Introduction
NECPUC has created a 12-month working group to explore issues related to how measures such as retail demand response and load flexibility can serve as resources to address our region’s challenges related to winter energy adequacy and peak demand growth.
To date, most of the discussion on how to address these challenges has been focused on the supply side, e.g., development of new generation resources, construction of new transmission, etc. While these supply side measures are critical to address, the opportunities presented by demand side solutions have been the subject of relatively little discussion. Given that these solutions are generally crafted as retail programs overseen by state regulators, and given the regional nature of the challenges at hand, a NECPUC working group is well-suited to explore both retail program design as well as how individual retail programs may interact with wholesale markets. Please note that this is an informational working group only; NECPUC has no independent regulatory authority.
Chairing the working group is Maine PUC Chairman Phil Bartlett. Additional commissioners participating are (in alphabetical order): Commissioner Riley Allen (Vermont PUC), Commissioner Abigail Anthony (Rhode Island PUC), Commissioner Pradip Chattopadhyay (New Hampshire PUC), Chairman Ron Gerwatowski (Rhode Island PUC), Commissioner Carrie Gilbert (Maine PUC), Chairman Marissa Paslick Gillett (Connecticut PURA), Commissioner Carleton Simpson (New Hampshire PUC), and Chair Jamie Van Nostrand (Massachusetts DPU). Commission staff are also taking part. Stakeholders and members of the public will have opportunities to contribute to the working group’s activities over the course of the year.
Working group information and updates, including announcements for future meetings, will be posted on this page and also distributed to the working group email list. If you would like to join that email list, please send a request to info@necpuc.org.
Meeting Materials
February 29, 2024
Video recording of the meeting
Presentation from Stephen George, Director, Operational Performance, Training & Integration ISO-NE
Presentation from Dan Schwarting, Manager, Transmission Planning, ISO-NE
March 29, 2024
Video recording of the meeting (note: recording started 25 minutes after meeting began)
Presentation from Hantz Presume’, Director of Transmission Planning, VELCO
Presentation from Bob Manning and Rob Whelan, Avangrid Networks
Presentation from Josh Tom, National Grid