PLMA Announces the Fall 2010 Conference:

Demand Response: A Growing
and Maturing Resource

November 8-10, 2010

Hilton Old Town Alexandria, Alexandria, VA

Conference Program:

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
7:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30
Welcome
Paul Tyno, Chairman of PLMA

Session 1
Reaction to the FERC National Action Plan and it's meaning to energy associations and their members.
Moderator, Dave Hyland, Schneider Electric
Speakers:Mary Ann Ralls, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Sue Kellyy, SVP of Policy Analysis and General Counsel, American Public Power Association
Steve Rosenstock, , Manager Energy Solutions, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

10:30 AM
Session 2
Challenges and Roadblocks on the Road to the Smart Grid.pdf
Moderator
Eric Gilbert, Navigant Consulting
Speakers: Commissioner Rick Morgan: District of Columbia PSC
Craig Miller, Ph.D, NRECA

Noon
Lunch

1:00 PM
Session 3
Monitoring and Verification for Demand Response

Moderator

Ryn Hamilton, Hamilton Consulting

Speakers

Asron Breidenbaugh, EnerNOC

Steve George, Freeman, Sullivan and Company

Sue Covino, PJM

3:00 PM
Session 4
Status of States with Recent Mandates for Demand Response
Moderator
Greg Wikler, Global Energy Partners
Speakers:
Paul Miles, Exelon

Andre Wellington, Consolidated Edison

Gary Connant, Great River Energy

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
7:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30
Session 5
Mass Market Acceptance of Smart Grid
Moderator
Greg Ewing, Good Company Associates
Speakers: John Steinberg, EcoFactor
Pre-cooling as a Tool in Residential Demand Response
Luisa Freeman, Black and Veatch
Harvest Gold or Avocado Green? An Overview of Consumer Research on In-Home Displays

10:30 AM
Session 6
Demand Response from an End-User Point of View
Moderator
Ross Malme, Schneider Electric
Speakers: Kelly Smith, Johnson Controls
Innovating in Large Buildings
John Bartlik of NYU Langone Medical Center
NYU Langone Medical Center Demand Control and Response

12:00 – 1:30 PM
Lunch
James Hoecker, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP and former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will discuss the Law and Demand Response 

1:30 - 3:30 PM
Session 7
Innovations in DR
Moderator,
Brian Dawson, Calico Energy
Speakers:
Ken Corum, NPCC
Providing Wind Integration Services With Demand Response:
Load Management That Reduces and Increases Loads
Celyn Le Bel, Ph.D, Hydro Quebec.
New Electric Thermal Storage Furnace For Space Heating; Case Studies for the CI Market