New York Clean Energy Transmission Summit
February 4, 2016
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Conference Program
| 8:30am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am | Welcome and Introductions John Jimison, Director, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid David Sandalow, Center on Global Energy Policy |
| 9:15am | Panel 1: Enhancing Transmission while “Reforming our Energy Vision” Keynote: Audrey Zibelman, Chair, New York Public Service Commission Moderator: Steve Mitnick, Editor in Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly Respondents: Mark S. Lynch, President & CEO, New York State Electric & Gas Sergej Mahnovski , Director, Utility of the Future, Con Edison Jon Wellinghoff, Esq., Partner, Stoel Rives; Former Chair, FERC |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45am | Panel 2: The Role of Transmission in Meeting Ambitious Clean Energy Targets Keynote: Gil Quiniones, President and CEO, New York Power Authority Moderator: Peter Behr, E&E News Respondents: Steve Demers, Vice President, Business Development, Acquisitions & Strategy, HydroQuébec Ed Krapels, President, Anbaric Transmission, LLC Abigail Dillen, Vice President of Litigation for Climate & Energy, Earth Justice |
| 12:00pm | Buffet Luncheon and Luncheon Address |
| Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Introduced by James J. Hoecker, Counsel to WIRES and Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell LLP | |
| 1:30pm | Panel 3: Optimizing the New Transmission-Distribution Interface Moderator: Chris Martin, Bloomberg News Panelists: Paul Centolella, President, Paul Centolella & Associates LLC Chris King, Global Chief Regulatory OFficer, Siemens Digital Grid Steve Hauser, President, Gridwise Alliance Jim Davis, Chief Executive Officer, SmartWires, Inc. |
| 2:45pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:00pm | Panel 4: Modernizing the Grid to Capture Benefit at Every Scale Moderator: Ladeene Freimuth, President, The Freimuth Group Panelists: Jigar Shah, Inergys; Energy Gang Participant Michael Eckhart, Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance, Citigroup, Inc. Rudy Wynter, President & COO, FERC Regulated Businesses, National Grid Transmission Travis Bradford, Professor, Columbia University |
| 4:15pm | Concluding Observations David Sandalow, Center on Global Energy Policy Bill White, Americans for a Clean Energy Grid |
| 4:30pm | Conference Concludes |
The New York Clean Energy Transmission Summit is the eleventh regional summit hosted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG), a project of the Energy Future Coalition in Washington, DC. ACEG supports the extension and modernization of the high-voltage grid as essential infrastructure for a modern society and for access to the clean energy that will be necessary if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. As in other regions, the transmission grid in the New York region presents unique issues and opportunities. It must continue serving a distribution utility structure that may change profoundly as a function of the Reforming our Energy Vision (REV) proceeding under way before the New York Public Service Commission, and it will play a key role in achieving New York’s ambitious clean-energy targets.
We are very pleased to be joined by Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy as a partner and host for this regional summit, and to draw on the profound experience and expertise the Center offers as well as its links to the energy policy decision makers in the region.
ACEG summits bring together all key stakeholder groups, including utilities, environmental advocates, consumer interests, landowners, state and federal elected officials and regulators, renewable energy producers, and transmission developers, to reach a mutual understanding of the opportunities and barriers confronting the grid, and a consensus that the benefits of moving forward exceed the costs. Panels are often moderated by journalists and bloggers to ensure balanced and non-technical debate, and to promote the education of a larger public audience on these critical issues.
A special thank you to New York Clean Energy Transmission Summit event sponsors
National Grid | Anbaric | New York State Electric & Gas Corporation | Rochester Gas & Electric