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Guest Host: APA Northern New England Chapter
The session focuses on the work done by ISO New England, the non-profit entity in charge of managing the power grid, the wholesale electricity markets and long-term transmission grid planning for New England, including the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. AICP members will gain a practitioner-level understanding of how ISO-NE plans for a reliable, regionwide electric system and how those planning functions intersect with land-use and community planning in the six New England states. The session will explain ISO New England’s three core roles and show how long-range transmission planning, load forecasting, resource adequacy, and stakeholder processes such as the Regional System Plan inform infrastructure investment and system resilience. Participants will learn how electricity reliability, cost, and the clean-energy transition intersect with local and regional planning decisions related to development patterns, housing, transportation, economic competitiveness, environmental goals, and equitable community outcomes. By the end of the session, planners will be better prepared to incorporate energy-system considerations into comprehensive planning, infrastructure coordination, and policy discussions, recognizing that energy is intrinsic to the economic, equity, and environmental issues they address every day.

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