Restructuring Roundtable 100th Anniversary Gala Event
With
close to 300 participants in attendance, great speakers and excellent
food, the 100th Restructuring Roundtable Gala was a resounding success!
Our cutting edge morning panel of speakers - Paul
Joskow of MIT, Bill Hogan of Harvard, Sue Tierney of Analysis Group,
Richard Rosen of Tellus Institute, and Rick Sergel of FERC - delivered 
stimulating
and provocative presentations, and responded to thoughtful and probing
questions from members of the audience.
Participants
enjoyed a delicious lunch before reconvening to hear Massachusetts
Secretary of Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles deliver the keynote address,
Massachusetts’ New Directions in
Energy Policy. Secretary
Bowles used the occasion to announce state environmental approval of Cape
Wind’s proposed wind energy project in Nantucket Sound.
“This
is an exciting time for people who care about energy – people like you
and me,” said Secretary Bowles. “Massachusetts
can get in at the ground floor of the clean energy future we all know is
coming. Let’s embrace it
and capitalize on it.”
In
the afternoon Dr. Jonathan Raab presented Department of Energy Resources
Commissioner David O’Connor with an award for his stewardship and
service to the Restructuring Roundtable forum over the past decade.
The Commissioner, although thoroughly surprised by the award,
nonetheless delivered a gracious and substantive impromptu acceptance
speech. Mary Beth Gentleman,
a partner at Foley Hoag, the long time sponsoring host of the
Restructuring Roundtable, then presented Dr. Raab with his own award for
coordinating and moderating the Roundtable since its inception. Ms. Gentlemen referred in particular to Dr. Raab’s uncanny and
prodigious knack for finding just the right combination of presenters at
each Roundtable to keep things lively and interesting.
Speakers
in the afternoon panel - Gordon van Welie of ISO-New England, Commissioner
David O’Connor of DOER, Cheryl LaFleur of National Grid, Jerry Oppenheim
of Democracy and Regulation, Bruce McLeish of Constellation NewEnergy,
Steve Cowell of CSG, Peter Fuller of Mirant Energy Trading, and Mary Beth
Gentleman of Foley Hoag – discussed their visions for the future of
electricity restructuring in New England and then opened the floor for the
usual high caliber questions from observers.
To
view a slide show of the Gala, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jraab2222/100thRestructuringRoundtable
To
access documents from the event, including the agenda, list of registrants
and various presentations, click here: http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp?sel=79
To
hear a few minutes of Dr. Raab’s introductory remarks, click one of the
following:
(wma)
-or- 
(mp3)
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To
order a CD of all the 100th Roundtable presentations
and discussions,
please send $100 to:
Raab
Associates, Ltd
12 Farnsworth St., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Please be sure
to include your mailing address and contact information and we will
send you a CD of the event. |
