2026 Renewable Energy Conference
WHEN: Wednesday, March 18 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
WHERE: Joyce Cummings Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA
The renewable transition is entering its “delivery” era: interconnection queues, procurement timelines, and siting constraints are shaping outcomes as much as ambition. This event spotlights what it takes to get projects built while protecting customers and maintaining reliability. You’ll hear concrete perspectives on rate design, storage policy, emerging resources, and forecasting the loads and grid needs that are changing faster than anyone predicted.
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE: Dan Burgess, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Energy Resources
CONFIRMED PANEL SPEAKERS:
PANEL I: Renewables, Rates and Reality – Building a Least-Cost Grid
Moderator: Danielle Powers, CEO, Concentric Energy Advisors
Claire Coleman, Consumer Counsel, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel
Philip L. Bartlett II, Chair, Maine Public Utilities Commission
Destenie Nock, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Dan Roberts, Director, Frontier Economics
PANEL II: State Leadership in the Deployment of Renewables in an Evolving Environment
Moderator: Bob Grace, President, Sustainable Energy Advantage LLC
Rebecca Behrens, Director, Policy and Market Development, Flatiron Energy
Sarah Bresolin, VP, Government & Regulatory Affairs, ENGIE North America
Tim Snyder, VP, Public Policy & Government Affairs, The Alliance for Climate Transition (ACT)
PANEL III: New Kids on the Block – From Buzz to Bankability
Moderator: Meg Howard, Senior Program Director, MassCEC
Maryette Haggerty Perrault, Senior Policy Manager, Bloom Energy
Pat O’Brien, Director, Government Affairs and Communications, Holtec International
Theodore Paradise, Chief Policy and Grid Strategy Officer, CTC Global
PANEL IV: The Grid We’re Becoming
Moderator: Hannes Pfeifenberger, Principal, The Brattle Group
Christian Bilcheck, Principal, Breakthrough Innovations, LLC
Jeremy McDiarmid, Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
Cal Brown, Senior Policy Analyst, Sustainable Energy Advantage
Carissa Sedlacek, Director of Transmission Interconnections and Solutions, Eversource Energy
PREMIER SPONSORS: Freedom Energy Logistics | Klavens Law Group | Michaud Law Group | Rath Young Pignatelli | Robinson+Cole | StoneTurn | Sustainable Energy Advantage
CORPORATE SPONSORS: Foley Hoag LLP | London Economics International | Power Advisory LLC | TRC Companies
MEDIA PARTNER: RTO Insider
Click HERE to learn how to become a sponsor.
COST*:
NECA Members $425 | Non-members $475 | Government, Non-Profit & Young Professionals** $150 | Students*** $75
* Prices will increase by $25 on March 11.
** Working in the energy industry less than five years
*** Full-time students only
NEARBY HOTELS:
Fairfield by Marriott, Medford
Homewood Suites by Hilton, Boston/Cambridge-Arlington
