Summertime summits: ISO-NE staff share expertise at July events

Collaboration, expertise, and innovation are three of ISO New England’s core values. Staff embody these values by presenting their work at electricity industry conferences and events around the region, the country, and the world. Here’s a selection of their July speaking engagements. 

Two ISO-NE executives took part in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Summer Policy Summit in Boston on July 27 and 28. President and CEO Gordon van Welie joined a panel discussion titled “Power Struggles: Unpacking the Challenges Facing the Regional Transmission Organizations.” Anne George, vice president, chief external affairs and communications officer, was part of a roundtable on demand growth.

George also gave a virtual presentation on regional transmission organization governance to the Illinois Commerce Commission on July 2.

External Affairs

Eric Johnson, executive director, External Affairs, and Ruben Flores-Marzan, policy advisor, Environmental & Community Affairs, gave a virtual presentation to the Connecticut Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Council on July 16. Johnson also took part in a webinar on transmission planning and interconnection presented by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs on July 17.

Sarah Adams, senior state policy advisor, External Affairs, provided an ISO-NE overview during the quarterly meeting of the Vermont System Planning Committee in Stowe on July 16.

Melissa Winne, senior state policy advisor, External Affairs, provided an ISO-NE overview during a virtual meeting of the Maine Governor’s Energy Office on July 29. It was the first meeting of a stakeholder group to inform a study of future transmission infrastructure needs in the state.