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Yesterday was a busy day in the life of a Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Program Director! My #netzerogrid team, with colleagues from the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), started the day with a visit to Eversource Energy's largest #substation, or what may soon be known as #cleanenergyhubs - Substation 385, or K Street. This thing is BIG, and important - a highway clover-leaf for the region's electric grid, where transmission and distribution functions meet, connecting north and south, and handing off power to key functions such as the MBTA. (Unfortunately we missed the onsite photo opp, Alison Magoon, Corrin Moss, Jacob Chaplin, Aurora Edington, Julia Fox, Charles Dawson, Michael Giovanniello!) On our drive back Downtown, we continued our #cleanenergyhub tour, as our hosts pointed out several lovely old brick buildings that disappear into the cityscape but in fact house additional substations. These important sites make our city tick! Thank you to our hosts, including Erin Engstrom, Digaunto Chatterjee, & Meredith Boericke. We also learned about the engagement with the surrounding neighborhood the Eversource team has focused on in their recent substation upgrades and redesign, which has resulted in adding harborwalk access around the perimeter, altering plans to preserve tree cover, and crowdsourcing input on the aesthetics of a new sea wall. You also want to visit a substation you say? You can! Make your way over to K Street, cruise the harborwalk, and feast your eyes on an impressive piece of energy infrastructure that is enabling our decarbonization journey. After an outfit change… I ended my day presenting at a Cleantech Connect meet-up hosted by the Japanese Consulate General of Boston. Thanks to our host, Kirstin Davidson! I discussed our upcoming key work on #DER #GridServices, a project that will enable additional #VPPs in the Commonwealth and support #gridtech providers with more opportunities for supporting our State's distributed energy ecosystem. Now what does Wednesday have in store for me?