NECEC/AEG Clean Transportation Summit

NECEC/AEG Northeast Regional Alignment Summit On Transportation and Mobility

Hosted by ConEd

Location: ConEd, 4 Irving Place, NYC

Post Event Networking: The Penny Farthing, 103 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003

Date: Monday, December 5, 2022, 12:00pm-5:30pm ET (with networking till 7pm)

Sponsored by: NYSERDA, National Grid, ConEd, Rasky Partners and Hydro-Québec

The transportation sector accounts for 42% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeast U.S., making it the single largest contributor to the region’s carbon footprint. While cleaning up the transportation sector is a priority for states in the Northeast, it will require a massive amount of new infrastructure deployment and extensive retrofits to existing infrastructure in order to transform it. NECEC and AEG will convene leaders from the public and private sectors across the Northeast to share lessons learned, pain points and successes to build consensus on how we can wrap our arms around the enormous task of building a clean transportation sector. In particular we will look at the recent plans made by all states for public EV charging stations on Interstate highways and what infrastructure (charging and other technologies) is needed for both public and private entities and heavy duty electric truck fleets.

We also will delve into the community level perspective to assess how well regional plans address local needs and how to ensure this mass transition is done equitably.

Agenda

12:00pm – Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Welcome and introductions from NECEC President Joe Curtatone and AEG CEO H.G. Chissell

1:09 p.m. – Welcoming remarks from Patrick McHugh, SVP Electric Operations at ConEd

1:10 p.m. – Keynote from NYSERDA Vice President for Distributed Energy Resources David Sandbank

1:20 p.m. – Keynote from National Grid Vice President of Clean Energy Development – New York Bart Franey

1:30 p.m. – Regional Roundtable Panel discussing main issues and case studies in the Northeast to advance Interstate highway charging, featuring:

• Moderator: Jeremy McDiarmid, Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs, NECEC
• John Bivona, SVP, Rasky Partners
• Pamela Cotter, Administrator of Planning (Acting.), RI DOT
• Bill Ehrlich, Senior Policy Advisor, Tesla
• Daniel Gatti, Director of Clean Transportation Policy ,MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
• Zeryai Hagos, Deputy Director Office of Markets and Innovation, NY Dept. of Public Service
• Chris King, SVP E-Mobility, Siemens
• Emily Pysh, Director of Sustainability and Resilience Unit, CT DOT
• Diego Quevedo, Utilities Lead, Daimler Trucks North America
• Shailesh Sahay, Partner Elect, Foley Hoag
• Amalia Siegel, Program Manager, Efficiency Maine
• Lynn Weiskopf, Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Performance, NY DOT
• Brian Wilkie, Director of Transportation Electrification, National Grid
• Steve Woelfel, Deputy Executive Director of Planning, MA DOT

3:00 p.m. – AEG taskforce update on NYC fleets from CEO H.G. Chissell

3:15 p.m. – Second Panel: What are the barriers and opportunities to electrify Medium and Heavy duty fleets from both the public and private sector whilst developing resiliency and equity, featuring:

• Moderator: Alistair Pim, Vice President for Innovation & Partnerships, NECEC
• Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer, NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services
• Pamela MacDougall, Director of Grid Modernization and EV Infrastructure at EDF
• Brad Rawson, Director Mobility Division, City of Somerville, MA
• Raghushima Sudhakara, Director of e-Mobility, ConEd
• Hart Uhl, Charging Operations Manager, Revel

4:15 p.m. – Peter Olmsted, Director of Public Policy, FreeWite Technologies

4:20 p.m. – Breakout session

5:05 p.m. – Report back and Wrap up

5:30 p.m. – Networking at the Penny Farthing, 103 3rd Ave, New York, NY 1000

7:00 p.m. – End