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Critical Peak Pricing: Xcel Energy’s CPP Journey with C&I Customers

Learn more from Xcel Energy about how they designed these rates, what the customer response has been, and how they’ve navigated regulatory headwinds along the way. (March 2023)

PricingHOT TOPICSC&I2023

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Exploring the Role of Commercial and Industrial Load Flexibility in Demand Response

This new interest group has been created to address head-on the challenges and opportunities for load flexibility in the C&I space. (September 2022)

HOT TOPICSLoad ManagementLoad Control2022Commercial and IndustrialLoad Flexibility

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How Utilities Are Leveraging In-Home Technologies to Adaptively Respond to Dynamic Pricing Signals

Four different utilities are leveraging an array of end uses to respond to dynamic pricing signals. (September 2022)

PricingHOT TOPICSUtilitiesTechnology2022

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Voices of Experience: Residential Demand Charges at Electric Cooperatives

Mid-Carolina Electric in South Carolina, Butler Electric in Kansas and Platte-Clay Electric in Missouri were among the first to implement residential demand charges and now have several years of lessons learned and best practices to share. (February 2022)

PricingHOT TOPICS2022

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Highlights from SEPA on the the State of Managed Charging

SEPA has tracked and documented over 90 utility-managed charging pilots and programs over the past five years. Over this period, managed charging programs have grown in number, program size, sophistication, and diversity of approach. January 2022

HOT TOPICSEVs2022

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Designing Effective EV Managed Charging Programs

SRP and Brattle Group present the framework and key takeaways from their experience analyzing the potential system-level cost savings, the incentives necessary to attract customers, and the potential scale of the peak load reductions. (October 2021)

2021HOT TOPICSEVs

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TOU Programs: Best Practices for Design, Implementation, and Customer Engagement

This panel brings together representatives from utilities across the country – Consumers Energy, PG&E and SCE – to share best practices and lessons learned throughout their TOU transitions. (October 2021)

Customer EngagementHOT TOPICSDR Program Design + Implementation

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Are Utilities Selling VALUE, or Just Equipment and Programs? The Experts Weigh In!

Are utilities missing great opportunities to connect with their residential and business customers because they short-change the value attributes of EE, DR, solar, EVs, and their associated energy programs? (August 2021)

2021HOT TOPICSUtilitiesResidentialDERsConnected Devices

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Maintaining Clean Energy Commitments during COVID: APS' Preliminary 2020 DR Season Results

Preliminary results from Arizona Public Service's 2020 DR season showing how APS has stayed on track with its long-term carbon goals while addressing immediate customer needs by amending its 2020 DSM Plan. (July 2021)

Demand ResponseCustomer Engagement2021HOT TOPICSDRCOVID-19

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Accelerating EV Adoption and Grid Integration

Nine leading electric transportation vendors present their solutions' real-world applications for solving EV-focused utility load management questions. (June 2021)

2021HOT TOPICSElectric TransportationUtilitiesLoad ManagementTrendsEV

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Managing EV Load With and Without AMI: TOU Rates and Alternative Approaches

Lessons from the road about the different ways two utilities in the Northeast are engaging with their customers to manage EV load. (June 2021)

Pricing2021HOT TOPICSEVsElectric TransportationTOU RatesAMIEV

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Building a DER Portfolio through Business Case Modeling

Puget Sound Energy and West Monroe Partners discuss their DER use-case stacking approach to creating a portfolio of DER concepts. (April 2021)

2021HOT TOPICSDERUtilityResidentialConnected DevicesModel

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Exploring the Role of Electric Transportation in DR and LM

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative in Virginia presents survey results and load data on electric vehicles in its service area. (April 2021)

Demand Response2021HOT TOPICSDREVsResearchLoad Management

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Full House: Residential DR Recruitment and Retention Strategies during COVID-19

Challenges faced by utilities over 2020 and the approaches they've taken to keep programs fully subscribed and delivering results during COVID-19 home quarantines. (March 2021)

Demand ResponseCustomer Engagement2021HOT TOPICSCOVID-19Residential

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ConEd's New York Demand Rate Pilots

Con Edison's AMI implementation made possible a residential demand-rate pilot with new rate structures and opportunities for customers. (Feb 2020)

Pricing2020HOT TOPICSDemand RatesPilot

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Maryland's TOU Pilots

As part of Maryland's PSC proceedings, the Maryland utilities collaboratively designed TOU pilots and measured the impact of TOU rates on LMI and non-LMI customers. (Dec 2020)

PricingCustomer Engagement2020HOT TOPICSTOU RatesPilot

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A CCA's Behind-the-Meter Innovative Storage Program

Marin Clean Energy's behind-the-meter scalable battery program provides resilience, decarbonization, and local grid management. (Aug 2020)

Storage2020HOT TOPICSDERBatteriesResidentialCCA

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Utility Programs that Help Customers during COVID-19 Quarantine

COVID-19 era utility programs that are helping families to manage their utility bills while both working from home and trying to educate and entertain children. (July 2020)

Customer Engagement2020HOT TOPICSCOVID-19Residential

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Global Supply Chain Impacts to Grid Modernization in the age of COVID-19

How utilities and their hardware suppliers are adapting grid modernization plans as COVID-19 disrupts the global supply chain, plus a new Executive Order that halts installation of some bulk-power system equipment. (June 2020)

2020HOT TOPICSCOVID-19InternationalUtilities

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Dialing Up TOU Rates on the Radio

The California Energy Commission's approach to revolutionizing the way customers and technology providers have access to time-varying rates. (July 2020)

PricingThermostat2020HOT TOPICSResidentialRetailTOU

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