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All 45th PLMA Conference Session Recordings

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North American Energy Impacts Resulting from Ukraine

• An edited transcript of a discussion hosted at the 45th PLMA Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. It includes special guest experts William Polen of the USEA and Elgie Holstein of EDF. (April 2022)

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Optimized Control of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Through Dynamic Digital Rates

• PG&E and Olivine present their DRET Digital Study on price-optimized load shifting that sends digital rates, created by integrating smart meter data and modeling complex rate tariffs, to end-use devices. (April 2022)

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Balancing the Grid: Customer vs. Utility Value Roundtable

• Learn how BYOD offerings are evolving to ensure smart home devices meet the needs of all stakeholders. (April 2022)

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PG&E’s Emergency Program for Mitigating Climate-Change-Induced Grid Emergencies

• Learn about emergency load reduction programs in utility climate response portfolios. (April 2022)

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How Demand Response Can Enable Flat Billing

• In 2021, Duke Energy launched a subscription program that coupled a flat bill with DSM program enrollments. Learn about the design of this subscription and its results. (April 2022)

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Revenue and Emissions Benefits of Managing Thermostats on a Sub-Hourly Basis

• Learn about customer identification, value building, and control strategies from SMECO’s perspective. (April 2022)

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DERs in NE: Good For the Grid, Great for the Community

• Learn how, in partnership with CPower, National Grid’s new Daily Dispatch program is helping customers maximize the value of their DERs while reducing emissions, enhancing grid reliability and resilience, and increasing annual revenue streams. (April 2022)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Gamifying the Peak Load Reduction Experience for Better Results and Happier Customers

• This session discusses two utilities' successful BDR experiences. (April 2022)