Agenda June 26 - 27, 2006

MONDAY, JUNE 26

7:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast

Exhibits Open

8:30
Welcome and Organizational Reports
Dan Delurey
Executive Director
Demand Response Coordinating Committee

Mary Ann Piette
Director
Demand Response Research Center

8:45
Keynote Addresses
Dian Grueneich
Commissioner
California Public Utilities Commission

Joseph Desmond
Undersecretary for Energy Affairs
California Resources Agency

9:45
Break
10:00
Symposium Opens
Symposium sessions will feature presentations on the latest research findings, new results from programs and pilots, and new, cutting edge issues. There will be an active moderator for each session and discussion will focus on common myths, issues and lessons learned.

Symposium Track A – Pricing and Rates
Moderator: Ahmad Faruqui, CRA International
Variable Peak Pricing
Dr.Bernie Neenan
VP Pricing and Demand Response, Utilipoint
An innovative new rate that bridges the gap between critical peak pricing and real-time pricing, where peak hours are indexed to the ISO wholesale cost.
Critical Peak Pricing
Richard Voytas
Manager, Corporate Analysis, Ameren Services
A case study presentation of the Ameren two-year critical peak pricing pilot that evaluated several different rate forms and control equipment.
Dynamic TOU Pricing
Ed Morrison
Assistant Project Manager, Residential Energy Affordability Program, NYSERDA
A case study on the NYSERDA Westchester $mart Homes Pilot that combines elements of a smart home with an innovative indexed TOU rate.
Real-Time Pricing
Chuck Goldman
Staff Scientist, LBNL
A summary of RTP offerings, problems, successes and policy implications.

Symposium Track B – Demand Response and Grid Management
Moderator: Laura Rooke, Portland General Electric
DR and Grid Management – Circuit Level
Joe Eto
Director of CERTS, Staff Scientist, LBNL
A case study on the SCE-CERTS program to examine the use of air conditioner load control for spinning reserve and grid reliability
DR and Grid Management – Retrofit Appliance Controls
Charles Parsons
Director, Business Development, Cannon Technologies
A review of Hawaii Electric program that employs a remotely configurable voltage control capability installed with their water heater load control program.
DR and Grid Management – Embedded Appliance Controls
Joe Barra
Manager, Customer Energy Resources, Portland General Electric
A review of the first results from the PGE-PNNL use of embedded chipsets in Whirlpool appliances to automatically address frequency and reliability concerns
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Symposium Track C – Automated Building Controls and Residential Technology Opportunities
Moderator: Dave Watson, Research Consultant, DRRC
Auto DR in Large Commercial Facilities
Mary Ann Piette
Director, Demand Response Research Center, LBNL
Standardized Internet protocols to automatically connect with and dispatch large commercial energy management systems in response to utility or ISO price/reliability signals.
Auto DR in Small Commercial and Industrial Facilities
Dan Sharplin
Chairman, Site Controls, Incorporated
Overview and demonstration of a web-based system for aggregated demand response, real-time visibility and verification – targeting facilities of 50kW to 200kW
Residential Technologies
Mark Martinez
Manager of Load Management and Program Development, Southern California Edison
A consumer guide to what’s new in controls, informationdisplays and other interesting “gadgets”.

Symposium Track D – A Vision of the Future
Moderator: Ron Hofmann, Consultant to the Public Interest Energy Research, CEC
Policy and Standards
Roger Levy
Consultant
Program Development and Outreach Manager, DRRC
A case study that examines the utility, customer, ISO, and regulatory perspectives of a future vision of Demand Response.
Legal Perspectives
Deirdre Mulligan
Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic,
Clinical Professor, Boalt School of Law,
UC Berkeley
A legal review of security and privacy issues that will arise from expanded AMI and DR implementation.
Technology for the Future
Paul Wright
A. Martin Berlin Chair in Mechanical Engineering
UC Berkeley
What’s new in hardware research – state-of-the art developments in programmable communicating thermostats and customer information displays that employ self-configuring networks, energy scavenging and more.
3:00
Break
3:30
Keynote Address
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel
Chair
California Energy Commission

Commencement of Town Meeting
Dan Delurey
U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee

5:00-7:00
Reception
TUESDAY, JUNE 27

7:30
Continental Breakfast
Exhibits Open

8:30
Roundtable Session #1
The View from the Commissioner’s Seat
Sandra Hochstetter, Chairman, Arkansas PSC
Marsha Smith, Commissioner, Idaho PUC
Bob Lieberman, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission
Jon Wellinghoff, FERC Nominee, Attorney, Beckley Singleton

9:30


Roundtable Session #2
EPACT Section 1252
Larry Mansueti, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
David Kathan, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Jim Spiers, National Rural Electric Cooperatives (NRECA)
Jim Parks, SMUD and American Public Power Association
Sandra Waldstein, Vermont Public Service Commission,
Tom Franz, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Christine Wright, Texas Public Utilities Commission

10:30

Break
10:45
Roundtable Session #3
Advanced Metering Developments and Deployments
Paul DeMartini, Southern California Edison
Tim Vahlstrom, Pacific Gas & Electric
Ed Fong, San Diego Gas & Electric
Laurie Reid, Ontario Energy Board
Darren Brady, Puget Sound Energy
Steve George, Freeman, Sullivan & Company

12:00

Lunch
1:00
Roundtable Session #4
Demand Response, Energy Efficiency and the Environment
David Nemtzow, Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, New South Wales, Australia (formerly)
Joel Swisher, Rocky Mountain Institute
Mike Messenger, California Energy Commission
Harvey Michaels, Nexus Energy Software
Brian Lynch, Sempra Energy Services, National Association of Energy Service Companies

1:40

Roundtable Session #5
Programs and Pricing – What’s New?
Susan Covino, PJM Interconnection
Henry Yoshimura, ISO-NE
Sherman Elliott, MISO
Mark Patterson, ERCOT
John Goodin, CA-ISO
Ron Darnell, Xcel
Anthony Star, Chicago Energy Cooperative
Justin Bradley, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Steve Sunderhauf, PEPCO

3:10

Roundtable Session #6
Demand Response and the Smart Grid
David Brewster, EnerNOC
Heber Weller, Modern Grid Initiative
Wade Malcolm, EPRI
Matt Owen, Itron

3:30

Conclusion of National Town Meeting and Symposium on Demand Response

Reception