Carbon Offsets Sponsor: CLEAResult

Conference Pens Sponsor: O’Connor Corporation

Conference Bags Sponsor: VHB

Conference Notepads: Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele, P.C.

Personal Electronics Charging Station Sponsor: Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications

Students and Young Professionals Subsidy Sponsor: GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc.