PLMA Spring 2010 Conference:

Demand Response: Reaching Potential 
April 29-30, 2010
Loews Beachfront Hotel, Santa Monica, CA

Program (as of 4/26/2010)

 

Thursday, April 29, 2010

 

7:30 -8:30 AM
Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00

Introduction and Welcome:
Kevin Wood
, Senior Manager, Tariff Programs and Services, Southern California Edison

Keynote address:

James J. Hoecker, Senior Counsel, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP and past chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 

10:00-10:30
Refreshment Break (sponsored by Cooper Power Systems)

 

10:30-12:30 PM
Case Studies of Demand Response Programs presented by utility DR managers.
In this session, three utility managers will present case studies of their own experiences in designing, implementing and evaluating demand response programs and share what worked and what did not.
Moderator, Greg Wikler, Global Energy Partners
Speakers:
John Hernandez, PG&E 
Vicki Wood, SMUD
Bill Twardy, SRP

 

12:30-2:00
PLMA Awards Luncheon

 

2:00-3:30
Energy Storage, Demand Response and Renewable Energy
Moderator, Paul Tyno, Energy Curtailment Specialists
Speakers:
Greg Tropsa, ICE Energy
  
Using Ice Storage for over 50MW in California
Janice Lin, California Energy Storage Alliance
  
What’s Ahead for Energy Storage

Mike Gordon, Cpower
  
Short Notice Demand Response


3:30-5:00

Case Studies of Demand Response Programs presented by End-Users,
Moderator, Kristin Brief, EnerNOC
Speaker:
Len Pettis, Chief of Plant, Energy & Utilities for the California State University System

5:30-7:00
Hosted Reception with tabletop exhibits (sponsored by Cpower)


Friday, April 30, 2010

 

7:30-8:30

Breakfast

 

8:30-9:45

Consumer Issues Related to Smart Grid and Peak Load Reduction
Speakers:

Peter Weigand, Skipping Stone
 

9:45 – 10:00

Refreshment Break

 

10:00-12:00PM
Customer Experience and Enlightenment: Lessons learned from other industries
Speakers:

Judith Schwartz, To the Point  

Lisa Larroque Alexander, Van Denburgh Consulting Group           

Christine Hertzog, Smart Grid Library   

Joan Lasselle, Lasselle-Ramsay, Inc.   

 

12:00 – 1:00

Luncheon

 

1:00 – 2:30
Demand Response: Discussion of Current Issues
In this session, the audience will have the opportunity to express their views of some current issues facing the Demand Response Industry.  Also, there will be an opportunity to ask questions of the topic experts in PLMA.

 

2:30 PM
Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

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