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Chris Root

Chris Root

Retired utility executive and industry advisor at Danovo Energy Solutions (formerly Quanta Technology); former COO of Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO).

Sep 28, 2026

9:04
What have you seen as a local, as a New Englander? What are the changes and what are the challenges today that are happening in New England from a local level? Because after all, DTEK Northeast will be a local event in Boston.
9:19
I mean, I go back to the days of the protests in front of the Seabrook nuclear power plant to actually don't build it, right? And bankrupting the local company, Public Service New Hampshire, went bankrupt over the constant delays of getting a permit to operate the nuclear plant.
9:38
And then, you know, in my long time standing as an executive and an observer of the New England grid, um you know i've seen like five nuclear plants the first generation of five nuclear plants all uh be decommissioned you know in every state on top of that the transmission system has grown tremendously um to new generation sources But they're all, most of those that are left because the last remaining coal plant just turned off a year or so ago.
10:12
And now we're totally dependent on 60% of New England for gas.
10:18
So 60% of the generation comes from gas to New England on four gas pipelines.
10:23
That's it.
10:23
So we don't, so we're really tied to gas.

8 MINS LATER

18:21
the backbone of our whole system what do you think are some of the challenges that our transmission system is facing

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