NECA 2025 Energy Innovation Forum Nomination Application

The Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA) is delighted to announce its second annual Energy Innovation Forum. This event will bring together a broad range of energy industry professionals and companies to identify and discuss the most innovative tools and strategies being used to advance the energy industry. As part of this event, we are soliciting concepts, products and strategies that individuals, companies and agencies are developing to provide innovative solutions that tackle the objectives of the energy industry:

• • Providing clean energy and reducing carbon emissions;
  • Addressing reliability and electrification; and
  • Mitigating costs to customers.

We welcome innovative solutions from teams and individuals from across the country and will prioritize those that are relevant to the energy industry in the Northeast US. A designated committee will select four nominees to present at the event, and each will receive an award.

What is NECA? Founded in 1985 to foster the development and maturation of competitive power markets, NECA’s purpose has expanded over time and now serves as an open forum among all stakeholders with a full range of energy and environmental interests, including traditional and renewable electric generation, natural gas and other fuels, and energy efficiency.

Innovation Award: Recognizes an individual or project team who has introduced a creative or transformational technology, product/service, policy effort, or business strategy working to advance and strengthen the energy industry. The Innovation Forum will be held on October 29th and will include 15-minute presentations from each of the four nominees selected.

Innovation Scope: NECA welcomes proposals from both the public and private sector whose contributions are consistent with the goals and attributes described below:

• • Technologies and tools that help answer climate and grid needs (related to clean energy, storage, environment, transmission, electrification, etc.)
  • Policy concepts and solutions that solve existing shortfalls in legislation, regulatory policy and market rules • Innovative business models and strategies (business operations, financing, investments, etc.)
  • Tools to improve market/industry efficiencies (competitive market, project development, communication)
  • Reflect environmentally sound, reliable and cost-effective solutions for the production and delivery of energy resources

CLICK HERE for Nomination Application Due September 17