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Agenda

This year's symposium is titled, "Powering the Future: 24/7 Clean Electricity, Green Finance, and FERC Order 1920." It will be held both in person and virtually on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 1 to 5:45 p.m. ET. A free, in-person networking session will immediately follow. If you have any questions, please call 802-831-1312 or email alumni@vermontlaw.edu.

Location: Bracewell LLP  |  31 W 52nd Street, Suite 1900, New York, New York
A livestream option will also be available.
 


All times are listed below in Eastern time (ET).

1 p.m. // Welcoming Remarks

Speaker:

  • Rod Smolla
    President, Vermont Law and Graduate School

1:07 p.m. // Reflection on Kevin Jones

Speaker:

  • Mark James
    Interim Director, Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law and Graduate School

1:15 p.m. // Panel One: FERC Order 1920 and Electric Transmission in New York

Moderator:

  • Angela Sicker JD/MERL'19
    Attorney, NYISO

Panelists:

  • Brian Hodgdon
    Senior Attorney, NYISO
  • Dana Lazarus
    Energy Market Policy Director, Con Edison Transmission
  • Matt Lifson
    Attorney, NYU School of Law's Institute for Policy Integrity
  • Abe Silverman
    Assistant Research Scholar, Johns Hopkins University's Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute

2:25 p.m. // Networking Break

2:35 p.m. // Panel Two: Green Finance for the Clean Energy Transition

Moderator:

  • Frederick Morris MERL'19
    Managing Director, KPMG

Panelists:

  • Michael Gergen
    Senior Strategic Advisor and Counsel, Coalition for Green Capital
  • Hannah Hawkins
    Principal, KPMG Washington National Tax
  • David Purcell MELP'13
    Senior Director of Asset Development, Brookfield Renewable

3:45 p.m. // Networking Break

4 p.m. // Panel Three: 24/7 Clean Electricity and How Public and Private Procurement is Changing the Renewable Energy Credit Tracking System

Moderator:

  • Liz Lucente JD/MSEL'07
    Strategic Partnerships Manager – Corporate Responsibility, Target

Panelists:

  • Josh Belcher JD'07
    Clean Energy Transactions Attorney, Holland & Knight
  • David Farnsworth JD'93
    Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project
  • Emmett Smith MERL'17
    Founder and CEO, Northern Power & Light

5:10 p.m. // Keynote Address

Speaker:

  • Katie Schmid
    Deputy Executive Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice

5:40 p.m. // Closing Remarks

5:45 p.m. // In-Person Networking Reception