Presented by Stantec, E3, and Net Zero Atlantic
As Phase 1 of the Atlantic Canada Grid Integration and Transmission Study concludes, Stantec and E3 will present key findings on their assessment of offshore wind market opportunities, including domestic electricity supply, exports, and green hydrogen opportunities. This phase evaluates pathways to market, identifying capacity targets and assessing federal and provincial policies to establish a baseline model for these opportunities.
Join this webinar to learn more about the Atlantic Canada Grid Integration and Transmission Study, led by Net Zero Atlantic in collaboration with Stantec, E3, and all four Atlantic Canadian provincial governments. The study will continue to refine market pathways, assess offshore wind resource potential, and outline a strategy for integrating offshore wind into Atlantic Canada’s electricity grid.
About the presenters
Liz Mettetal, Director - E3
Dr. Mettetal is an experienced energy economist and Director at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc (E3), where she leads projects in E3’s Integrated System Planning practice. At E3, Dr. Mettetal has led and managed several studies assessing long-term pathways, costs, reliability, and feasibility of achieving electric sector decarbonization using a range of electric sector models, including capacity expansion, production simulation, and loss-of-load probability models. This work enables utilities, states, regulators, and other energy industry stakeholders to make informed decisions related to investments in clean energy and electric sector reliability in futures with higher levels of renewable energy. Dr. Mettetal's work includes several studies throughout the Northeast U.S. and Atlantic Provinces, including serving as lead author of E3’s study evaluating electric sector reliability under futures consistent with New England achieving Net Zero GHG emissions, as well as work on decarbonization studies in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Dr. Mettetal has performed electricity sector studies on many diverse topics, including electrification, energy storage, the role of natural gas, offshore wind, transmission, large loads, clean energy accounting frameworks, and hydrogen. Dr. Mettetal holds a PhD from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Charlie Hogarth, Principal Advisor, Manager, Policy and Regulatory - Stantec
With 12 years in energy development and operational risk analysis, Charlie has experience in advising project developers and energy clients who are navigating the policy and regulatory frameworks that influence investment decisions and project viability. His advising engagements include working with renewable project developers, regulators, system operators, municipalities, distribution and transmission utilities, and infrastructure owners in the energy and utility industries. To compliment his energy development experience, Charlie has led and executed operational risk and process audits for utilities and governments across North America to identify how the actions supporting the energy transition can create both risk and opportunity at the enterprise level for participants in the industry. Charlie's primary goals with clients is to determine which appropriate institutional level actions can his clients realize their strategic objectives and goals.
Ericka Wicks, Regional Sector Leader, Energy Transition and Renewable Energy-Canada East - Stantec
Ericka is a Regional Sector Leader for Energy Transition and Renewable Energy for Stantec. With 15 years of experience in the sustainability and energy sector for and with the public and private organizations, her expertise includes business development, program and project development and management, sourcing funding and financing, and environmental sustainability and energy expertise. She has experience working across disciplines, sectors, and silos, and is a transdisciplinary thinker with an understanding of systems-level interconnections. Ericka has helped develop energy management and sustainability opportunities for the governmental (local, Indigenous, provincial, territorial, and federal), industrial, energy utility, agriculture, aquaculture, and non-profit sectors. She is a passionate collaborator, helping to make organizations more impactful, balanced, and efficient by finding and building upon commonalities and desired outcomes.
Support for this webinar
The Atlantic Canada Grid Integration and Transmission Study is supported by funding from the Energy Innovation Program, Office of Energy Research and Development, Natural Resources Canada.