PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College will host an Energy Forum with state Department of Public Utitilities Commissioner David Cash, BCC President Ellen Kennedy and Berkshire Chamber of Commerce President Michael Supranowicz.

The forum will be held in Room H219 in the Hawthorne Building on campus on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. It will include an optional tour of the newly renovated Ralph Hoffmann Environmental Center, Greenhouse, and Sustainable Energy Center.

Cash will discuss the natural gas boom, electricity rates, how rates are changing and how the state's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs will help mitigate high energy costs and volatility.

The event is free and open to the public.