The Outlook for Demand Response in a High Price Environment Live Audio Conference
Record heat pushed the nation's grid to its limit during the summer but system operators and utilities kept the lights on in large part due to demand response (DR). With demand and supply conditions tightening in many areas, and new generation taking years to build, now is the time for demand response to break out and truly grow. What's the outlook for the demand response industry given high fuel and power prices?
Washington, DC (PRWEB) August 12, 2006 -- Record heat pushed the nation's grid to its limit during the summer but system operators and utilities kept the lights on in large part due to demand response (DR). With demand and supply conditions tightening in many areas, and new generation taking years to build, now is the time for demand response to break out and truly grow. What's the outlook for the demand response industry given high fuel and power prices?
Get insiders' perspectives on where the demand response industry is going and how industry leaders are taking advantage of volatile energy prices and record demand.
Find out answers to these questions, ask your own and get expert advice from the following presenters on Restructuring Today's September 22 live interactive audio conference from noon to 12:00 eastern time:
| | - Do current high energy prices give DR the needed push to reach a critical mass?
- Is this the best time to market DR services?
- Is more consolidation coming to the DR industry... is there a "natural" level for firm size? Is there an ideal footprint?
- What are the best and growing markets for DR?
- Are DR opportunities better right now in organized markets/RTOs or utility systems?
- What's the growing model or trend in DR firms -- offering more energy management services in addition to load curtailment, or just sticking to DR?
- What obstacles are keeping DR from growing despite high prices?
- What are customers' biggest needs when signing up for DR?
- Is DR getting a push from state regulators who want to avoid customers financing new power plants for demand growth?
- What states are leaders in using DR as a capacity resource?
- Is DR set to grow as RTOs open up more markets (such as ancillary services) to DR firms? Will other RTOs follow PJM's lead?
- What needs to be done to truly make DR a substitute for capacity in organized markets?
- It's been over a year since the Energy Policy Act was signed. What has been the progress on the few DR-related initiatives in the law?
- What type of DR programs are poised for the biggest growth?
- Are utilities more interested in starting (or restarting) their DR programs now?
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Get expert advice from these presenters:
| | - Phil Giudice, EnerNOC's senior vice president of corporate development. His firm intends to manage 10,000 mw of power within the next five years.
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| | - Reena Russell, ConsumerPowerline's chief officer for market and product development. She sell DR solutions for the biggest firm in the industry.
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| | - Bud Vos, Comverge's vice president of marketing, products, and strategy brings experience from selling DR in RTO markets as well as in traditional utility franchise territories.
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| | - Dan Delurey is executive director for the Demand Response & Advanced Metering Coalition and US Demand Response Coordinating Committee. DOE picked him as one of two official experts in the field.
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For more information and to register, please visit http://www.restructuringtoday.com/conferences/demand-reg.html.
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