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Agenda for 2008 National Town Meeting

Sunday, June 1

3:00

DRCC Member Meeting and Activities

Monday, June 2

7:30

Registration Opens

8:00

Early-Bird Networking Event – Breakfast with the DRCC

Members of the Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) will be hosting breakfast tables and also leading informal discussion on key issues and topics.  No subject is off-limits.  Come meet the DRCC and get to know your fellow Town Meeting delegates.

9:00

Early-Bird Session – Overview of Federal Legislation
and Regulation Impacting DR – Past and Future

Washington has been very active in recent years on energy policy that impacts demand response (e.g. EPACT 2005 and the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007). Policy developments can be expected to continue, directly or indirectly, as Congress takes up Climate Change.  FERC also has been very active on the DR policy front and shows no signs of stopping.  This Session will tell you what you need to know about what has been happening and what is coming down the road.

Dan Delurey, Executive Director, Demand Response Coordinating Committee 

9:45  

Break

10:00

Commencement of the 5th National Town Meeting on
Demand Response

Keynote Addresses – The Role of Demand Response in
National & State Energy Policy

Demand Response has come a long way the past few years.  It is now seen as something that deserves to be a part of the nation’s electricity mix.  This session will feature remarks from one of the state regulators who was out front on demand response, from the nation’s reliability czar who is looking at how demand response helps address that important aspect of the nation’s electricity system, and from the CEO of a leading U.S. utility that is vigorously looking at demand side management.

Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission

Rick Sergel, President and CEO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

Mike Chesser, CEO, Great Plains Energy and
Chairman, EPRI


11:00

Keynoters Roundtable – The Role of Demand Response
in National & State Energy Policy

The Keynote Speakers will be joined by other top-ranking government and business leaders in a lively roundtable discussion on what the role of DR should be in our energy economy – and what is needed to allow it to fulfill that role.

Phil Giudice, Commissioner, Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources

Sherman Elliott, Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission

Janine Midgen-Ostrander, State of Ohio Consumer Advocate

Bob Chiste, CEO, Comverge

Terry Boston, CEO, PJM Interconnection

Tim Healy, CEO, EnerNOC

12:30

Lunch
Presentation of DR Leadership Award

1:30

Roundtable 2 – Myth-Busters: Separating Fact from Fiction on DR

While understanding and awareness of demand response and its related fields has grown considerably since the first Town Meeting in 2005, some misunderstandings seem to persist and some new ones have popped up.  This session will explore what the real story is on a number of demand response issues and questions.

Chris Hickman, President, Site Controls

Eric Dresselhuys, Executive Vice President, Silver Spring Networks

Chris King, Chief Strategy Officer, eMeter

Laurie Wiegand-Jackson, President, North American Power Partners

2:30

Roundtable 3 – Connecting the Dots: DR, Energy Efficiency, AMI, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid and Climate Change

The tendency in both policy and business circles is often to put thing things in different “compartments.”  Yet from the standpoint of energy policy and business strategy it will likely become increasingly important to look at how things are intertwined.  This roundtable will do just that.

Jeff Duncan, Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Ed Markey

Stacy Angel, Manager, National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, US EPA

Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril

Billy Berny, Manager, DSM Compliance, American Electric Power

David Hamilton, Policy Director, Sierra Club

Reid Detchon, Managing Director, Energy Future Coalition

David Nemtzow, Principal, Nemtzow & Associates

Kevin McDonough, General Manager, Honeywell



3:30

Break

3:45

Roundtable 4 - Developing a National Action Plan for Demand Response

The recently enacted Energy Independence & Security Act requires that FERC develop a National Action Plan for Demand Response.  This roundtable of experts and stakeholders will debate what the Action Plan should look like and what kind of components it might include.  The audience will be encouraged to add their recommendations.

David Kathan, Lead, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, FERC

Lawrence Mansueti, Director, Market Assistance, US DOE

Steve McCary, Manager, Demand Response, PG&E

Jay Brew, Counsel, Steel Manufacturers Association

Angie Beehler, Director of Policy, Wal-Mart Stores

Calvin Timmerman, Assistant Executive Director, Maryland Public Service Commission

Andrew Spahn, Executive Director, National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP)

Dave Mohre, Executive Director, Energy & Power Division, NRECA

Janee Briesemeister, Senior Legislative Representative, AARP

5:00

Reception    
Presentation of DR Leadership Award

Tuesday, June 3

7:00

Continental Breakfast

8:30

Keynote Addresses         

Changes in the way that electricity is priced, delivered and consumed require changes in regulation.  Hear from one of the nation’s top electricity regulators and one of the nation’s top state regulators on where they see demand response going and what steps are needed to get there.

Suedeen Kelly, Commissioner, FERC

Barry Smitherman, Chairman, Texas PUC

Michael Morris, CEO, American Electric Power

9:15

Symposium Session A – Estimate It, Measure It, Verify It

Many in the demand response community are focused today on the question of what key metrics are necessary for demand response to be able to take its appropriate place in the nation’s electricity mix.  Among those metrics is the ability to estimate demand response potential.  Another is to be able to measure the impact of demand response actions taken and verify and validate the resource contribution.  This session will feature some of the leaders from the demand response community that are working in these areas.

Dan Violette, Managing Director, Summit Blue Consulting

Steve George, Principal, Freeman Sullivan

Mark Williamson, Manager, Load Research,
DTE Energy

Rick Voytas, Manager, Corporate Analysis, Ameren

10:15

Symposium Session B – Utility Programs – What Has Been Learned and Where Are We Going?

When it comes to a new area like demand response, everyone wants to know “what works…and what doesn’t work.”  This session will feature several different parties that are “on point” for demand response at their respective companies, and they will relate their experience and what they have learned.

Lawrence Oliva, Manager, Demand Response, Southern California Edison

Ed West, Director, Communications & Controls, Dairyland Electric Cooperative

Paul Lehman, Pricing Consultant, Xcel Energy

Timothy Roughan, Director, Demand Response, National Grid

11:15

Break

11:30

Symposium Session C - Taking Demand Response
Beyond the Pilots – Best Practices and Design Principles

It is hard to have a discussion about demand response without talking about “pilots.”  Indeed, pilot programs are a staple in any new energy area developed as parties seek to see what works to test certain concepts or practices.  Heard often in the demand response community these days is the question of how to move beyond pilots so as to more fully develop and deploy demand response resources.  This session will examine that question.

Roger Levy, Manager, Business Development, Demand Response Research Center

Fred Lynk, Manager, Demand Side Marketing, PSE&G    

Rob Pratt, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory      

Lee Smith, Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA

12:30

Lunch
Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA)
, Chairman, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

1:30

Regional Round-up on DR Developments

Speakers from around the country will discuss the latest DR developments at their respective organizations and elsewhere in their region.  The audience will be encouraged to share their knowledge and perspectives.  A State-by-State review of regulation and legislation related to demand response will be included.

Henry Yoshimura, Director, Demand Response Strategy, ISO-New England

Susan Covino, Manager, Demand Response, PJM Interconnection

Bill Wylie, Executive Director, Southwest Power Pool

Mike Robinson, Manager of Market Design, MISO

John Goodin, Lead, Demand Response Market and Product Development, CAISO

John Kelley, Manager, Marketing Services, Southern Company

Rich Sedano, Managing Director, Regulatory Assistance Project

Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz, Director of AMI-MDM/DR, UtiliPoint

3:00

Annual Conventional Wisdom Index

Everyone wants to know the future of demand response.  This short session will offer one view on what sort of trends are shaping up.

Dan Delurey, Executive Director, Demand Response Coordinating Committee

3:15

Closing of National Town Meeting on Demand Response