Massachusetts Symposium on Regulatory Frameworks for Distributed Generation

January 26, 2004

The Symposium on Regulatory Frameworks was held by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in coordination with Distributed Generation Collaborative participants.  Its intent was to spark discussion of the incentives and levers that act as the basis for different DG regulatory frameworks.

An initial presentation was made by Stan Blazewicz of Navigant Consulting on the benefits and costs of distributed generation from customer, utility, and general perspectives, the levers and incentives that could impact distributed generation development, and, finally, four regulatory models that use different combinations of these levers to create different outcomes. Following this presentation, five stakeholders representing utility, DG systems provider, environmental, consumer, and low-income persepectives discussed the frameworks and offered recommendations on the models.

The symposium closed with an extended question and answer session, where members of the audience and stakeholder panel discussed the frameworks and other issues that will impact the development of distributed generation. 

Agenda	Symposium Agenda (PDF)
Attendees	Attendee List (PDF)
Presentations/Materials MTC Introduction (PDF) Establishing the symposium's purpose and focus Potential Regulatory Incentives & Frameworks (PDF) presented by Stan Blazewicz of Navigant Consulting (under contract to MTC to support the DG Collaborative) Stakeholder Perspective: Utility (PDF) presented by Tim Roughan of Massachusetts Electric Company Stakeholder Perspective: DG Systems Provider (PDF) presented by Sean Casten of Turbosteam, Inc. and the Northeast Combined Heat and Power Initiative Stakeholder Perspective: Environmental (PDF) presented by Seth Kaplan of Conservation Law Foundation Stakeholder Perspective: Consumer (PDF) presented by Leslie Grossman of Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance Stakeholder Perspective: Low-Income [PowerPoint slides not used] resented by Jerry Oppenheim