- Course list

45TH CONFERENCE

Scaling Up to Decarbonize: Behavioral Techniques that Accelerate Program Participation

Decarbonization requires scale, and TOU rates combined with smart thermostats are critical to aligning energy use and renewables. To help customers better understand this value, APS leveraged their successful behavioral program. (April 2022)

BehavioralTOU Rates2022Decarbonization45th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

Wholesale Market Virtual Power Plants with EV Fast Charging Infrastructure (DCFC) + Energy Storage

Learn about VPP technology and VGI grid services, as established by FERC Orders 841 and 2222. (April 2022)

StorageBatteries202245th ConferenceVirtual Power Plants

45TH CONFERENCE

EcoPort – Enabling the Electric Water Heater DR Market

Learn more about the EcoPort technical standard, the load management opportunity it enables, and the testing and branding programs that support it. (April 2022)

Load ManagementHeat Pumps202245th ConferenceWater Heaters

45TH CONFERENCE

Integrating Program Design, Forecasting, and Orchestration for Coincident Peak Management

Learn about this forecasting methodology and how program design and execution has saved Holy Cross money while driving customer DER adoption. (April 2022)

DR Program Design + Implementation202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

Smart for Smart: Leveraging Analytics to Maximize Smart Thermostat DR Program Engagement and Impacts

Learn how customer characteristics drive DR event performance, and how best to engage them in ongoing program support. (April 2022)

Demand ResponseThermostat202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

DRMS and Its Role in Supporting DER Growth

Learn how DRMS have the unique potential to empower and enable utilities to better support their distribution grid operations. (April 2022)

DRMSDER202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

It’s Not TOU, It’s Me! How Smart Speakers Can Help Utilities Keep Customers on TOU

Learn how smart speakers, when linked to a utility account and paired with an automation platform and other smart devices, directly empower customers and serve as an effective customer communications channel. (April 2022)

ResidentialTOU202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

Managed Charging in Electric Transportation: What's Happening Currently? What's Coming Next?

Learn about the current state of EVs and managed charging, and what's coming in the next wave of developments. (April 2022)

EV202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

New Approaches to Achieve Greater Load Flexibility in Buildings for Low Carbon Energy Systems

Learn about the California Research and Development Load Flexibility Hub, a new 4-year program to develop, evaluate, and demonstrate technology that improves load flexibility. (April 2022)

Load Management202245th Conference

45TH CONFERENCE

Exploring Demand Response Events Through a Smart Home Lens

Learn how Pepco's Smart Home pilot focused on DR capacity that resulted from customers installing Smart Home Kits to control medium and large loads. (April 2022)

Demand Response202245th ConferenceSmart Home

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