The Demand Response Coordinating Committee
The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 to increase the knowledge base in the U.S. on demand response and facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among demand response practitioners and policy makers.
Input needed for the National Action Plan on Demand Response
During this year's National Town Meeting we announced that FERC recently submitted a National Action Plan (NAP) on Demand Response to Congress and that DRCC has begun to form a "coalition of coalitions" to help accomplish the activities recommended in the NAP. This NAP Coalition is working closely with DOE, FERC and other federal agencies to solicit broad input from stakeholders on the NAP implementation effort. The initial efforts will focus on identifying existing resources, tools and research that are available and which can be coordinated and made better available to members of the demand response and smart grid community.
A key aspect of NAP implementation is to identify technical assistance and resources that exist and to look for gaps that NAP can help address. Please let us know what studies, web resources and other information is out there that should be wrapped into NAP implementation. We also ask that you tell us what research is already available and what research you'd like to see conducted. We are especially interested in ideas and topics for NAP-related workshops and Webinars that the NAP Coalition should sponsor over the next year. Please take a few minutes to respond to a brief NAP survey available here.
DRCC News
2010 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid breaks attendance record!
Access the event's presentations here.
Smart Grid Leadership Awards Presented in Washington at National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid
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New Report Covers State Policy Actions on Demand Response and Smart Grid
(Washington – June 18, 2010) The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) announced today the availability of a new report summarizing state policy activities in the area of demand response, smart meters and smart grid. The survey report, “Demand Response & Smart Grid—State Legislative and Regulatory Policy Action Review: October 2008 – May 2010,” was produced by the DRCC as an update to its 2008 review of state and federal policy actions in the wake of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005), “Demand Response and Smart Metering Policy Actions Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005: A Summary for State Officials.”
The new report is a snapshot of state demand response and smart grid policy actions that have taken place in the period between October 2008 and May 2010. It represents an attempt to catalogue information on policy developments in both the legislative and regulatory arenas. It does not cover federal activity. The DRCC plans to publish later in the year a separate report on federal activity.
To read the full report, click here.
Demand Response Committee Applauds Issuance by FERC of National Action Plan
(June 17, 2010—Washington, DC) The DRCC applauded the issuance today by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of a National Action Plan on Demand Response, calling it a significant step on the road to establishment of the smart grid.
FERC developed the Plan in response to a provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. EISA called for FERC to develop a Plan that would support further development of demand response as a both a resource for the nation’s electricity system and a new energy management option for consumers. The Plan calls for the establishment of new technical assistance and informational resources for demand response practitioners and policymakers. It also calls for the development of support in the area of education and communications, including new research on consumers, and talks about the possibility of a national communications program to help convey why demand response and smart grid are being pursued. FERC issued its Plan today and sent it to Capitol Hill.
Read the National Action Plan here.
Read the DRCC’s announcement of the plan here.
Webinar: Report from FERC on Development of a National Action Plan on Demand Response
Presented by the Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
On this Webinar participants were briefed on why the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is developing a National Action Plan, what the scope of the Plan will be, and what the Discussion Draft issued by FERC says—including how it could be implemented.
For more information and for a link to a recording of this Webinar, click here.
"Smart Grid Addresses Energy Efficiency, Power Quality and Reliability Issues” (December 2009)
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"Green Grid Initiative OK’d to Take Google, Whirlpool to Copenhagen" (November 25, 2009)
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“Need for Public Acceptance of DR Drives Discussion at FERC Event: Wellinghoff, Delurey, Hess, Wal-Mart, Others Converge” (November 20, 2009)
This SmartGridToday article reviews the first day of FERC’s two-day Technical Conference for the National Act Plan on Demand Response (11/19 – 11/20/09). It heavily quotes the DRCC’s Executive Director, Dan Delurey. To read the article, click here.
ELECTRICITY: FERC Proposal Would Promote 'Smart Grid' Education Effort (November 5, 2009)
This Greenwire article about FERC’s draft National Action Plan on Demand Response quotes the Demand Response Coordinating Committee at length. To read the article, click here.
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