Northeast Energy Summit 2014

Facing serious resource adequacy issues, and still reeling from last winter’s polar vortex disruption, major changes are coming to Northeastern power and gas markets. Proposals have been made to provide firm gas supply contracts through the ISOs, revamp central capacity markets to provide more incentives for new generation, establish “energy highway” and similar programs, and to radically change the way electricity is procured, distributed and regulated. With these new rules in the works, opportunities will open up for a wide variety of energy market players. How much generation and infrastructure will be built? How will power pricing, market operations and plant valuations be affected? What impacts will demand response (DR), microgrid and energy storage technologies have on the Northeast energy markets? Only those with in-depth knowledge of these radical developments will be able to capitalize on these opportunities.

Infocast’s Northeast Energy Summit 2014 will examine how the extreme weather from the polar vortex impacted gas and power markets, and how the lessons learned are driving changes to market rules and regional policies. It will bring policy-makers together with utility, IPP, gas supply and DR executives to explore the opportunities to solve resource adequacy problems. They will assess how changing gas flows and supplies from the Marcellus will impact Northeastern energy market, the impacts of centralized capacity market changes on project economics and market operations, as well as whether the contemplated market changes will trigger the massive build out needed. These key stakeholders will examine how DR, microgrids and other potential game-changers will affect the demand side of the market, and whether additional transmission assets and inter-market trading will provide relief. Finally, financiers will provide their perspectives on financeability of projects in the Northeast market.

Bringing policy-makers together with utility, IPP, gas supply and DR executives to explore the opportunities to solve resource adequacy problems.

Any industry that would like to market their services or products to this audience may be an exhibitor.

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