Thursday, June 21, 2018
1:00 – 5:00 PM
Boston Bar | 16 Beacon Street
The energy sector is rapidly changing, bringing about complex legal and regulatory challenges, along with emerging opportunities. This June, the Boston Bar Association will host its first Energy Conference—connecting lawyers with cutting edge insights into some of the changes that will shape the future of this industry.
Panelists will cover environmental regulatory developments affecting the energy sector, where the industry is headed and how you should advise your clients accordingly, and practical issues facing those siting an energy facility.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Secretary Matthew A. Beaton
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Secretary Matthew A. Beaton oversees the Commonwealth’s six environmental, natural resource and energy regulatory agencies, which include the Departments of Environmental Protection, Public Utilities, Energy Resources, Conservation & Recreation, Agricultural Resources, and Fish & Game. Secretary Beaton also serves as Chairman of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the Energy Facilities Siting Board, and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Laura Bickel
National Grid
John DeTore
Greenberg Traurig
Noah Ehrenpreis
Ares Management
Richard Filosa
Morgan Lewis
Seth Jaffe
Foley Hoag LLP
Nancy Kaplan
Eversource
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Hear from in-house counsel from the Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA), alongside in-house counsel from Eversource and National Grid and Partner at Keegan Werlin on recent development and construction challenges facing practitioners siting an energy facility.
Nancy Kaplan (Moderator)
Senior Counsel, Eversource Energy
Deirdre Buckley
Director, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA)
Erika J. Hafner
Partner, Keegan Werlin LLP
Wendy Levine
Assistant General Counsel, Environmental Permitting, National Grid
A moderated discussion on the topic of energy storage and its impacts on the fate of the energy markets.
Kenneth Kulak (Moderator)
Partner, Morgan Lewis
Mitchell Carroll
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, National Grid
Herb Magid
Partner, Head of Ares EIF, Ares Management LLC
Sarah Colao Wallach
Chief Operating Officer, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
This panel will look at what’s been accomplished under the GWSA and what MassDEP and other agencies have in mind going forward to ensure that the Commonwealth meets its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. Marty Suuberg, MassDEP Commissioner, will present the Commonwealth’s views on how we’re doing and where we are headed. John DeTore, Partner at Greenberg Traurig, will present a private sector perspective on the Commonwealth’s implementation of the GWSA and Eric Wilkinson, General Counsel and Director of Energy Policy at the Environmental League of Massachusetts, will provide an NGO perspective.
Seth Jaffe (Moderator)
Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
John DeTore
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Martin Suuberg
Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Eric Wilkinson
General Counsel and Director of Energy Policy at the Environmental League of Massachusetts
CONFERENCE PRICING
BOSTON BAR MEMBERS
Boston Bar Members – $325.00
Govt Lawyer Members – $200.00
To reserve your seat, click REGISTER, then LOGIN to
your Boston Bar member account.
NON MEMBERS
Non-Member Guests – $425.00
To reserve your seat, click REGISTER, then Login to Attend to create a
New User account -or- contact
Rachel Andreas: 617.778.1904 | randreas@bostonbar.org.
EXCLUSIVE OFFER:
Boston Bar Membership + Conference Offer – $575
Not a Boston Bar member? No problem. If you’re a practicing lawyer or a law student in the Boston area and you’d like to join the Boston Bar to receive all the advantages of membership for 16 months, you can register to attend the Energy Conference as a member.
To take advantage of the Membership + Conference offer, contact
Tara Trask: 617.778.1984 | ttrask@bostonbar.org.
If the cost of this seminar would preclude you from attending, please contact mdemoura@bostonbar.org about tuition discounts.