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Dialogue: U.S. Department of Energy’s Pathway to Commercial Liftoff for Virtual Power Plants & Federal Financing Support
Thursday, December 07, 2023, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Category: PLMA Load Management Dialogue

PLMA Load Management Leadership

Load Management Dialogue

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U.S. Department of Energy’s Pathway to Commercial Liftoff for Virtual Power Plants & Federal Financing Support

Featuring Guest Speaker Jennifer Downing with Department of Energy

Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 12:30 to 1:30 pm ET

"With electricity demand growing for the first time in a decade and fossil assets retiring, deploying 80-160 GW of virtual power plants (VPPs)—tripling current scale—by 2030 could support rapid electrification while redirecting grid spending from peaker plants to participants and reducing overall grid costs.“

Jen Downing from the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will present key insights from the recently published VPP Liftoff Report; This will include the current state of VPPs in the U.S., the role VPPs can play in a modernizing grid, and priority solutions to accelerate growth. The session will also cover DOE programs that can support VPP projects, with a deep-dive on the >$300 billion in financing authorities of the Loan Programs Office. 

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 Meet Our Featured Speakers:

Rich Philip

Rich Philip

 Executive Director
PLMA
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Jennifer Downing

Jennifer Downing
Senior Advisor
Department of Energy
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Kristin Frick Headshot

Kristen Frick
Grid Innovation Lead
Department of Energy
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Who Should Attend. Utility, regulatory staff, plus energy industry vendors and stakeholders who seek thought leadership and insights on dynamic load management, demand response, and distributed energy resources.

How Dialogue Works. When you register for a Load Management Dialogue, you are welcome to submit a comment or question for the speakers in advance. After brief introductions, the featured speakers will make a short presentation followed by a moderated audience Q&A discussion. Following each Dialogue, both the presentation slides and a recording will be added to PLMA's Load Management Resource Center, for access by all PLMA stakeholders. You are welcome to return to the Load Management Resource Center anytime to watch PLMA Dialogues following their broadcast date.