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THREE NEW CPES BOARD MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
Connecticut Power and Energy Society Strengthens Its Board in Anticipation of
Continued Growth to the Organization
Hartford, CT (June 5, 2018) Connecticut Power and Energy Society (CPES) welcomes new Board Members Kate Boucher (Locke Lord LLP), Graham Coates (Holland & Knight LLP), and Alex Judd (Day Pitney LLP) to join the rapidly growing organization. This announcement comes during the joint CPES / NECA 25th Annual New England Energy Conference and Exposition (#NEECE18) being held June 4-5th at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
“We are very pleased to welcome Kate, Graham, and Alex to the CPES Board of Directors,” said CPES President Eric Johnson of ISO New England. “These three individuals have already distinguished themselves by their engagement and leadership on the CPES Policy Committee and among the Society’s growing ranks of New Energy Professionals. We look forward to their insights and continued involvement in helping to further the Society’s mission of generating information, sharing ideas and educating Connecticut on energy issues.”
Kate Boucher is an associate in the Hartford office of Locke Lord LLP where she concentrates her practice on energy and telecommunications law. Previously with Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, she brings a solid energy and environmental policy background to her practice. Kate counsels clients on policy, regulatory, legislative, compliance, siting, environmental and transactional issues and appears before various state commissions on energy and communications matters. She helps clients minimize risk while addressing their regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional needs. MORE
Graham Coates is an energy, public utility and environmental attorney at Holland & Knight LLP. He advises clients on wholesale and retail energy market issues, energy transactional matters, renewable and fossil-fired power development and utility rate matters. Graham routinely represents merchant generators, renewable energy developers, investment banks, private equity funds, quasi-public agencies, retail electric suppliers, public utilities and municipalities. As part of his practice, Graham advises clients in the financing, purchase and sale of energy assets. He also counsels on siting, permitting and regulatory approvals for traditional fossil-fired generation facilities, combined heat and power facilities, microgrids and various forms of renewable generation technologies. MORE
Alex Judd counsels energy clients on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters at Day Pitney LLP. That counsel includes assisting energy clients with the development and financing of renewable power and fossil fuel facilities. He works with competitive electricity suppliers, utilities, energy project developers and investors. He appears frequently before the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA). He also monitors regulatory developments in the energy and utilities field throughout New England. MORE
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