BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2e9a7cbcaf6dff19f5f72fe08a81e95b205 CATEGORIES:PLMA Load Management Dialogue SUMMARY:Dialogue: PLMA Award Winner: Consumers - Uplight - Google DESCRIPTION:
18th PLMA A
ward Winners: Summer 2021 Webinar Series |
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span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Consumer
s Energy Customers Shift Energy Usage During COVID-19
Moderated by Mike Smith, National Grid
Fe
aturing: Shannon Morrow, Consumers Energy; Emilie Tullis, Uplight; and Just
in Cofield, Nest
Thursday, July 15, 202
1 | 12:30 to 1:30 pm ET
In 2020, Consumers Energy lau
nched an ambitious Clean Energy Plan to eliminate coal and achieve net-zero
carbon emissions by 2040. This plan focuses on increasing flexibility to t
he grid and as part of this effort, Consumers Energy developed and delivere
d a program in the spring of 2020 to give away Google Nest thermostats to M
ichigan households during the COVID-19 pandemic to help them save energy an
d money.
Electric customers who received smart thermostats were
also pre-enrolled in the Smart Thermostat Program, which shifts energy usa
ge to off-peak hours — while also keeping households comfortable – on a few
days each year. Consumers Energy placed more than 50,000 Google Nest therm
ostats in homes and enrolled 91.6% of eligible customers in the Smart Therm
ostat Program. Launched in only six weeks, Consumers Energy went above and
beyond to help their customers during a pandemic lower their energy bills i
n a no-cost manner while also furthering its goals of a more flexible grid.
The program also served as an important starting point for its winte r demand response program focused on natural gas customers -- both resident ial and businesses -- which launched in the fall of 2020.
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Meet Our Featured Speakers :
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p style="margin-bottom: 0; color: #5fa36c;"> Mike
Smith |
Shannon Morrow | Emilie Tullis Uplight |
Justin Cofield |
Who Should Attend. Utility and regulatory staff as well as other ener gy industry trade allies and organizations seeking thought leadership and i nsight on dynamic load management, including demand response and distribute d energy resources.
How Dialogue Work s. When you register, you may submit a comment or question in adva nce. After brief introductions, the featured speakers will have an informal 30-minute conversation. You're welcome to use a speaker phone so an unlimi ted number of people may participate. After the Dialogue, you will receive a recording web link. Unable to participate on this day and time? Register anyway and you will automatically receive the recording link.