The Renewable Energy Committee and the Northeast Chapter

of the Energy Bar Association Present:

Transmission as a Facilitator of Alternative Energy Development: 

State and Federal Perspectives in the PJM, NYISO and ISO-New England Regions

A Multi-Location Afternoon Symposium

in Washington, DC, Boston, and Albany, New York

April 10, 2012

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Teleconference Participation will be available.

CLE Credits will not be available for this event.

This event will examine the interaction of State and Federal regulatory policies as they affect inter and intra-regional planning, cost allocation and transmission development as a facilitator of alternative energy development.  State and Federal regulators, policy makers, regional transmission operators, transmission providers, alternative energy entities and developers will discuss these perspectives in light of Order 1000 compliance activities.

The event will take place concurrently in three locations, Washington, DC; Albany, New York; and Boston, Mass. and will be interactively connected by video-conference.  The event will start at 2:00 p.m. and will run until 5:00 p.m. to be followed by a reception in each location.  In lieu of in person attendance at one of the sites, participants will be permitted to call into the event.  The locations and speaker panels are set out below:

Day Pitney, 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington D.C. 20005

Cynthia Marlette, Special Counsel, Patton Boggs, and former General Counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Hon. Lawrence Brenner, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission and former Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

John Buechler, Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor, New York Independent System Operator

Pauline Foley, Assistant General Counsel, PJM

Day Pitney, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Theodore Paradise, Assistant General Counsel – Operations and Planning, ISO New England

Abigail Krich, President, Boreas Renewables, LLC

Heather Hunt, Executive Director, New England States Committee on Electricity

Steven Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Energy, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Kurt Adams, Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer, First Wind and former Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP, One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY 12260

Bill Helmer, Senior VP and General Counsel, Transmission Developers, Inc.

Carol Murphy, Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy-NY Representative, Administration of the Governor of New York, Energy Task Force

Francis J. Murray, Jr., President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority