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49TH PLMA

49th: Let's Hear from the (EV and EVSE) OEMs - Electric Transportation Interest Group

Hear from OEMs specifically, gaining their perspective on what it takes to deliver successful utility EV programs and how they see efforts to integrate two very large industries (utility and automotive) playing out over the coming years. (May 2024)

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49th: Accelerating Electrification through Rate Reform

This session brings together experts, researchers, and utility representatives to delve into the intricacies of rate structures and their impact on electrification efforts. (May 2024)

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49th: Case Study Workshop: Newfoundland Power's EV Load Management Pilot Project

In this hands-on workshop, PLMA's Customer Engagement Co-Chairs will first discuss the fundamentals of value proposition development. (May 20224)

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49th: Carbon Accounting and Mitigation Strategies in the Commercial and Industrial Sector

This session highlights the growing importance large commercial and industrial (C&I) customers are now paying to carbon accounting, reporting and adopting decarbonization solutions.

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49th: Engagement Platform- Voice Automation and Smartphone App for Load Management

PG&E’s Customer Engagement Platform demonstration project leveraged residential voice-assistant technology as well as mobile telephone app functionality to engage with and educate residential customers on energy usage. (May 2024)

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49th: Addressing the Rapid Rise in Winter Peak Demand

This session highlights the underappreciated importance of planning for winter peaks, and will identify options that are available to utilities and regulators to manage that new risk cost-effectively and reliably.

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49th: Enterprise DRMS to Reduce Technical Debt and Increase Program Automation

This presentation outlines the legacy environment at the time of the SDG&E DR project kickoff, and juxtapose with the current operating environment, with a focus on specific lessons learned, and future SDGE initiatives going forward.

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49th: Overcoming Winter DR Challenges: Results from Seattle’s BYOT Pilot

This presentation will highlight learnings from recent direct load control pilot in Seattle that includes smart thermostats for electric furnaces, heat pump systems, and line-voltage thermostats. (May 2024)

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49th: Yes, Smart Thermostats Can Do More Than DR!

Learn about a one-year study transitioned to a two-year pilot and customers who elected the TOU automated response were tracked over the course of the three total years. (May 2024)

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49th: Assessing Customer Experience and Business Models around Price-to-Device Communication and Control Pathways

Learn how California has identified dynamic retail price-response as a major load management strategy to decarbonize and improve reliability of the grid. (May 2024)

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