Roche's presentation will have a particular emphasis on how Winchester’s electricity supply program, WinPower, aligns with and accelerates progress towards the State’s climate goals. Most residential and small business users in Winchester receive their electricity supply from WinPower, which provides 88% renewable electricity by default - substantially more renewables than the State minimum. Patrick will provide an overview of the WinPower program, and explore its sources of power as well as how its renewable energy is tracked and verified. Patrick will also zoom out to provide context for renewables on the broader New England electricity grid, the decarbonization and renewable energy targets of the five states, and major challenges to and opportunities for reaching those targets.
Patrick Roche is the Director of Innovation for Good Energy, which manages Winchester’s WinPower program, along with similar electricity aggregation programs for over 70 other cities and towns in Massachusetts. Also known as community electricity, aggregation empowers local governments to create new electricity options for their entire community, providing the benefits of large scale power procurement to residents and small businesses. At Good Energy, Patrick oversees renewable energy strategies, focusing on leveraging municipal aggregation programs to expand clean energy on our New England grid while maintaining competitive prices for consumers. Prior to joining Good Energy in 2019, Patrick served as the Assistant Director of Clean Energy at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council in Boston. He received his bachelors of arts in Environmental Policy from Colby College.
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