Let's Learn from New York: Today's Priority Issues for Buildings
Join us for the inaugural meeting of PLMA's new Building Electrification Interest Group! We'll begin with a short presentation on the policies, incentives, and on-the-ground results happening across New York State, with a focus on lessons learned and applicable opportunities for other states. Orange and Rockland Utilities will discuss its experiences and observations of electrification progress in the built environment. Then we'll seek your input and ideas on the role of buildings in enabling flexible load management, and where this new group should focus its efforts going forward.

Mark Gentry Franklin Energy

Luke Surowiec ICF

Jon Hilowitz Orange and Rockland Utilities

Modeling Resource Adequacy Contributions of Demand Response with ELCC
Utility resource planners are increasingly adopting Loss of Load Probability (LOLP) modeling to assess the Resource Adequacy of their generation portfolios. In this convention, Effective Load Carrying Capability (ELCC) is used as a metric to quantify the probabilistic resource adequacy contributions of generation resources, such as solar PV, wind, and battery storage, and considers the impacts of temporal and weather-dependent resource variability along with resource saturation effects. In this presentation, E3 will leverage recent work on a DOE Connected Communities project, and present its methodology to incorporate shift and shed DR into this modeling framework. E3 will also identify trends in high value hours amid the energy transition. Improved data and modeling will help provide utility planners more certainty of the potential contributions of shift and shed DR, and will help DER practitioners realize longer-term certainty of the benefits stream of their resources.

Discussion Topics:

• How load management supports decarbonizing the grid (ex. shifting loads from high carbon periods to carbon periods, and avoiding carbon-intensive firm generation from a reliability lens)?
• How can load management be used to enable more decarbonization through end-use electrification? New EV and BE loads will soon run into head room limits in the existing distribution grid, and could be a major barrier to end-use decarbonization unless we manage loads and better utilize the existing (or realistically achievable) distribution grid capacity.

Dave Alspector Tierra Resource Consultants

Michael Sontag E3

Overlapping Interventions: Pricing + DR
As grid needs become increasingly complex, so must the landscape of demand management interventions. To wit, utilities are now layering daily load shaping pricing mechanisms like TOU rates with both event-based demand response and daily load shifting optimization programs. Join us to explore case studies from both sides of the meter, diving into how overlapping interventions can impact the customer experience, value streams, program performance, utility planning and operations, technology integration, and more.

Jordan Folks Opinion Dynamics	Michael Pirro GridX	Mahayla Slackerelli Calpine Community Energy	Freddie Hall EnergyHub
Thomas Lee Derapi	Amy Findlay Eversource	Danielle Fulmer Opinion Dynamics

Sustaining Customer Engagement: Effective Strategies for Long-Term Program Success
Positive customer experience is paramount in achieving the goals of flexible load management programs. Join us to examine the complete customer journey of a summer residential DR thermostat program participant through the lens of an Eversource case study. We'll explore the layers of customer touchpoints that Eversource developed for nine OEMs, the challenges utilities face navigating multiple third-party relationships, and opportunities to improve program outcomes. We'll discuss Eversource's approach, learnings, and how its results apply to other flexible load programs.

Rebekah Grant Baltimore Gas & Electric	Ana Villarreal Commonwealth Edison	Leigh Winterbottom ICF
Lea Lupkin Sense	Jennifer Runyon Eversource

Welcome to Denmark! Where Pricing Serves as a Catalyst for Major Load Shifts
Continuing its exploration of global destinations which present unique learnings for U.S. organizations, this session focuses on Denmark, exploring its powerful efforts to overcome steep energy price increases that resulted from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Learn about Denmark’s innovations in price signaling, coupled with its easy access to pricing information, high levels of consumer awareness of energy costs, and grid edge innovations. Then analyze results that include durable and sustained increases in nighttime demand and reductions in daytime demand for a current peak demand that remains 10% less than 2021.

Michael Brown Berkshire Hathaway, NV Energy	Scott Coe GridOptimize	Ross Malme Malme Energy Consulting
Jon Hilowitz Orange and Rockland Utilities	Claus Ekman Danish Foreign Ministry

Public Power & Cooperatives: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
Join us for an interactive and thought-provoking conversation on our unique characteristics that differentiate us from our IOU counterparts. As part of the panel, participants will share slides and specific examples to shed light on our perspectives. After the panel session, attendees will break into smaller groups to brainstorm on how to address the challenges and take advantage of opportunities. Our goal is that all attendees will leave the session with some helpful and clear takeaways.

Patrick Hermann Seattle City Light	Gary Smith Sagewell	Lauren Schuettler Wabash Valley Power Alliance
Michelle Lynch Hoosier Energy	Michael Ohlsen City of Tallahassee Utilities

Choose Your V2G Adventure
Join this session to explore the multifaceted world of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology, stay updated on recent trends and developments, and engage in an interactive discussion with a distinguished panel of experts. Our panelists will delve into various dimensions of V2G, including regulatory accelerators and obstacles, technology standards and codes, program design and implementation insights, as well as the potential for large-scale deployment. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of V2G and its future impact on the grid.

Tim Lezgus Kaluza	Lindsay North Exelon/Pepco	Sara Lacey Exelon/Pepco
Marc Gaulier Olivine	Brad Mantz SDG&E	Paul Wassink National Grid

Each year, more utilities are developing virtual power plants (VPPs) — grid-integrated aggregations of distributed energy resources — to maintain and enhance grid reliability, resilience, safety, and affordability. VPPs can be configured to meet changing grid needs because they can flexibly provide multiple grid services (also known as “value stacking”). This workshop will cover the utility VPP adoption journey and discuss the evolution from a single-service VPP (often peak shaving, today) to a multi-service paradigm. This session will: Introduce a six-step process for developing a VPP that is included in VP3's VPP Flipbook, a collection of 14 VPP utility case studies and their implementation takeaways Showcase utilities and partners at various stages of their multi-service VPP journey, and hear about how they developed their VPPs, lessons learned, and future trajectories Discuss barriers to deploying and scaling multi-service VPPs in a diversity of states and regulatory contexts, and near-term opportunities.

Mary Tobin RMI	Brittainy Pond Puget Sound Energy	Corey Benson Uplight	Shawn Grant PacifiCorp
Paul Wassink National Grid	Kari Montrichard BC Hydro	Blake Richetta Sonnen	Dan Cooper EnergyHub

Data Center Demand: Problem or Opportunity?
Analysts project that more than 50 GW of data center load could be connected to the grid by 2030.  To keep up with the pace and scale of this growth, many utilities are racing to install large gas generators, which carries various risks and runs contrary to climate goals.  At the same time, most data centers are expected to invest in gigawatts of backup generation which will sit idle, unused other than in the rare event of a power outage.

But this challenge is an opportunity.  Tapping into the flexibility of data center operations would more than double existing US utility demand response capability.  It could relieve capacity constraints, improve the affordability of data center resilience, bring data centers online faster, reduce bills for all ratepayers, and improve environmental outcomes.  This panel will explore those opportunities, address key steps to realizing them, and discuss lessons learned from recent implementation experience.

Ryan Hledik The Brattle Group

Becky Li RMI

Allan Schurr Enchanted Rock

Sarah Noll Arizona Public Service

Case Study and Strategy on How Utilities Can Make Customers a Grid Asset in their VPP Strategies
APS employs a layered approach with programs like Behavioral Load Shifting (BLS), known as Plan Coach, contributing to the VPP calculations. Plan Coach involves weekly communications designed to help customers get the most value from their service plan. This strategy has led to increased customer satisfaction and successful load shifting, which helps save energy and support the grid.

Vanessa Richter Oracle Opower

Sarah Noll Arizona Public Service