Navigant is proud to be a sponsor and presenter at this year’s AESP 22nd Annual National Conference in San Diego, CA. Several of our energy experts will be in attendance and presenting on the following topics. See below for Navigant’s schedule:
Wednesday, February 8 | 8:30 – 10:00 | Moderator - Session III: Policy
Dan Violette: DSM is increasingly becoming relied upon to meet growth in energy demand and reduce overall costs of resource procurement. DSM implemented at scale is relatively new and the transition to DSM as a resource for meeting future demand is still underway. The result is that DSM has not yet been mainstreamed within the utility industry in the same was as generation, distribution, and traditional resources planning. Even with the opportunity to learn incentives, DSM is generally managed as being outside course business functions. For DSM to reach its potential, it is important that it become embedded as an on-going business at utilities. This panel will address the fundamental problem of transitioning DSM into an important core business process and changing the overall industry paradigm.
Wednesday, February 8 | 3:30 – 5:00 | Speaker – Best Practices in Demand Response Program Design and Operation
Stuart Schare: Demand response is moving from legacy or fringe utility programs to essential components of the utility and ISO resource mix – even competing head-to-head with generation in ISO markets. This paper will use benchmarking findings from more than a dozen programs to review common utility practices for DR program design and doing to 1) make DR more central to utility operations and planning, and 2) create more value for DR capacity that is developed. Results will also include trends and anecdotes for what is, and what is not, working in utility DR programs. A focus will be on internal stakeholders whose integration into DR planning and operations is essential for effective programs.
Thursday, February 9 | 10:30 – 12:00 | Speaker – Evaluation of Smart Grid Projects Presents Challenges But Promises Rewards
Erik Gilbert: Smart Grid project evaluation requires new approaches to collecting, managing and analyzing the large volume of data that is generated by smart grid technology. At the same time, new types of data provide the potential for rapid and powerful analyses and valuable new insights (e.g. better understanding of customer behavior). The paper will leverage real-world examples form at least three ongoing utility smart grid pilot projects to illustrate various challenges and will present insights gained through analysis of smart grid generation data. New techniques can leverage data to enhance traditional impact analysis, as well as to perform analyses that have not previously been possible.
Please feel free to contact any of the energy experts that will be in presenting to discuss paper or more information on the topic.
Location:
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101