Category Archives: 2019

CPES Past Meetings 2019

CPES Awards Night and Holiday Party, CT Science Center
12.11.19

Joint NEP CPES/NECA Young Professionals’ Tour of CONVEX, Panel at Eversource, and Networking at Alvarium Beer Co.  
12.5.19

Green Bank 101 (New Energy Professionals), Green Bank’s Rocky Hill Offices
11.14.19

CONFERENCE & EXPO:
Fall Conference: Future of Energy, Aqua Turf, Southington CT
10.30.19

Cybersecurity: Tension Between Innovation and Security , Yale University (Kroon Hall)
10.7.19

Optional Tour of IMCORP | 4:30 PM
Labyrinth Brewing CO | 6:00 PM (Networking)  Manchester, CT
9.26.19

CPES & NEWIEE annual joint event
Tapping into the Power of Offshore Wind: A Conversation with the Women Making it Happen, G. Fox Building, Hartford, CT
9.11.19

Tour / Presentation of Daymark (Worcester office) 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Summer Happy Hour / Networking Event at Redemption Rock Brewery 6:30 PM
Networking Event Hosted by Hosted by CPES’ New Energy Professionals, NECA’s Young Professionals, NEWIEE, and  CBIA’s Young Energy and Environment Professionals, 
6.25.19

Annual Legislative Update, Members Only
Day Pitney, LLP  6.18.19

Stony Creek Brewery New Energy Professionals Networking Event
Tour of Precision Combustion | Stony Creek Brewery 
6.13.19

Yard Goats Game Triple Header
Hosted by CPES’ New Energy Professionals, CBIA’s Young Energy and Environment Professionals, and Connecticut Bar Association. Energy
5.21.19

ISO New England Tour
4.10.19

NEP Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company Networking Event
3.7.19

Annual Legislative Preview, UConn School of Law, Hartford CT
Co-Hosted by CPES and CBA’s Energy, Public Utility, and Communications Section
2.5.19

New Energy Professionals: Hanging Hills Brewery Networking Event
1.24.19

CPES Policy Committee Update: December 17, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • Eversource wants to be carbon neutral by 2030
  • FERC Staff Issues 2019 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
  • ISO New England Announces 2020 Customer Training Schedule

INDUSTRY

Hartford Business: “Eversource wants to be carbon neutral by 2030”

FERC Staff Issues 2019 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering Report
The report is the 14th annual report on demand response and advanced metering and is available on FERC’s website.

ISO New England Announces 2020 Customer Training Schedule
Dates for ISO’s Introduction to Wholesale Electricity Markets (WEM 1010), Intermediate Wholesale Electricity Markets (WEM 201) and Forward Capacity Market (FCM 1010) are now available on ISO’s website.

 

 

CPES Policy Committee Update: December 10, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • DEEP Announced Offshore Wind Power RFP Winner
  • ISO New England Publishes 2019/2020 Winter Outlook

INDUSTRY

DEEP Announced Offshore Wind Power RFP Winner
804 MW from Vineyard Wind’s Park City Wind Project were selected -read DEEP’s press release for more information 

ISO New England Publishes 2019/2020 Winter Outlook
ISO New England expects the region to have the necessary resources this winter to meet consumer demand under both normal and extreme temperatures. Consumer demand is expected to peak at 20,476 megawatts (MW) under normal weather conditions or 21,173 MW at extreme temperatures. Read more here.

CPES Policy Committee Update: November 19, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • Connecticut PURA Grid Modernization Order
  • Vineyard Wind CEO sees both New London and Bridgeport as viable wind hubs

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut PURA Grid Modernization Order
On October 4, 2019, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority) established Docket No. 17-12-03RE06 to investigate the topic of interconnection standards and practices of the Connecticut electric distribution companies (EDCs) and potential ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the EDC’s current interconnection standards, processes, and procedures. 

The Authority originally posted the attached Notice of Solutions Days and Request for Presentations and Information (also here) in Docket No. 17-12-03RE06 on October 31, 2019. Technical meetings will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 9:00 a.m

The Day: “Vineyard Wind CEO sees both New London and Bridgeport as viable wind hubs”

CPES Policy Committee Update: November 5, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • PURA Announces Grid Mod “Solutions Days” for AMI, ZEVs, storage, energy affordability
  • ISO-NE Issues 10-Year Power System Plan for Region
  • Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting December 5, Boston
  • CommonWealth Magazine: Mass. picks lowest-price offshore wind option

CONNECTICUT

PURA Announces Grid Mod “Solutions Days” for AMI, ZEVs, storage, energy affordability
See the following notices for more information and how to participate:

INDUSTRY

ISO-NE Issues 10-Year Power System Plan for Region
ISO New England today issued its 2019 Regional System Plan (RSP), the biennial report that lays the foundation for long-term power-system planning in New England. Read the press release and report.

Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting December 5, Boston
The next meeting of the Consumer Liaison Group (CLG) will be held on December 5 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA. The CLG will be celebrating its tenth anniversary with the theme: What We Learned in Our First Decade and What We Can Expect in the Second.

CommonWealth Magazine: Mass. picks lowest-price offshore wind option