Please join us for the final event in the series “Transitioning to the Future Grid in Massachusetts”! This in-person, half-day (8:30am -12:30 pm) event is on September 26th, 2024 at The Engine Accelerator in Cambridge, MA.
For a more detailed agenda, and to register, please visit the Eventbrite page.
This event presents proposed action items that emerged from the prior events. Attendees will engage in table discussions to further shape these recommendations. The event also includes presentations and discussions from:
• Elizabeth Mahony | Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
• Sarah Cullinan | Senior Director of MassCEC’s Net Zero Grid Program
• Jamie Van Nostrand | Chair of the MA Department of Public Utilities
• Andrew Schneller | VP of Network Strategy and Regulation from National Grid
• Digaunto Chatterjee | SVP of Engineering from Eversource
• Melissa Lavinson | Executive Director of the MA Office of the Energy Transformation
This is the third, and final, event of a three-event series organized by NECEC and sponsored by MassCEC. This series explores the transition to the future grid that will follow and complement the Commonwealth’s Electric Sector Modernization Plan process. NECEC will convene stakeholders from across the MA energy ecosystem, including public and private sector leaders, communities, utilities, technology providers, entrepreneurs, and academics to hold a dialogue on how to lean on innovation and collaboration to achieve an efficient, equitable, clean grid.
The first event in March, kicked off by Secretary Tepper and MassCEC CEO Dr. Emily Reichert, convened a cross section of public and private sector leaders to introduce the series objectives and do initial brainstorming on the major transition challenges as stakeholders experience them.
The second event in May took the ideas and feedback from Event 1 and offered informative presentations and cultivated small group, solutions-based conversations. The event featured remarks from Melissa Lavinson, the Executive Director of the MA Office of the Energy Transformation and Jamie Van Nostrand, Chair of the MA Department of Public Utilities. It covered topics including incentive-based ratemaking, fostering GridTech, and democratizing grid planning.