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, the Policy Committee, or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we would welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

• DEEP Staffing Changes Announced 
• Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting September 5, Portland
• N.Y. boosts Eversource joint wind venture

CONNECTICUT

DEEP Staffing Changes Announced 
Commissioner Dykes announced new staffing in the Commissioner’s Office and other leadership positions in DEEP’s Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy, they are as follows:

• ​​Lee Sawyer will assume the role of Chief of Staff
• Vicki Hackett will serve as Deputy Commissioner of Energy
• Mary Sotos will serve as Senior Policy Adviser for Energy
• Michael Li recently assumed the role of Bureau Chief for DEEP’s Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy. Michael comes to DEEP from Washington DC, where he’s served as a senior policy advisor and the acting chief of staff for energy efficiency in the Office Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 

INDUSTRY

Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting September 5, Portland
The next meeting of the Consumer Liaison Group (CLG) will be held on September 5 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Portland, Maine. The topic will be, “The Role of Carbon in State and Regional Energy Planning.”

Hartford Business Journal: N.Y. boosts Eversource joint wind venture