Keynote: Enabling Regional Collaboration: A Three-State Understanding

November 19, 2025
Grand Ballroom A&B
Keynote , Grid Modernization , Policy and Regulation , Reliability and Resilience , Strategy and Workforce , Advanced Operations , Asset Management

From newly enabled transmission projects to the integration of renewables, a significant transformation of the grid is taking place across the Northeast. However, these changes are being realized in different ways in specific states. How are leaders in Maine, New York and Massachusetts taking different approaches to everything from offshore wind integration to rural grid modernization to transmission planning? How do distinct geographies and economies compel these states to plan differently? What does it take to enable regional collaboration that create "win-win" scenarios? A panel of industry experts will explore these answers and more to outline what it means to move the industry forward through aligned, regional strategies.

Speakers
Carolyn Gilbert
Carolyn Gilbert, Commissioner - Maine Public Utilities Commission
Jessica Waldorf
Jessica Waldorf, Chief of Staff & Director of Policy Implementation - New York State Department of Public Service