Upcoming dates in 2024
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Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
We are pleased to announce 2024 dates for the
New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable!
June 14 • September 20 • December 13
Topics & Speakers TBD
Click HERE to add these dates to your calendar.*
*Please note: adding a hold to your calendar does not register you for the Roundtable. You will still need to order your ticket on Eventbrite once registration opens for each Roundtable.
June 14 • September 20 • December 13, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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Pipelines and Powerlines: The Economics of Massachusetts Utility Companies
FEATURING: State Representative Tommy Vitolo
Increase your understanding of how our energy system works! Join us for an informative presentation on utilities across the Commonwealth by Mark LeBel, Senior Associate at the Regulatory Assistance Project. We’ll demystify the relationships between the utility business model, our energy bills, and our energy infrastructure. Whether you are wondering about the numbers on your energy bill, worried about the climate crisis, or just curious about how these privately owned, publicly regulated monopolies fit into the broader energy landscape, this will be an illuminating overview. Come learn about what’s driving the infrastructure investments shaping our future energy system.
May 14th, 4 pm
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May 14, 2024, 12:00 pm
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ACT School Bus Webinar
MassCEC recently released a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for a third round of the Accelerating Clean Transportation (“ACT”) School Bus Fleet Deployment Program!
The ACT School Bus Fleet Deployment Program aims to further school bus electrification in Massachusetts by providing necessary technical assistance, electrification planning, and additional deployment funding to school districts and school bus fleets. This Program will amplify the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) 2023 Clean School Bus Rebate Program funds and enable successful projects that demonstrate paths to full-fleet electrification.
MassCEC is hosting a webinar on May 14th, 2024 at 12pm ET to review the application and to answer any participant questions. As a reminder, RFPs are due June 24th, 2024 at 4pm ET.
May 14th, 12:00 pm
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May 15, 2024, 12:00-1:00 pm
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From Local to Global: Climate Solutions We Need Now
RMI trustee Martha Brooks will moderate a discussion with RMI’s Habiba Daggash from the Africa Energy Program, Whitney Mann from Climate-Aligned Finance, and Paula Valencia from the Southeast Asia Program. The four will discuss scaling local climate solutions globally and what each of us can do NOW to make the clean energy future a reality sooner than later.
May 15th, 12:00-1:00 pm
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May 15, 2024, 10:00-11:30 am
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Batteries 101, Part 1: An Introduction to Energy Storage and Massachusetts’ Battery Storage Programs and Policies
This CEG/CESA-hosted webinar will discuss battery storage basics, the role of battery energy storage in the Massachusetts decarbonization plan, and how batteries can be used to create more resilient energy systems at utility, residential, and commercial scales.
May 15th, 10:00-11:30 am
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May 21, 2024, 3:00-4:30 pm
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Energy Storage Interconnection: Challenges and Solutions
In this webinar, presented by CESA through the Energy Storage Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP), policy experts will examine the problem and discuss new initiatives designed to address interconnection challenges.
May 21st, 3:00-4:30 pm
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May 23, 2024, 888 First St NE, Washington, DC 20426
The Unfrack FERC Campaign Continues!
We’re escalating actions against FERC throughout the spring! Now is the time to demand that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) stop approving LNG exports terminals and all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Join us for actions in Washington D.C. during FERC’s monthly commissioner meetings:
May 23rd at FERC Headquarters, 888 First St NE, Washington, DC 20426
May 13, June 3, 2024
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Public Comment Listening Sessions
The Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC) will be holding two more Public Comment Sessions, as it reviews the Mass Save® Program Administrators’ draft for the next Three-Year Plan. The purpose of these sessions is for the EEAC to hear from members of the public on issues related to the Massachusetts energy efficiency programs, known as Mass Save.
Public comment on any topic related to the energy efficiency programs and the draft 2025-2027 Three-Year Plan are welcome, but need not be repeated, at each session. Public comments may also be submitted in writing to ma-eec@mass.gov .
Public Comment Session Format:
All listening sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.
Session #2 May 13, 2024, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Meeting Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lRRXI3BDSW2WO0wYhjdyiQ
Session #3 June 3, 2024, 6:00pm-7:30pm
Meeting Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vdLF6trZTa-Cvi6z_QOg_g
Stakeholders who would like to provide public comment are asked to register for only one session, by emailing ma-eeac@mass.gov by 5 pm the day prior to the session they have selected.
Submittal of written public comment via email is also encouraged and will be posted on the EEAC website.
Each person providing public comment will be given 3 minutes to speak, in order to allow time for more to participate. Once everyone who has pre-registered has provided comment, others may have a chance to speak, as time allows.
May 23rd 5pm- 6:30pm
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Site With Love – Transition is certain, justice is not.
ZOOM Webinar: Thursday, May 23 5pm- 6:30pm
The MA Environmental Justice Legislative Table invites you to join us in a vision for justice. All too often we see public policy driven by fear and scarcity- yet as our planet is transformed by climate change, we have the opportunity to move towards justice. This webinar invites allies to connect, to learn and ultimately take action in solidarity with Environmental Justice communities both long-term and short-term for siting justice this legislative session.
The MA Environmental Justice Legislative Table members include GreenRoots, Alternatives for Community & Environment, Coalition for Social Justice, Arise for Social Justice, Groundwork Lawrence, and the North American Indian Center of Boston with allied support from Conservation Law Foundation, Union of Concerned Scientists, Massachusetts Public Health Association, Unitarian Universalist Mass Action, Clean Water Action, MA Climate Action Network, and Environmental League of MA.
To have your organization co-sponsor this event, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/pmjpgxxP4ZxNHmqy9
Monday Apr 29, 2024 ⋅ 5pm – 6:30pm (Eastern Time – New York)
Location
April 30, 2024, 2-3pm
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Battery Storage for Fossil-Fueled Peaker Plant Replacement: A Maine Case Study
UPCOMING WEBINAR
In this CESA webinar, report author Eliasid Animas from Strategen will discuss the methodology and findings of Battery Storage for Fossil-Fueled Peaker Plant Replacement: A Maine Case Study. He will be joined by contributing editor Todd Olinsky-Paul from CESA.
Following the presentation, they will address questions from the audience.
May 3, 2024, 12-1 pm
SUNY Plaza @ State & Broadway, Albany NY
Stop Funding Climate Chaos: Day of Action, Albany
Why are we doing this AGAIN? Because in the year that has passed since the 3.21.23 Day of Action, these mega-banks have invested many more billions of dollars in fossil fuel infrastructure, all while 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years! They are financing an ecological crisis of global proportions which is already having devastating effects on people worldwide. And they are stealing the future from coming generations.
THE PROCESSION
Assemble at SUNY Plaza @ State & Broadway
Walk up State Street to three mega-banks
Chase Bank – 50 State Street
Bank of America – 69 State Street
TD Bank – 125 State Street
Gathering at Academy Park – across from City Hall
May 21, 2024, 3:00-4:30 pm
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Energy Storage Interconnection: Challenges and Solutions
Energy storage projects, like other energy projects, can experience long delays and be assessed high costs when seeking to interconnect with the electricity grid. But unlike other energy projects, energy storage has unique operational attributes that are often not well accounted for in current interconnection processes, and this can lead to storage projects facing undue burdens that may ultimately cause them to become uneconomical. This issue is widely recognized as a significant barrier to states meeting their clean energy and decarbonization goals. In this webinar, policy experts will examine the problem and discuss new initiatives designed to address interconnection challenges.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinars.
May 31, 2024
12:30-1:45pm ET
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Climate Conversations: Community-Driven Relocation
Climate change is driving extreme events that displace communities, increase chronic stress, and exacerbate historical inequalities. While climate-induced disasters have always had the potential to displace people, their rapid escalation is significantly impacting the well-being and mental health of impacted communities. Community-driven relocation puts affected communities at the center of policy, planning, and implementation processes and considers the importance of communities that receive newcomers. Join us for a discussion that dives into the nuances of community-driven relocation, and its implications for community well-being.
The webinar can be found on the Climate Conversations: Community-Driven Relocation webpage on Friday, May 31, 2024 from 12:30 to 1:45pm ET. Closed captioning will be provided. The conversation will include questions from the audience and will be recorded and available to view on the page after the event.
June 17-18, 2024
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2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418
Electricity System Operability and Reliability under Increasing Complexity: A Workshop
Please join the National Academies for a workshop on June 17-18, 2024 in Washington, DC (and online) that will explore how to maintain and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electricity system under increasingly complex operating conditions. This event will bring together leaders from government, industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to consider how to improve the operational integrity of the United States’ electricity grid while incorporating new technologies and distributed elements. Workshop discussions will include research needs, operational standards, regulations, and market incentives.
Meeting Materials
Electricity Complexity Workshop Agenda – Subject to Change (pdf, 275 KB)