About Us
The Healey-Driscoll Administration created the Federal and Regional Energy Affairs (FREA) office within EEA to advance the Commonwealth’s clean energy transition through collaboration with state, regional, and federal partners.
- Jason Marshall, Deputy Secretary and Special Counsel for Federal and Regional Energy Affairs
- Mary Louise “Weezie” Nuara, Assistant Secretary for Federal and Regional Energy Affairs
Press Releases
- New England States Seek Federal Funding for Significant Investments in Transmission and Energy Storage Infrastructure (April 17, 2024)
- New England States Issue Invitational Call for Innovative Project Design Concepts to Enhance Grid Resilience and Reliability (September 25, 2023)
- Healey-Driscoll Administration Leads Multi-State Request for Federal Support to Establish Interregional Transmission Planning Collaborative (June 16, 2023)
- Healey-Driscoll Administration to Compete for up to $250 Million in Federal Grants for Clean Energy Infrastructure (May 22, 2023)
- Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces New Positions to Promote the Commonwealth’s Energy Priorities with Regional and Federal Partners (February 27, 2023)
Documents
- Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission Letter to Joint ISO/RTO Planning Committee on Loss of Source Limit Study (March 11, 2024)
- ISO New England Response to EEA Deputy Secretary Marshall Letter Regarding Order No. 2023 Compliance and Affected System Operator (ASO) Studies (January 31, 2024)
- Multi-State Comments to Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on the Definition of Energy Property and the Rules Applicable to the Energy Credit (January 22, 2024)
- EEA Deputy Secretary Marshall’s Letter to ISO New England and New England Transmission Owners on Order No. 2023 Compliance and Affected System Operator (ASO) Studies (January 18, 2024)
- EEA Secretary Tepper’s Letter to the White House on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Community Bonus Credit for Offshore Wind (December 11, 2023)
- NESCOE Feedback on the Draft 2050 Transmission Study and Request to Prepare for an Actionable Path Forward (December 1, 2023)
- Offshore Wind Procuring States’ Comments to the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Energy Community Bonus Credit for Offshore Wind (September 27, 2023)
- Multi-State Governors’ Letter to President Biden Requesting Federal Support for Offshore Wind (September 13, 2023)
- Multi-State Letter to ISO New England Requesting the Creation of Environmental Justice Position (August 1, 2023)
- Update on Multi-State Transmission Activities: Transmission Investments at Center Stage in Efforts to Integrate Clean Energy Cost-Effectively and Enhance System Reliability (June 22, 2023)
- Letter to U.S. Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office Director Maria Robinson on Formation of Interregional Transmission Planning Collaborative (June 16, 2023)
- Clean Energy Markets Report, pursuant to Section 85 of An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind (May 24, 2023)
Working Groups
Events
- Pop-Up Forum on Grid Enhancing Technologies – July 24, 2023
- About: An opportunity for the public and other energy stakeholders to learn from experts about innovative technologies that can transform and optimize our power grid and how New England can chart a path to deploying these new tools in system planning and operations.
- Speakers:
- Katie Siegner, Manager, Carbon-Free Electricity Practice, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Julia Selker, Executive Director, WATT Coalition
- Terron Hill, Director, Clean Energy Development, National Grid
- David Quier, Vice President of Transmission & Substations, PPL Electric Utilities
- T. Bruce Tsuchida, Principal, The Brattle Group
- Brent Oberlin, Director of Transmission Planning, ISO New England
- Moderators:
- Jason Marshall, Deputy Secretary, Federal and Regional Energy Affairs, MA EOEEA
- Weezie Nuara, Assistant Secretary, Federal and Regional Energy Affairs, MA EOEEA
- Recording
Video: Pop-Up Forum Recording – July 24, 2023
Skip this video Pop-Up Forum Recording – July 24, 2023.Presenters | Presentations |
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Terron Hill | National Grid |
Brent Oberlin | ISO New England |
David Quier | PPL Electric Utilities |
Julia Selker | WATT Coalition |
Katie Siegner | Rocky Mountain Institute |
T. Bruce Tsuchida | The Brattle Group |