Pankaj Lal, Director, Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center.
Lora Billings, Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
Jonathan Koppell, President, Montclair State University.
Keynote Address
Tim Sullivan, CEO, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
9:45 AM – 11:00 PM
Session 1: Offshore Wind Economy: Transition and Deployment
Moderator: Jim Ferris, Deputy Director, Division of Clean Energy at New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Presenters:
Jenifer Becker, Managing Director, Wind Institute
Maguette Fall, Offshore Interconnection Manager, Atlantic Shores
Damian Bednarz, Managing Director – Attentive Energy
Joseph Brodie, Technical Director, Meteorologist/Oceanographer, AKRF
Offshore wind is gaining momentum off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. In February 2022, a New York Bight lease auction by BOEM brought in a record-breaking $4.37 billion from six US offshore renewable energy groups. In New Jersey, Governor Murphy expanded the state’s offshore wind goal by nearly 50 percent to 11,000 megawatts (MW) by 2040 and also directed the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to study the feasibility of increasing the target further. This session will explore recent developments in area of Offshore Wind, ongoing projects, perspectives on energy transition, grid interconnection, and supply chain and workforce development.
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Coffee Break & CESAC Poster Session
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Session 2: Greening the Grid: Pathways Towards Grid Modernization
Moderator: Ben Witherell, Chief Economist, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Presenters:
Abe Silverman, General Counsel, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Suzanne Glatz, Director, Strategic Initiatives & Interregional Planning at PJM Interconnection
Kathleen Spees, Principal, The Brattle Group, Washington DC
Michael Kormos, Senior Advisor, Mid-Atlantic Offshore Development (MAOD)
A modern electricity grid plays a critical role in reaching clean energy goals and improving quality of life. Grid modernization includes increasing grid resilience, reliability, security, and flexibility; more importantly, it needs to be affordable, accessible, and sustainable. This session explores pathways towards ‘greening the grid’ including the uptake of clean energy technologies, offshore wind transmission solutions, and improved infrastructure and political mechanisms.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM – 12:35 PM
“Keep our Planet Green” K-12 Artwork Contest
New Jersey is the first in the nation to make climate change education required for all grade school students starting September 2022. We’ve invited K-12 teachers across NJ schools to submit their students’ artwork based on a future based on clean and sustainable energy.
12:35 PM – 12:50 PM
NJ Innovation Ecosystem Judith Sheft, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM
Luncheon Keynote
Keynote Address: Sean Moriarty, Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Keynote Address: President Joseph Fiordaliso, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Session 3: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Development: Pathway to Meet Clean Energy Goals
Presenters:
Kevin Nedza, Decarbonization Manager, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Meghann Smith, Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center
JoAnn Milliken, Director NJ Fuel Cell Coalition
Robert Kettig, Assistant Director, Climate Change Clean Energy and Sustainability, NJDEP
Andrea Lubawy, Senior Engineer Toyota North America
Terrence Small, Microgrid and Hydrogen Leader, GE Power
Larry Barth, Director Corporate Strategy, NJR Clean Energy Ventures
Hydrogen fuel cells are a clean energy efficiency technology which is being explored as a means towards reaching the state’s clean energy goals for both stationary and mobile applications. On March 24, 2022 the governors of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut announced their partnership to propose a regional clean hydrogen hub in consortium with several hydrogen ecosystem supply chain affiliates. This session will discuss the New Jersey Fuel Cell Task Force report developed in partnership with CESAC which discusses the state of the hydrogen fuel cell economy, and their recommendations for integrating hydrogen fuel and fuel cell technology into existing and future policy.
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Session 4: Energy Efficiency Innovation and Access
Moderator: Bob Gordon, Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Presenters:
Stacy Richardson, Deputy Director, Division of Clean Energy, BPU
Kevin Lynch, Director Clean Energy Programs NJEDA
Karen Reif, VP Renewables and Energy Solutions, PSEG
Anne-Marie Peracchio, Managing Director of Marketing and Energy Efficiency, NJNG
Anthony Bevacqua, Climate Change, Clean Energy & Sustainability, NJDEP
Pallavi Madakasira, Vice President, Phase Change Solutions
New Jersey has a robust ecosystem for highly effective efficiency programs. The session will address the potential energy savings from New Jersey’s framework for energy efficiency and peak-demand reduction programs, and how the state can facilitate energy justice. This panel will feature a discussion with state agencies, utilities, and other stakeholders to accelerate energy efficiency programs and investments and the need for creative, innovative, and scalable technology and solutions.
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Coffee Break & CESAC Poster Session
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Session 5: Investors View: Clean Energy and Sustainability
Moderator: Abhay Pande, MD Princeton Capital and Senior Advisor Albright Stonebridge Group
Presenters:
Pankaj Lal, Director Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center
Robert Bernard, Head of Climate Risk Modeling, PwC US
James Hanson, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Energy Transition, Transaction Opinions, Opportune LLP
Saim Ghouse, Associate Director, Moody’s ESG Solutions
Omar Ben Halim, Director, Sustainability, Albright Stonebridge Group
How are global to local investors looking at the landscape ahead for energy and sustainability? In this panel speakers will share their thoughts on opportunities moving forward, climate finance and stakeholder capitalism, technology evolution and analytics needs for investors, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies impacting investments.
Meghann Smith, Assistant Professor, Clean Energy Sustainability Analytics Center & Pankaj Lal, Director, Clean Energy and Sustainability Analytics Center
