Agenda for PLMA Spring 2009 Conference
Demand Response: Paving the Way for the New Energy Alternatives
April 29-30, 2009
Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, MD

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
7:30 - 8:30 AM, Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 AM, Welcome
Dick Preston, Senior Director, Alliances, Comverge and Chairman of PLMA

8:45 - 9:30 AM, Keynote Address
Kurt Yeagerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Galvin Electricity Initiative and Past President of EPRI

9:30 - 9:45 AM, Refreshment Break

9:45 -11:45 AM, Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids: Effect on the Grid
Chair, Gardner McBride, Vice President of Business Development, Aztech Associates, Inc.
Speakers:
Steve Rosenstock, Manager, Energy Solutions, Edison Electric Institute
Praveen Mandal, President, Coulomb Technologies
Ian Clifford, Chief Executive Officer, Zenn Motor Company
Dick Cromie, Southern California Edison

11:45 - 1:30 PM, PLMA Awards Luncheon

1:30 - 3:00 PM, DR: What's in it for the customer?
Chair, Paul Tyno, Vice President, Energy Curtailment Specialists
Willy Suter, LEED AP, Director of Facilities Management, American University
Eric Bucknerr, Energy Director, General Growth Properties
Stephen Brennan, Director of Maintenance and Operations, Pratt Institute

3:00 - 3:30 PM, Refreshment Break

3:30 - 5:00 PM, Changes in the DR Landscape under the New Administration
Chair, Eric Woychik, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Comverge
Richard E. Morgan, Commissioner, District of Columbia Public Service Commission
Allen Freifeld, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission

5:30 - 7:00 PM, Reception and Tabletop Exhibits from members of PLMA

Thursday, April 30, 2009
7:30 - 8:30 AM, Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 AM, Switching to Forward Capacity Markets
Chair, Ross Malme, Director, Demand Response Technology Center, Schneider Electric
Mike Kormos, Senior Vice President, PJM
Robert Burke, Principal Analyst - Markets Development, Demand Resources, ISO New England 
Steve Isser, Vice President and General Counsel, Good Company Associates

10:00 - 10:30 AM, Refreshment Break

10:30 – Noon, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives
Chair, Ross Malme, Director, Demand Response Technology Center, Schneider Electric
Mike Gordon, Chairman, CPower
John Wadsworth, Partner, Brown, Rudnick

Noon - 1:30 PM, Luncheon
Luncheon Speaker,Larry Mansueti, US Department of Energy

1:30 – 2:15 PM, Special Presentation by Ron Ambrosio, IBM Global Research Leader, Energy & Utilities Industry & U.S. Dept. of Energy GridWise Architecture Council Chairman

2:15 - 3:30 PM, Demand Response on a Smart Grid Platform in a Regulated Market
Chair, Dan Violette, Principal, Summit Blue Consulting
Lawrence Oliva, Director, Tariff Programs and Services, Southern California Edison
Steve Sunderhauf, Manager, PEPCO

3:30 - 3:45 PM, Refreshment Break

3:45 - 5:00 PM, Demand Response and Energy Efficiency
Chair, Steve Isser, Vice President and General Counsel, Good Company Associates
Ruth Kiselewich, Director, DSM Programs, BG&E
Dick Preston, Senior Director, Alliances, Comverge
Sanem Sergici, The Brattle Group

5:00 PM, Adjourn