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Tom King, Executive Director and President, National Grid US, on creating a new network paradigm to better serve the innovation and customer demands, large and small, of the 21st century.

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Connecting the US Energy Network to the 21st Century

Tom KingExecutive Director and President,National Grid US

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Our Challenge

Current energy networks can’t support 21st century customer demands and innovations

Tasks

Need greater agility and resiliency

Need greater efficiency and productivity

Need smarter Tx and Dx network designs

Solve for increasing electric & natural gas interdependency

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Our Opportunity

Change regulatory paradigm

Embrace tech partners

Put customers in charge

Mitigate climate change

Together we can advance America’s economic and environmental health

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Integrated Blueprint

The Connect21 framework links customer needs & policy goals with technology & market solutions.

Build a resilient backbone

Inform and educate customers about choice and energy management

Offer customized solutions

Our job

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What’s Driving the Solution

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Call to Action

Let’s build on core US electricity and gas networks to deliver superior customer services

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Already Underway in NY

Newtown Creek Renewable Gas Project

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

NYC Clean Heat Initiative

Long Island NaturalGas Expansion

Microgrid Site at Clarkson University

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Already Underway in RI

Natural Gas Expansion Pilot Project

I-195 Tx Relocation Project

Substation Resiliency Enhancements

Partnership with Utilidata

Non wires alternative pilot Tiverton/Little Compton, RI

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Already Underway in MA

Worcester Smart Energy Solutions Pilot

Northampton Reliability Project

Natural Gas Expansion Projects

Partnership with OPower on Big Data Behaviors

Solar Distributed Generation

Grid Modernization Docket

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Already Underway: FERC

NEEWS Reliability Project

DeepWater Wind Tx

Cape Wind

New England-ISO Gas and Electric Interdependency

Clean Line Partnership

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Next Steps

Expand local public-private partnerships

Drive regulatory innovation

Drive financing innovation

Drive tech innovation

http://us.nationalgridconnecting.com/connect21/