Bakas will be part of Campbell’s Energy and Environment Bureau Team, which also includes Lisa Goodheart, a partner at Sugarman Rogers and Paul Dacier, general counsel at Indigo (co-chairs); Atyia Martin, CEO at All Aces and former chief resilience officer for the city of Boston; Ben Downing, former state senator, Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden District; Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, president of the Environmental League of Massachusetts; Emiley Lockhart, deputy general counsel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; Jeff Porter, chair, Environmental Law Practice at Mintz; Marcy Reed, former president of National Grid; Maria Belen, associate executive director at GreenRoots; and Todd Cronan, senior partner at Goodwin Procter.
Campbell takes office as attorney general on Jan. 18, 2023.
Mass top tier on microgrids but...
Massachusetts scored as a top tier state for advancing microgrids in an assessment released earlier this year by Think Microgrid. The state earned top marks for microgrid deployment and prioritizing resilience. But it came up short (2 out of 3 points) on prioritizing microgrid policy, grid services related to microgrids, and energy equity.
The state has strong microgrid potential – it’s in a hurricane zone, faces severe winters and high energy costs and promotes climate solution policies. And Campbell ran for office on a climate and environmental justice platform, as did Maura Healey, the state’s newly elected governor. So Massachusetts will be a state to watch for progress on microgrids.
Track news about microgrids. Subscribe to the free Microgrid Knowledge Newsletter.