November 2 and 3, 2005 at Southern California Edison’s Customer Technology Application Center (CTAC) in Irwindale, California.

 

Technology Partners

 

Cannon Technologies offers a complete portfolio of demand response technologies and applications, along with integrated solutions for AMR and distribution automation as part of our Yukonä Advanced Energy Services Platform.  Our DR technologies include intelligent load management receivers and thermostats using a variety of communication paths, and our applications include on-site generation monitoring & dispatch, meter data collection, demand bidding & buy-back, automated notification, Web-based interactive display, meter data aggregation, critical peak pricing, TOU, virtual energy management, power quality, and more.

For more information: Charles Parsons, Director, Business Development, (800) 827-7966; cparsons@cannontech.com;  info@cannontech.com;  www.cannontech.com

Carrier’s ComfortChoice™ solution provides two-way Internet communicating thermostats that allow the utility to remotely setback or cycle the HVAC equipment leading to peak load savings. Carrier’s solution works in both residential and light commercial applications. ComfortChoice informs the end-user of the curtailment and allows the end-user to override the curtailment if necessary. Carrier’s system allows for maximum control, while still providing flexibility for the customer.

For more information: Pete Pierret, Comfort Choice Business Manager, (315) 432-6036; pete.pierret@carrier.utc.com; www.comfortchoice.com

Comverge supplies End-to-End Energy Intelligence™ solutions that innovate energy management for electric utilities. From Load Management to AMR to Real-Time SCADA applications, we power scalable, wireless information infrastructures with our robust PowerCAMP software suite, combined with our field-proven hardware development and manufacturing expertise. Our customers deploy customized and individually deployed solutions to meet their unique needs. More than 500 utilities in 15 countries trust Comverge’s reliable technology to realize the business benefits of Reliability, Innovation and Value.

For more information: Comverge, Inc., (973) 884-5970; sales@comverge.com; www.comverge.com

Electric City was founded in 1998 as a developer, manufacturer and integrator of energy saving technologies. Electric City believes in a future of focused, competitive and targeted energy avoidance, demand response/power curtailment, retrofit services and distributed generation technologies. Using its proprietary and flagship EnergySaver™/GlobalCommander® technology, Electric City is focused on combinations of permanent demand reduction as a complement to existing peak load reduction programs available at the local distribution level. This plan is called the Virtual "Negawatt" Power Plan (VNPP®). Central to the VNPP system is the EnergySaver -- a unique, patented lighting control technology that allows customers to reduce 20%-30% of the energy consumed by their lighting systems with little or no visual impact. The GlobalCommander is the wide-area communication package which is used to control EnergySaver units from a remote and central location.

For more information: Anna M. Baluyot, Sr. Vice President, Utility Development & Corporate Strategy, (847) 437-1666; abaluyot@elccorp.com; www.elccorp.com

 Energy Central is a hub on the Internet for electric power professionals searching for information, products and services related to the energy industry. By teaming with companies that service the energy industry, Energy Central provides a broad base of information products - news, directories, events, databases, books, periodicals, reports - all focused on a single industry and all accessible from a single site on the Web. If your job requires you to know what's happening in the electric power industry, Energy Central is the site where you begin. Registration is free for any individual working in the electric power industry. This includes utilities, marketers, publishing, vendors, law firms, research, consultants, financing or other related categories. We hope you find Energy Central to be a useful source of information on the electric power industry.  

For more information:  www.energycentral.com

Energy & Power Management (formerly Energy User News) is edited for professional energy managers, facilities managers and building owners. Coverage includes all areas of facility management related to energy-intensive building systems, fuel and power acquisition and relevant state and federal legislation. Energy & Power Management reports on such major system technology categories as – lighting, heating, air conditioning (hvac), building automation, building envelope and independent power generation. Qualify for your free subscription online at www.energyandpowermanagement.com.

For more information: Kevin Heslin, Editor, Title: Editor (518)731-7311; heslink@bnpmedia.com; www.energyandpowermanagement.com

GoodCents provides electric utilities with program design, marketing, implementation, and evaluation of demand response programs. This allows our clients the freedom to choose a turnkey solution or supplement their own in-house talent. GoodCents has assembled a group of principals who bring over 150 combined years of utility experience to bear on your project. This expertise, combined with the highly trained GoodCents employees staffing each project, results in direct load control and price-responsive load management programs that help utilities reduce peak load, cut costs, and increase customer loyalty. We expect the more than 1 million demand response devices we have installed to date to grow by at least another 100,000 units in 2005. Our integrated customer management system, with its frequent upgrades, provides the back-office support that will allow GoodCents to continue on its path of steady growth within the utility industry.

For more information: Roger Gray, Director of Business Development, (770)982-4962; roger.gray@goodcents.com; www.goodcents.com

GridPoint builds intelligent energy management (IEM) products to reduce electricity costs, improve power reliability and itemize energy consumption for the home and business. Today, GridPoint’s intelligent energy management (IEM) appliances, the size of a small refrigerator, provide traditional and renewable energy users with instant, automatic backup power based on high-capacity, battery-based technology. GridPoint products also offer the renewable energy user a superior way to integrate alternative energy sources. The next generation of GridPoint products, scheduled for release in fall 2005, will optimize the sources and uses of electricity by serving as an intelligent hub between the customer, the electrical power grid and a renewable energy source, if desired.

For more information: Randy Etheridge, VP Business Development, (202) 903-2100, retheridg@gridpoint.com; www.gridpoint.com

Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration’s (HWR) unique capabilities in manufacturing, product development, technology and innovation and the presence of its strong global brands are what secure its position as the leader in the commercial refrigeration market. We serve the supermarket, convenience store, restaurant and foodservice, cold storage and institutional markets with the most comprehensive portfolio of commercial refrigeration products. These products are offered under the most preferred brands in the industry, Bohn, Climate Control, Larkin and Chandler. HWR is committed to providing customized energy efficient solutions to fit the needs of our customers through our Energy Solutions™ products. These products include the Beacon II™ Refrigeration System with Smart Defrost, PSC motors, Scroll™ and Discus compressors, Variable Speed Motors, FlexPack™ and Brushless DC Motors for evaporators and air cooled condensers.

For more information: Ken Rothgeb, Director of Sales, 770-465-5600, ken.rothgeb@heatcraftrpd.com; http://www.heatcraftrpd.com/

Honeywell offers the right technology at the right price to meet electric utilities peak load management goals. Here are some of the current options available:

  • One-Way Programmable Thermostat: Our most popular and cost effective option, a Honeywell thermostat that allows utilities to shed load from residential and small commercial customers during peak demand.

  • Two-Way Programmable Thermostat: A Honeywell thermostat, couple with two-way communications, which is ideal for providing real-time assurance of load shed impacts, and provides future migration opportunities

  • In-Home Gateway: An automated meter reading technology with the widest suite of customer options.

  • Guaranteed Performance: Our new results-driven turnkey load response solution can include design, financing and deliver of the demand resource option that is best for you.

For more information: Lisa Urban, Marketing Communications Manager, (410) 848-0590, lisa.urban@honeywell.com, www.honeywell.com; paul.notti@honeywell.com; 

Ice Energy is an energy sector company with Ice Storage Air Conditioner™ products that address Demand Side Management, Energy Storage, Peak Shifting and Energy Efficiency for residential and light commercial buildings ranging from small fast food restaurant chains to big box retailers.  The company’s initial target markets also include elementary schools, branch banks and military bases.

Ice Energy provides an efficient, affordable, off-the-shelf Distributed Energy Storage module that directly offsets the single largest contributor to summer on-peak demand --air conditioning. Ice Storage Air-Conditioner products are excellent compliance options for California’s Title 24 2005 Time Dependent Valuation (TDV) based Building Energy Efficiency Standards. They save customers money, are good for environment, and represent an excellent Integrated Demand Side Management alternative for utilities. The company’s products offset the need for new peak power plants and transmission lines and virtually eliminate on-peak air conditioning electric demand by shifting energy consumption to lower priced off-peak hours.

For more information: Randy Zwetzig, Business Development, (970)223-6138; rzwetzig@ice-energy.com; www.ice-energy.com

The GoodWatts® system is the first truly affordable real-time demand-side management system specifically designed to deal with the true cause of weather-related system peaks.

On a dollar/KW basis, GoodWatts will out perform any other truly dispatchable capacity asset.   Integrated system-based real-time measurement gives the operator an accurate view of what capacity is available, and more importantly where it is on the distribution grid at anytime.

Validation of response (effect) is immediately available on the desk top.

GoodWatts is the core ADRS (Advanced Demand Response System) technology being piloted by the state of California in conjunction with Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric.

Invensys will be running live demonstrations of the California ADRS pilot at the event.

For more information: Mike Anderson, General Manager – GoodWatts, (925) 962-9585, mike.anderson@invensys.com; www.invensys.com

Itron is a leading technology provider and critical source of knowledge to the global energy and water industries. More than 3,000 utilities worldwide rely on Itron technology to provide the knowledge they require to optimize the delivery and use of energy and water. Itron creates value for its clients by providing industry-leading solutions for electricity metering; meter data collection; energy information management; demand response; load forecasting, analysis and consulting services; distribution system design and optimization; web-based workforce automation; and enterprise and residential energy management.

For more information: Keith Fuller, Managing Director, Consulting Services, (858) 481-0081; keith.fuller@itron.com
Matt Owens, Director, Product Line Management, (510) 263-2676; matt.owens@itron.com; www.itron.com

Janmar Lighting is a niche specialty designer and manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting track, recessed and specialty fixtures for the commercial, hospitality, restaurant, and retail markets.  It’s expertise is focused on developing solutions to improve the quantity and quality of lighting for specific vertical market niches, in order to penetrate and expand markets that have not been previously accessible due to technology limitations.

For more information:  Mike Aubrey, President, Janmar Lighting; (626) 833-9887; maubrey@janmar.com; http://www.janmar.com.

KEMA is an independent company dedicated to providing technical and management consulting, testing, inspections and certification for businesses in the energy industry. KEMA is an integrated group of business units around the world. The parent company - N.V. KEMA - was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

KEMA’s consulting services provide a full range of strategic technical and business advice grounded in a commitment to providing impartial, objective and expert services to energy and utility industry clients. We offer a full complement of services to clients involved in generation, transmission and distribution, markets and regulations, power exchange/energy trading, and retail and demand side. Our consulting service professionals are active in 18 offices worldwide serving clients in over 50 countries in regions including Asia, Asia-Pacific, North America, South America, Europe and Australia.

For more information: Liz Hicks, Senior Principal, (781) 418-5708; liz.hicks@kema.com; www.kema.com

Lightstat Inc is a manufacturer of thermostats, lighting controls and electrical distribution designed to reduce energy consumption. Our products create customized systems that fit the unique needs of its customer. Lightstat works with utility companies to help reduce demand at peak times by using our Internet based thermostats and virtual gateway systems. Our products utilize the readily available commercial paging infrastructure for fast deployment.

For more information: Craig Bernier, Major Accounts Manager, (800) 282-2444, ext. 223; craig@lightstat.com; www.lightstat.com

Plug Power’s GenCore is a fuel cell system powered by hydrogen gas designed to provide up to 5 kW of power for extended back up of telecommunication facilities or other critical infrastructure. They are available currently in either 24V DC, 48V DC, -48V DC, or 120V DC configurations. Other output power configurations will be released in the near future including 48V and 120V floating ground versions. Like valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries, a GenCore responds instantaneously to a loss of grid power. However, a GenCore can provide power for extended periods like a generator set simply by providing the corresponding amount of hydrogen fuel for the desired backup period. We have a relationship with Airgas, an industrial gas supplier, which assures our customers will have easy access to hydrogen delivery and replacement services throughout the U.S.

For more information: Kirk Vinings, Regional Sales Manager, (949) 916-1771; Kirk_Vinings@PlugPower.com; www.PlugPower.com

Founded in 2004 via an acquisition of Nertec, Trilliant Networks is the leader in the development, manufacturing and integration of standards-compliant smart energy networks solutions for metering, demand response, reliability and home automation connectivity. Trilliant Networks offers off-the-shelf and custom RF solutions for electric, gas and water utilities for residential, commercial and industrial applications. The basic meter becomes a strategic network and operational asset that mitigates stranded asset risks with the capacity to add new capability and services to the home. Trilliant Networks exceeds the standards set forth by the Ontario Energy Board in Canada as well as California’s standard for AMI.

For more information: Jeff Havranek, Regional Sales Manager, (949) 831-9474; jhavranek@nertec.com; www.trilliantnetworks.com