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Dialogue: ACEEE on Demand-Side Solutions to Winter Peaks and Constraints
Thursday, June 09, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Category: PLMA Load Management Dialogue
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PLMA Load Management Dialogue

Join Us for:
ACEEE on Demand-Side Solutions to Winter Peaks

Moderated by PLMA Executive Director Rich Philip
Featuring: Michael Specian of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
Thursday, June 9, 2022 | 12:30 to 1:30 pm ET

The number of winter-peaking utilities is expected to grow much larger over the next 10–20 years due to electrification of end uses, particularly space heating. Additional winter constraints, like the loss of generation during extreme weather events, can pose similar challenges for the electric grid to meeting winter demand.

This discussion will characterize the opportunity for demand-side measures (DSMs) like demand response, energy efficiency, and storage to mitigate winter peaks and constraints. It will cover the state of current and future winter peaks, summarize which DSMs offer the greatest potential for managing high winter demand, and highlight examples of existing North American utility programs that realize winter peak savings through DSMs. It will also provide a regional modeling case study of a highly electrified New England to quantify the extent to which different DSM packages can mitigate winter peak resulting from a polar vortex event.

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Meet Our Featured Speakers:

Rich Philip

Rich Philip
PLMA Executive Director 
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 Mike Specian

Michael Specian
ACEEE

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Who Should Attend. Utility and regulatory staff as well as other energy industry organizations and vendors seeking thought leadership and insight into successful peer-selected DR/DER initiatives.   

How Load Management Dialogues Work. When you register, you are welcome to submit a comment or question for our speaker(s). After brief introductions, our guest speaker(s) will each present their perspectives on the topic. Our moderator(s) will then host a Q&A discussion that includes audience participation. Following the Dialogue, you will receive a link to PLMA's Load Management Resource Center where you can see a session recording and a copy of the slides. If you are unable participate in person in the Dialogue, you can also listen to it on the PLMA Load Management Dialogues podcast, or view it on PLMA's Load Management Resource Center.