Agenda

Conference Program

Keynote with US DOE

Keynote with State Regulators

Electricity as the Backbone of the Energy Transition – A Technology Perspective

Plenary: Transmission Investment – Needs and Challenges

• What’s needed to transform the US electric power system

• Envisioned investment in transmission

• Drivers for transmission investment

• Key challenges that lie ahead and how to address these

Advancing Offshore Transmission

• Need for an OSW grid infrastructure to meet clean energy goals

• Regulatory, permitting and environmental challenges in building offshore connections

• Innovative solutions for offshore grids

• Economics, adequacy, and reliability of prospective transmission options

Policies and Regulations

• Recent initiatives to promote investment in electricity transmission

• Addressing cost allocation issues

• Transmission planning for integrating renewable energy resources

• Learnings and next steps

RE Developer Perspective

• Transmission-related perspectives of renewable energy developers

• Interconnection issues and solutions they are exploring

• Role of regulation in improving the confidence of developers

Financing Transmission Investment

• Policy and regulatory measures needed to boost investment

• Experience and outlook of financiers

• How to ensure returns in a competitive market- strategies for making projects more bankable and secure

• Competition in transmission and experience so far with competitive bidding

Utility Perspective

• Investment and network development plans of leading utilities

• Priority areas for these utilities for the next few years