National Town Meeting on Demand Response - presented by Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid

This year’s National Town Meeting included an additional pre-conference day focused on research and activities surrounding the National Action Plan on Demand Response (NAP).

NAP Day Pre-Conference Workshop – Tuesday, July 12
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

NAP Day was a pre-event workshop held in conjunction with the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid and hosted by the National Action Plan Coalition. It included an introductory session on NAP (with guidance to attendees on how to participate in NAP activities) as well as two tracks---Technical Research and Communications.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
12:00 p.m.	Registration Opens
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.	Introduction to NAP and how to get involved
1:45 – 2:45 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Technical Track – TOU/Dynamic Pricing The NAP Coalition issued a Call for Papers and Presentations in February 2011, and selected papers will be presented and discussed on NAP Day. These sessions will directly address research gaps identified by FERC during the development of the National Action Plan on Demand Response. Eric Ackerman (moderator) Director, Alternative Regulation, EEI May Wu Manager, Market Research, Integral Analytics “What if EV Purchasers Design TOU Rates” Kevin Wood Manager, Large Customer Programs, SCE “Critical Peak Pricing for SCE Large Business Customers” Chris Haslund Senior Product Manager, Itron “Peak Time Rebates: An Integral part of a Utility’s Demand Response Portfolio” Communications Track – Making Research Actionable A workshop format will allow stakeholders to discuss the best methods for communicating with consumers, while they learn from the experiences of those organizations at key stages of planning, piloting, and deployment. Judith Schwartz Principal, To the Point Meta analysis of foundational research and presentation of the National Action Plan Communications Umbrella Cheri Warren VP, Asset Management, National Grid Human-centered design as a way of mobilizing community support and co-creation of effective outreach at the beginning of an initiative Seth Kiner Director, SCE Leveraging quantitative, qualitative, and human-centered research to support program design for full rollout and deployment efforts Harvey Michaels Researcher and Lecturer, MIT Leveraging AMI: A Community-based Game Board and Open Market Model for Efficiency and DR Procurement
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Technical Track – Behavioral/Adoption-Based Approach Susan Covino (moderator) Manager, Demand Side Response, PJM Patrick Dawson Energy Manager, GSA “Federal Buildings Shedding Load” Tim Enwall Founder and CIO, Tendril “Behavioral Energy Efficiency Creates a Better Demand Response Business Case” Paul Alvarez Principal and Practice Leader, Metavu “Implications of a Smarter Grid on Utility Consumer Programs”” Communications Track – Energy Literacy Requires a Series of Conversations Not a Commercial: An Interactive Workshop with the PowerCentsDC Pilot team *Chris King* (moderator) Chief Strategy Officer, e-Meter Rick Morgan Commissioner, DCPSC Laurence Daniels Assistant People’s Counsel, DC Office of the People’s Counsel Herbert Harris Jr. Chairman, DC Consumers Utility Board John Holt President and Business Manager, IBEW Charles Dickerson Vice President, Customer Care, Pepco Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz Project Manager, Bass / A CSC Company
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.	BREAKOUT SESSIONS Technical Track – Analytics John Sterling (moderator) Consultant, Smart Grid Programs, Arizona Public Service Ken Corum Senior Economist, NW Power and Conservation Council “Demand Response as a Source of Ancillary Services (Load Following): Developments in the Pacific NW” Harjeet Johal Electrical Engineer, GE Global Research “Cold Load Pickup” Mike Jacobs Director of Regulatory Affairs and Market Policy, Xtreme Power “Using Storage to Reinforce Electric Grids: Kahuku Case Study” Communications Track – Interactive Audience Discussion The PowerCentsDC team will be joined by the panelists from the Making Research Actionable session. We will conduct a facilitated discussion with the audience using selected questions posed within the case study and applied to the audience member’s situations and jurisdictions. You are welcome to discuss your own projects at any stage of development.
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.	Closing Reception for NAP Day Opening Reception for National Town Meeting

About NAP:

In 2007, Congress directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to support the growth of demand response and smart grid by developing a National Action Plan on Demand Response (NAP). After a year and a half of development work, including input from the Department of Energy (DOE), FERC submitted its NAP to Congress in June 2010. The NAP recommends activities in three main areas: Technical Assistance, Communications and Tools/Resources.

Among its recommendations on how to implement the NAP is one that calls for the formation of a coalition of non-governmental parties to undertake the type of work necessary to put the National Action Plan into action. The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (formerly the Demand Response Coordinating Committee) has taken the lead to form a coalition that can accomplish the task at hand. It has reached out to other organizations with a stake in demand response and smart grid and asked them to form a “Coalition of Coalitions.” Each of these organizations will represent its members and constituents and contribute the expertise and knowledge from within its membership to work in a collaborative effort to implement the NAP. The organizations that are working together on NAP can be found below.

The NAP Coalition will also be working closely with DOE, FERC, and other federal agencies in a collaborative effort whereby the expertise and resources of those entities continues to be brought to bear on the implementation of the NAP. The Coalition plans to solicit broad input from stakeholders into its implementation effort via events such as the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid. The NAP Coalition’s initial efforts will focus on the identification of existing resources, tools, and research which are available and which can be coordinated and made better available to members of the demand response and smart grid community. The NAP Coalition also plans to create new content and tools where none currently exist, particularly in the communications area. The Coalition identified communication and education to stakeholders, including customers, as one of the most important tasks to be undertaken. The NAP Coalition will not communicate directly to customers, but carry out activities that help others communicate.

The National Action Plan can be found here.

Members of the National Action Plan Coalition Include:

Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), American Public Power Association (APPA), Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid (ADS), Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG), Digital Energy Solutions Campaign (DESC), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), OpenADR Alliance, Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA), Utilimetrics