Wednesday October 16th, 2024
7:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Coffee Hour Networking
Complimentary Women in Energy Breakfast
Jennifer Laird-White, SVP External Affairs, TDI • Claude Vuillieme, General Counsel, Greenbacker
Sponsored by Greenbacker Capital
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Paul Lesure, REV Board Chair • Peter Sterling, REV Executive Director
9:15-10:00 a.m.
Keynote Address: Can Regulation Keep Pace in our Brave New Energy World?
Allison Clements, Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Dec. 2020 - June 2024)
10:00-10:20 a.m.
Plenary: Renewable Energy Workforce Development in Vermont
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Breakout Session A
Review of New PUC Rules 5.100, 5.400, 5.500, and 2.100 (Presentation Slides)
The Criticality of Interregional Transmission to Achieve Our Clean Energy Goals (Presentation Slides)
Using Energy Performance Contracts and Advanced Wood Heat to Meet Your Energy Goals (Presentation Slides)
Roadmap to a 100% Renewable Future for the Vermont Consumer (Presentation Slides)
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-1:15 pm
Awards
Lifetime Achievement • Business Achievement • Legislator of the Year
1:15-1:35 p.m.
Plenary: Regulatory Reform in Vermont
Hosted by Representative Laura Sibilia and Senator Chris Bray
2:00-3:00 p.m.
3:15-4:15 p.m.
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Networking Happy Hour
Thursday October 17th, 2024
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Networking
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Kelt Wilska, New England for Offshore Wind
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Breakout Session D
Environmentally Achievable 100% Renewables by 2035: Noise, Aesthetics &Water (Presentation Slides)
Current Trends in Renewable Energy Financing (Presentation Slides)
Renewable Energy & Affordable Housing (Presentation Slides)
Planning Tomorrow’s Grid: Longer Term Transmission Planning (Presentation Slides)
10:45-11:45 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Peter Sterling, REV Executive Director