Track Overview
National Town Meeting on Demand Response
Leader: Dan Delurey
Tuesday Apr/24/2007
Keynote Addresses and Discussion
8:30 - 10:00
Participants:
- James Rogers Presenter Duke Energy
- Kevin Kolevar Presenter U.S. Department of Energy
- Jon Wellinghoff Presenter Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Sam Ervin IV Presenter North Carolina Public Utilities Commission
- Rick Boucher (D-VA) Presenter U.S. House of Representatives
State & Federal Policy: Past, Current & Future
10:30 - 12:00
Roundtable 1
EPACT 1252 Status Report and Scorecard
This session will feature members of the demand response community from around the country talking about what is happening in their area and what might be happening in the future. The session will also feature two special topics. One is the emergence of legislation on Capitol Hill that could impact demand response- key staff attorneys from both the Senate and House Energy Committees will be discussing that with attendees. The other topic is the impact of the last federal legislation, EPACT, which included a number of demand response provisions, most notably the requirement that each state investigate demand response and advanced metering. Attendees will be briefed on what the states have done in response to this requirement.
Participants:
- Dan Delurey Leader U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee
- Rick Morgan Panelist District of Columbia Public Service Commission
- Rick Voytas Panelist Ameren
- Erin Erben Panelist Salt River Project
- Brian Henderson Panelist New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- Sandra Waldstein Panelist Vermont Public Service Board
- Bruce Kaneshiro Panelist California Public Utilities Commission
- Stan Wise Panelist Georgia Public Service Commission
- John Norris Panelist Iowa Utilities Board
- Allen Freifeld Panelist Maryland PSC
- John Jimison Panelist House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Deborah Estes Panelist Senate Energy Committee
DR, Energy Efficiency, Renewable and the Environment – How are they Intertwined
13:00 - 14:30
Roundtable 2
With climate change and other environmental policy developments rising, and as drivers for energy policy and energy industry change, it is important to explore how demand response relates to environmental policy and practice, both on its own and through its relationship to energy efficiency and renewable energy. This session will focus on this important new theme for demand response and feature experts from outside the demand respose community to discuss their views with attendees. The latest research on the intertwinement of these areas will be presented.
Participants:
- Dan Delurey Leader U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee
- Katrina Pielli Panelist National Energy Action Plan - EPA
- Greg Tropsa Panelist Ice Energy
- Rich Sedano Panelist Regulatory Assistance Project
- Terry Jones Panelist CSIRO, Australia
- Chris King Panelist eMeter
- Randy Swisher Panelist U.S. Wind Energy Assn
- Leslie Cordes Panelist EPA
- Bill Prindle Panelist American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Markets, Programs, Technologies – What’s new? What’s working?
14:30 - 15:15
Roundtable 3
In an emerging space like demand response, it is important for members of the demand response community to stay abreast of developments relating to a number of different aspects of DR. This session will focus in particular on technologies and explore what new technologies are on the scene and how they may make the "big tent" of demand response a little bit bigger.
Participants:
- Dan Delurey Leader U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee
- Brad Gammons Panelist IBM
- Bob Chiste Panelist Comverge, Inc.
- Bob Heile Ph.D Panelist ZigBee Alliance
- Roger Duncan Panelist Austin Energy
- Joe Polaski Panelist
Research Round-up – What’s New? What’s Needed?
15:30 - 16:00
Roundtable 4
Research conducted in past years has been key in helping to dispel myths and misconceptions about demand response and to gain acceptance of it as an important energy resource. Research is now evolving to address some of the new needs of those that are working to develop and deliver demand response. This session will feature several of the leading researchers that specialize in demand response and they will discuss what areas they are currently working in.
Participants:
- Dan Delurey Leader U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee
- Daniel C. Engel Panelist Freeman, Sullivan & Co.
- Dan Violette Panelist Summit Blue
- Ahmad Faruqui Panelist The Brattle Group, Inc.
Foundation to take DR to the next level
16:00 - 16:30
Roundtable 5
As demand response evolves, and discussion turns to how to guide that evolution in a way that supports rapid sustainable growth of demand response, the talk is often of how to take steps now in a number of areas, ranging from data collection and standardization to measurement and verification. The oft-heard goal stated as part of these discussions is to provide a common foundational framework that will allow DR to grow in a systematic, organized manner. This session will delve into these issues and what can and should be done to address them.
Participants:
State of DR Address
17:00 - 17:00
As in past Town Meetings, this session will sum up some of the discussion and exchanges from the day just concluded, but also provide a broader view on where demand response has come since the last Town Meeting and where it is headed in the coming year.