Members of the media are invited to cover NJBIA’s 6^th Annual Energy & Environmental Policy Conference on Oct. 27-28, New Jersey’s largest and most substantive of its kind, focusing on current and future energy and environment issues for the state.

The two-day conference, held at Delta Hotels Woodbridge, will feature keynote speeches from Gov. Mikie Sherrill, NJBPU President Ben Hertz-Shargel, NJDEP Commissioner Ed Potosnak and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Region 2 Administrator Mike Martucci, among many others.

Overall, more than 50 speakers and panelists, including six NJBIA award winners, will be on hand to discuss critical issues shaping New Jersey’s energy and environmental policy, including costs, resiliency, New Jersey’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and all forms of energy.

“There is a discussion for everyone here, presented by some of the leading subject matter experts in the state and in the nation,” said NJBIA Deputy Chief Government Affairs Officer Ray Cantor.

Media interested in covering either day or both days of this event can RSVP with NJBIA Chief Communications and Media Officer Bob Considine at bconsidine@njbia.org.    

The full, two-day agenda, with speakers and topics, can be found here.

The list of speakers and presenters includes:

• Gov. Mikie Sherrill
• Michele Siekerka, NJBIA President and CEO
• Liam Baker, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Alpha Generation
• Jeff Barron, Senior Economic Advisor, American Petroleum Institute
• Ray Cantor, NJBIA Deputy Chief Government Affairs Officer
• Dr. Zenon Christodoulou, Commissioner, NJ Board of Public Utilities
• Bradley Crowell, Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Chris Daggett, Board Chair, New Jersey Civic Information Consortium
• Michael Davin, Senior Director, Energy and Resources Policy, National Association of Manufacturers
• Gene Diaz, Principal, Prism Capital Partners
• Colin Emerle, Esq., Senior Counsel, Office of Gov. Sherrill
• Daniel Farino, Partner, Environmental Law at Archer & Greiner, P.C.
• Erick Ford, President, New Jersey Energy Policy Coalition
• Rebecca Moll Freed, Esq., Member, CSG Law
• Kate Gibbs, Deputy Director, ELEC 825
• Steve Goldenberg, Shareholder, Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
• Asim Haque, Senior Vice President - Governmental and Member Services, PJM Interconnection
• Dennis Hart, Executive Director, Chemistry Council of New Jersey
• Andrew Hendry, Regional President and Vice President Governmental & External Affairs, Atlantic City Electric
• Ben Hertz-Shargel, President, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
• Donald “Blue” Jenkins, President & CEO South Jersey Industries
• Ari Kahan, Director for the Office of Integrated Products, U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Dan Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, CREDA NJ
• Jeff Kowlakowski, Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Builders Association
• Dan Lapato, Vice President, Planning, American Gas Association
• Ralph LaRossa, Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSEG
• Jason Lemme, Managing Director, Hartree Partners
• Bob Martin, Managing Director, Christie 55 Solutions LLC
• Mike Martucci, Region 2 Administrator, EPA
• Richard Mroz, Esq., Senior Director-Strategy & Regulatory Affairs, Archer Public Affairs
• Pat O’Brien, Director, Government Affairs and Communications, Holtec International
• Robert Pohlman, Vice President, NJR Clean Energy Ventures, NJR Energy Services
• Ed Potosnak, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• Grace Strom Power, Esq., General Counsel & EVP of Government Affairs, Solar Landscape
• Rob Rains, Director of Policy Research, Energy Analyst, Washington Analysis
• Lyle Rawlings, PE, President and CEO, Owner, Advanced Solar Products
• Mike Rombach, Vice President, General Manager, NRG Energy
• Tom Rumsey. EVP, Sustainability & External Affairs, Competitive Power Ventures
• Mark Schottinger, President & Chief Legal Officer, Solar Landscape
• Joseph Seebode, Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• David Skillman, Partner, K&L Gates
• Nick Stalnecker, State & Local Government Affairs, U.S. Northeast, The Williams Companies, Inc.
• Stephen Sweeney, Former New Jersey Senate President
• John Valeri, Practice Group Leader, Environmental Law, CSG Law
• Neil Yoskin, Of Counsel, Cullen and Dykman LLP