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Agenda
The agenda for the 2010 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid will be available this spring.
Below is the agenda from the 2009 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid.
Monday, July 13, 2009 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Registration Opens
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7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast with the DRCC DRCC members will host breakfast tables and facilitate discussion with and among attendees. Ameren
PJM Interconnection
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8:30 a.m. – 9:00 |
Early Bird Special: Overview of DR and Smart Grid Policy Developments Legislative and regulatory developments are occurring at a rapid pace in Congress (Energy and Climate Change) and at FERC (Cybersecurity) , DOE (Stimulus), and NIST (Interoperability). This session will tell you what you need to know about what is happening and what is coming down the road. Dan Delurey
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9:00 a.m. – 10:15 |
Commencement of Town Meeting Keynote Session Demand Response and Smart Grid have come a long way in a short time. This session will feature top government and business leaders giving their perspective on the emergence of a demand response and smart grid community and where things are headed. New state initiatives, new technology developments and the introduction of federal Smart Grid Stimulus Grants will all be covered. Garry Brown, Chair Hank Kenchington Dan Reicher, Director Delegate Voting Attendees will have an opportunity to let their opinion be known on a number of topics and issues in the area of demand response and smart grid.
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10:15 a.m. – 10:30 |
Break
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10:30 a.m. – 12:00 |
Keynote Policy Roundtable This session will involve top policymakers, business leaders and stakeholder representatives exploring and answering such questions as:
Rick Morgan Jeff Genzer Amit Ronen John Jimison Frank Ramirez Steve Nadel Mark Brownstein Shelley Fidler Charles Patton
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12:00 p.m. – 1:30 |
Lunch
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1:30 p.m. – 3:15 |
Roundtable – Developing the National Action Plan Two provisions of The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 have not received a lot of attention but yet they could prove to be important to the development of both Demand Response and Smart Grid. EISA Requires that FERC undertake a nationwide assessment of demand response potential, including making state by state estimates of such potential. The FERC report on this was just released and this session will include a presentation on the results. EISA also requires that FERC develop a “National Action Plan” on Demand Response that will facilitate the development of demand response as a resource and business area. It is to include components that deal with increased communication of demand response and its benefits to electricity customers and stakeholders. This session will include a presentation on FERC’s efforts to date on the development of the Action Plan, and then it will turn to a roundtable discussion by a diverse panel of business leaders, stakeholders and communications experts of how to develop a meaningful and effective plan that will make a difference in how demand response and smart grid develop in the coming years. Regarding the Action Plan, the audience will have a chance to have their say in this session, including through the use of an electronic voting system where every Town Meeting “delegate” gets a vote! Dean Wight David Kathan Stacy Angel Larry Mansueti Lisa Wood Meg Chapman Larry Oliva Jacqui Ottman Christopher Joyce Steve Elsea Tom Catania Delegate Voting Attendees will have an opportunity to let their opinion be known on a number of topics and issues in the area of demand response and smart grid.
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3:15 p.m. – 3:30 |
Break
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3:30 p.m. – 5:00 |
Delegate Voting Attendees will have an opportunity to let their opinion be known on a number of topics and issues in the area of demand response and smart grid.
Reports from the States and ISOs This session will be comprised of a number of brief reports from RTO/ISO representatives and representatives from a diverse group of states on what is new in their world in the areas of demand response and smart grid. This session will give attendees a quick overview of what is happening in these areas across the nation. Henry Yoshimura Susan Covino David Hadley Dan Ozeene Yuliya Shmidt Christine Wright Sherman Elliott, Commissioner Calvin Timmerman Rick Sedano
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5:30 p.m. – 7:00 |
Reception and Awards One of Washington, DC’s newest and most interesting venues – the Newseum - has been procured for the Town Meeting reception. In addition, the DRCC will be presenting its Awards for Leadership in Demand Response. Transportation or walking instructions will be provided.
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Tuesday,
July 14, 2009 |
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7:30 a.m. |
Registration Opens |
7:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 |
Continuation of Town Meeting – Keynotes This session will include presentations and remarks by several of the leading voices on demand response and smart grid. They will talk about the challenges that present themselves with respect to these two areas and how they can be overcome. Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) Jon Wellinghoff, Chair Rick Sergel, CEO Jon Arnold, Managing Director
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9:30 a.m. – 9:45 |
Break
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9:45 a.m. – 11:00 |
Breakout Sessions Session A - Pricing and Pilots This session will involve detailed presentations on the most recent program activities at several utilities that have been focused on how to use pricing and other incentives to involve customers in demand response. Chair:
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Session B – DR and Smart Grid Technologies This session will involve presentations that demonstrate the many different technologies that come into play in the delivery of demand response and smart grid programs and activities. Included will be areas such as information display, distributed storage and distributed generation. Chair:
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11:00 a.m. – 12:15 |
Breakout Sessions Session C – Cybersecurity & Interoperability This session will focus on two of the hottest policy and business issues for the smart grid at present. Presentations will be made by some of the acknowledged thought leaders in these areas as well by some of the federal policymakers responsible for putting new policies in place. Chair:
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Session D - Case Studies – DR & Smart Grid This session will include presentations on case studies concluded or underway and presentations will attempt to convey information that those seeking to embark on DR and Smart Grid activities are looking for. Chair:
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12:15 p.m. – 1:15 |
Lunch |
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 |
Breakout Sessions Session E –M&V, Impact Analysis, Resource Assessment With DR starting to play a bigger role as a resource, there is an increasing desire to measure and verify DR activities. This session will include presentations on some of the recent developments in this area, including by the leading non-profit organization charged with developing standards in this area. Chair:
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Session F - Case Studies - DR & Smart Grid This session will include presentations on case studies concluded or underway and presentations will attempt to convey information that those seeking to embark on DR and Smart Grid activities are looking for. Chair:
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2:15 p.m. – 2:30 |
Closing Session Town Meeting Overview The “Conventional Wisdom” Index on DR and Smart Grid This session will take a brief look at what was said and what transpired during the Town Meeting. It will also, as in past Town Meetings, include a presentation on what DR and Smart Grid trends are rising and falling and what areas are “hot” and which are “not” Dan Delurey
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[Note on Elevator Pitches – At various points throughout the Town Meeting, Sponsors and Exhibitors will get a chance to make an “elevator pitch” to the audience and tell a little bit about their company. They will have the time it takes to ride the elevator to the top of the Washington Monument to do so.] |
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