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
Keynote Address
Kurt Yeager, Chief Executive Officer of the Galvin Electricity Initiative and Past President of EPRI

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

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 Buckner, Energy Director, General Growth Properties
Stephen Brennan, Director of Maintenance and Operations, Pratt Institute

Changes in the DR Landscape under the New Administration
Chair, Eric Woychik, Vice President, Regulatory, Comverge
Richard E. Morgan, Commissioner, District of Columbia Public Service Commission
Allen Freifeld, Commissioner, Maryland Public Service Commission

Thursday, April 30, 2009

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

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives
Chair, Ross Malme, Director, Demand Response Technology Center, Schneider Electric
Mike Gordon, Chairman, CPower
John Wadsworth, Partner, Brown, Rudnick
Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, CEO, North American Power Partners

Luncheon Speaker, Larry Mansueti, US Department of Energy

Special Presentation by Ron Ambrosio, IBM Global Research Leader, Energy & Utilities Industry & U.S. Dept. of Energy GridWise Architecture Council Chairman

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
Jeffrey Roman, PEPCO Holdings, Inc.

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
Cheryl Hindes, BG&E




 


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