The Future Grid from a Municipal Lens & New Customer Connections Workshop

The Future Grid from a Municipal Lens

The Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC) is hosting its second in-person event in 2025 to convene municipal stakeholders and community leaders who are interested in or taking steps to decarbonize and electrify their city or town. Attendees will hear from a panel of speakers from the GMAC and electric distribution companies (EDCs) to learn about the actions Massachusetts is taking to modernize and proactively plan our electric grid, including the electric-sector modernization plans (ESMPs). Western MA municipal leaders will share their successes and challenges with navigating electrification.

Attendees will engage in facilitated breakout discussions to explore opportunities and challenges of updating our electric grid and identify priority topics for the GMAC’s future work. Additionally, attendees have the option to learn more about distribution system infrastructure through a “virtual” tour of an electric substation. Municipal and community stakeholders are invited to stay for an afternoon New Customer Connections Workshop led by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) to discuss the new customer connection process, electrification barriers, customer knowledge gaps, and potential solutions.

Come join us at UMass Amherst for an insightful event discussing the future electric grid from a municipal perspective!