On December 7th, APPA will hold a congressional staff briefing on "The Electricity Market in the ISO New England Region," as part of its series on regional electricity markets. The panelists will include Sharon Staz from Kennebunk Light & Power District, Bill Gallagher on behalf of the Vermont Public Power Supply System (VPPSS), Glenn Steiger from the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) and Brian Forshaw for the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (CMEEC). APPA's Sue Kelly will also give a brief overview of the restructured electricity markets across the country, while individual Panelists will explain the difficult issues affecting New England as it moves to forward capacity energy markets (FCM). The New England briefing is a fourth in a series of Congressional briefings, being organized under the auspices of APPA's "Electric Market Reform Initiative" (EMRI) that is seeking to highlight the problems facing RTO markets across the country. Previous sessions addressed RTO accountability and other concerns of consumer-owned utilities in the CAISO, PJM and MISO regions. The final APPA briefing, covering the Southeastern electricity markets, will be held later the same day.
In addition, ISO-NE has schedule to congressional briefing on Wednesday, December 6th with the New England congressional delegation to discuss the winter energy outlook and other energy issues.