Agenda:
breakfasts, lunch and
breaks sponsored by
Tri-State Generation and Transportation Association,
Inc.
Opening Remarks
What Do You What to Achieve Today?
Peggy Plate, Western Area Power Administration
How DSM Can Meet
Your Load Objectives
Ed Thomas, Market Development Group
Learn the basics of
Demand Side Management strategies - energy efficiency and conservation,
demand response and peak clipping, valley filling and load shifting,
etc. Overview of the basic types of programs that utilities are
deploying throughout North America to shape their demand to meet supply,
transmission and distribution constraints as well as competitive and
pricing pressures. Understand how smart metering and other technology
advances are redefining DSM opportunities at some utilities.
Getting
Management Buy-In:
The Drivers to Develop and Implement DSM Program
Katherine Johnson, Market Development Group is moderator with
panelists:
Panel discussion
with senior staff from leading utilities nationwide that have embraced
DSM as a vital part of their utilities’ integrated resource planning.
Candid discussion about how political and community pressures drive
utility decision making.
Do the Math:
Calculating and Articulating the Value of DSM
Katherine Johnson, Market Development Group
Discover
how utilities can articulate the value of Demand Side Management
activities when setting utility budgets and rate increases. Overview of
the proven methods for projecting, measuring and evaluating DSM program
effectiveness. Practical examples of how utilities across North America
cost-justify DSM program efforts with emphasis on the importance of
“building in” objective measurement components during the program design
phase to streamline data collection during the evaluation phase
Calculators:
Light Bulb Calculator - Customer Perspective,
TRC Calculator,
Lighting Calculator - Utility Perspective
Glossary:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Program Clearinghouse
Glossary of Selected Terms Used in Utility Deregulation
Total Resource Cost (TRC) Test
- A benefit-cost test which measures the net costs of a demand-side
program as a resource option based on the total costs of the program,
including both the participants' and the utility's costs. The benefits
for the TRC are avoided supply costs (avoided credit and collection
costs should also be included, as they are system costs). The costs in
this test are the program costs (including equipment costs) paid by
both the utility and the participants plus the increase in supply
costs for any period in which load has been increased. Sometimes
includes externalities: see Societal Cost Test.
Societal Cost Test
- The benefit-cost test which evaluates DSM programs from a broad
societal perspective. It is identical to the Total Resource Cost Test
except that the benefits include beneficial externalities, and the
costs include negative externalities. Benefits can include avoiding
environmental or social externalities costs (e.g. homelessness), and
"non-price" benefits enjoyed by participants (improved comfort,
aesthetic qualities, etc.).
Roundtable
Discussion of DSM Challenges
What is Your Greatest DSM Program Challenge?
Ed Thomas and Katherine Johnson, Market Development
Group, moderators
All participants
are invited to share their greatest challenges in planning and
implementing DSM programs
Identifying Next
Steps and Program Resource Needs
Where do we go from here?
Peggy Plate, Western Area Power Administration,
Moderator
All attendees will
hear summaries from the small group discussions. Together, attendees
will identify what informational resources they need most to proceed
with program planning and implementation back at their utility.
Closing Remarks
and Adjourn
How did we do?
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About the Presenters:
Ed Thomas,
Managing Partner, Market Development Group
Ed Thomas has developed and launched
nationally-recognized energy efficiency programs, including utility loan
programs, web-based energy bill audits, geothermal heat pump marketing,
whole-house energy makeover contests and light bulb fund raisers.
Ed authored an industry report on Home Energy Audits, co-authored a
report on Load Management Programs, and published a report on Home
Energy Loans. Ed earned an M.S. in Marketing from The American
University, Washington, DC; and a B.S. in Communications from Butler
University, Indianapolis.
Katherine
Johnson, Partner, Market Development Group
Katherine Johnson has completed technical analyses
for Western member utilities, including Delta-Montrose Electric
Association and Colorado Springs Utilities. For DMEA, she has completed
in-depth financial and load analyses to identify and quantify utility
impacts in lighting, geothermal heat pumps, and photovoltaics. Katherine
has also written several books including a comprehensive analysis
describing successful Geo Heat Pump Marketing Strategies. She has a
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with concentrations in
Marketing and Finance from Rollins College and a Business-Journalism
Degree from Indiana University.
Peggy Plate, Western Area Power Administration
Joni Livingston, Missouri River Energy Services
Joni
Livingston is the Energy Services Supervisor for Missouri River Energy
Services in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Joni “grew up” in Public
Power, holding a variety of positions at Marshall Municipal Utilities in
Minnesota where she stayed for over 20 years. Joni joined MRES in
November of 1999 as a Key Accounts Representative working with member
utilities to build stronger relationships with their customers through
communications efforts, educational workshops, and energy services
programs. In 2006, Joni took on the role of Energy Services
Supervisor and began to lead an effort to develop demand-side management
programs for MRES.
Gail Connors, Colorado Springs Utilities
Gail Conners is an issues manager in the
Issues Management Department for Colorado Springs Utilities, a four
service (electric, gas, water and wastewater) municipal utility. She
currently is responsible for public input and outreach on capital projects
and strategic/master plans. Gail graduated with a B.S. in Communications
from Ithaca College, New York. She has more than 20 years of
communication experience. Previously, she was a public information officer
for an Albany, New York School District, as well as the City of Reno.
Prior to relocating to Colorado Springs, Gail led the public participation
and information process for the regional multi-million dollar Reno
Railroad Corridor Project (know as ReTRAC). She’s the author of
Good News! How to Get the Best Possible Media Coverage for your
School and has had articles published in various publications
which include: Public Power, Water Environment and
Technology, Dig magazine, Government West,
Public Works, and the Troy Record. Gail is mom
to Boomerang and Ripley Conners, two very spoiled yellow labs!
John Phelan, Fort Collins
Utilities
John Phelan is an Energy Services
Engineer for Fort Collins Utilities, assisting residential,
commercial, institutional, and industrial electric customers manage
their energy use. He is responsible for planning, implementation and
evaluation of the Utility’s demand side management programs, and also
provides strategic planning for the City’s renewable energy
initiatives.
Mr. Phelan has a long history of
association with related fields of energy efficiency, engineering and
architecture. Prior to working for Fort Collins Utilities, he led the
sustainable design and commissioning teams at a leading consulting
firm in Boulder, Colorado. He has a Masters Degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of
Science in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of
California Berkeley. Mr. Phelan is a registered professional engineer
in the state of Colorado.
Dave Opsahl, Willmar Municipal Utilities
Dave Opsahl is the Energy Services
Representative for Willmar (MN) Municipal Utilities. During the past
five years, he has been responsible for designing, implementing,
monitoring, and promoting all Energy Services Program for WMU.
He has been working in the electrical
field for over 25 years, including as a State Electrical Inspector. He
holds a Class A Master Electrician License from the State of MN.
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