NY-AEE - Federal and NYS Government Energy Policy Updates
Tue, May 18
|Zoom
We have two outstanding speakers with real world experience in translating sustainability and renewable energy policies into energy projects, who will share their views on what is happening at the federal, state and city level at this exciting time.
Time & Location
May 18, 2021, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Zoom
About The Event
Shannon Weigel will discuss Promises, Promises: The Many Ways to Accelerate the Energy Transition and Make Net Zero a Reality. Shannon will share how President Biden’s pledge to halve U.S. emissions by 2030 with a "whole of government" approach is playing out in the infrastructure bill and actions at FERC, an agency known for pipelines that now has a central role in decarbonizing the grid. She'll give her outlook on using budget reconciliation to pass climate policies, and what it will take to continue the rapid growth of renewables, energy storage, and transmission critically needed to keep net zero promises.
The next speaker, Adam Cohen, will cover A Policy Potpourri: How a Mixture of Federal, State, and Local Policies Will Make (or Break) New York City’s Fledging Energy Storage Market. Adam will give his view on a handful of small changes to New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act (Local Law…