Date: May 2025

A key challenge in load flexibility programs is how to determine load flexibility value to the grid and how the valuation affects program design. A key determinant to how initiatives are valued for many utilities is the state-level energy policy. This panel will bring together utility representatives from several states to discuss differences in policy and how program designs and valuation practices vary to adapt to these policies. Areas of policy focus will include: Capacity and wholesale market value, the value of decarbonization, the inclusion of load flexibility into long-term planning, approaches to non-wires alternatives or deferred T&D upgrades, and resource procurement. Panelists will be asked to summarize their load flexibility initiatives, their approach to valuation and measuring cost effectiveness, and how state-level policy has influenced load flexibility program design.

Speakers:
AJ Howard, Linden Clean Energy
Sarah Chatterjee, Electric Power Engineers
Brian Lusher, Duke Energy
JP Dowling, NRG Energy
Richard Wright, Ameren Missouri