Description

During the 2024 New Hampshire Energy Symposium expert panelists will dive into important updates on regulatory and policy changes in New Hampshire. As we look towards the future, the grid in New Hampshire will require modernization and stability improvements to lower energy costs utilizing an "all-of-the-above" approach to developing new energy sources.

This year's agenda

8:30 am – Registration & Breakfast

9:00 am – Welcome & Opening Remarks
Michael Skelton, President & CEO, Business & Industry Association

9:15 am – 10:00 am
State of Energy in New Hampshire: What’s working & new opportunities
Moderator: Michael Skelton, BIA
Chris Ellms, NH Department of Energy
Jim Andrews, Granite Shore Power
Michael Davey, Energy Efficient Investments

10:00 am – 10:45 am
Siting Reform & Prospects for the Buildout of New Energy Facilities
Moderator: Marc Brown, Consumer Energy Alliance
Barry Needleman, McLane Middleton
Tom Getz, McLane Middleton

10:45 am – 11:00 am
Morning Refreshment Break & Networking

11:00 am – 11:45 am
The Business Perspective on Net Metering in New Hampshire
Moderator: Sam Evans-Brown, Clean Energy NH
Jonathan LaPointe, Associated Grocers of New England
John Morison, Hitchiner 

11:45 am – 12:30 pm
Innovation at UNH: Thermal Energy Storage Project Update
Kailash Viswanathan, Consigli Construction
Adam Kohler, UNH

12:30pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch, Networking & Closing remarks
Michael Skelton, BIA