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Meetings in 2006

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December 2006

There were no meetings in December 2006.

 

November 2006

There were no meetings in November 2006.

 

October 2006

There were no meetings in October 2006.

 

September 2006

9.15.2006
MADRI Working Group Meeting #13
Washington, DC

 

  • Agenda (PDF 10.6 KB)
  • The MADRI Action Plan (PDF 148 KB).
  • Report to Congress on demand response entitled "Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering" (PDF 1.7 MB). This report was prepared in response to section 1252(e)(3) of EPAct 2005. The report provides information on advanced metering, demand response programs, resource contribution from existing demand response programs, potential for demand response to play a role in regional planning, steps to ensure that demand response is equitably treated in transmission planning, and a discussion of regulatory barriers to demand response.
  • Smart Power DC Press Release (PDF 46 KB)
  • Report from NERA on AMI, time-based rates, and net metering (PDF 160 KB)
  • NARUC and EPA hosted a workshop entitled "Aligning Regulatory Incentives with Demand-Side Resources" on August 2. View presentations.
  • Presentations
    • "Real-time Pricing is the Real Deal" – Anthony Star, Community Energy Cooperative-Chicago (PDF 490 KB)
    • Report on recent PJM activities on advanced metering – Brad Johnson (PDF 54 KB)
    • Pacific Coast Demand Response and DG Programs – Jim Lazar (PDF 90 KB)
    • FERC Staff Report on Demand Response and Advanced Metering – Carol Brotman White (PDF 346 KB)
    • "Costing Methodology for Electric Distribution System Planning" (PDF 445 KB)
  • Meeting Notes (PDF 23 KB)

August 2006

There were no meetings in August 2006.

 

July 2006

There were no meetings in July 2006.

 

June 2006

6.26.2006
 
MADRI Steering Committee Establishes a DER Policy Statement
Released at the Demand Response Town Meeting in Berkeley, CA
Berkeley, CA
 

 

6.5.2006
 
MADRI Workshop on Business Model and Regulatory Issues
Trenton, NJ
 

 

  • Agenda (PDF 28 KB)
  • Blueprint for a DER Action Plan, Brad Johnson
    • Blueprint for a DER Action Plan to Be Considered by Mid-Atlantic PUCs (PDF 149 KB)
  • A DER Policy Statement, Rich Sedano
  • Presentations
    • Establishing a DER Goal, Dan Cleverdon, DC Public Service Commission
      • Distributed Energy Resources Goals (PDF 52 KB)
    • Smart Thermostat Program, Frank Magnotti, Comverge
      • Smart Thermostat DER Initiative (PDF 1.5 MB)
      • ACLM Program Conversion to Smart Thermostats (PDF 147 KB)
    • LDC - Sponsored Internet Access to PJM DSR Program, Will Lowe, PHI
      • Pepco's Commercial Load Reduction Internet Platform (PDF 876 KB)
    • Pricing Initiatives, Rick Weston, RAP
      • Action Items for Time Sensitive and Dynamic Pricing (PDF 156 KB)
      • Pricing to Induce Customer Demand Response (PDF 85 KB)
    • CHP Initiative, Dennis Moran, Mid-Atlantic CHP Application Center
      • Overview of Proposed CHP Incentive Program (PDF 86 KB)
      • MADRI CHP Incentive Pilot Program (PDF 35 KB)
    • Targeted Distribution System Deferral Pilot, Steve Mysholowsky, Con Ed
    • Decoupling Tariff, Wayne Shirley, RAP
    • Near-term and Long-term AMI Initiatives, Susan Covino, PJM
    • Business Model Insights, Eric Ackerman, EEI
      • Electric Utility Perspective (PDF 51 KB)
      • Electric Utility Perspective on Distributed Energy (PDF 15 KB)
    • Demand Response Cost-Effectiveness Determination, PHI Utility Perspective
      • Demand Response Cost-Effectiveness Determination (PDF 237 KB)
    • DER Provider Perspective, Pamela Quinlan, Consumer Powerline
    • Comments of Kathy Loftus, Whole Foods (PDF 17 KB)
  • Documents
    • NERA for Edison Electric Institute on regulatory incentives for distributed energy resources (PDF 398 KB)
    • Order from Delaware PSC opening investigation on advanced metering technology (PDF 83 KB)
    • Aspen Technologies report on the California Pricing Pilot (PDF 1.6 MB)

May 2006

5.15.2006
Business Models and Regulation
Washington, DC

 

  • Agenda (PDF 25 KB)
  • Documents
    • Blueprint for a DER Action Plan to Be Considered by Mid-Atlantic PUCs: Recommendations of the MADRI Business Case & Regulatory Sub-Groups, prepared by Brad Johnson, 5.7.06 DRAFT (PDF 70 KB)
    • ConEd Demand Side Mangement Agreement (PDF 383 KB)
    • ConEd Request for Proposals (RFP) (PDF 216 KB)
    • CHP Documents
      • Proposed CHP Incentive Pilot Program (PDF 67 KB)
      • MADRI CHP Incentive Pilot Program (PDF 45 KB)
      • State Incentives Specifically Targeting CHP and/or On-site Generation (PDF 42 KB)
      • Overview of Proposed CHP Incentive Program (PDF 134 KB)
    • Presentation by Rick Weston on a pricing Pilot (PDF 157 KB)
    • Smart Thermostat Pilot description from Frank Magnotti, Comverge (PDF 83 KB)

April 2006

4.24.2006
Business Models Subgroup
Washington, DC

 

4.6.2006
Joint meeting of the Business Models and Regulatory Subgroups
Washington, DC

 

  • Agenda (PDF 29 KB)
  • Enhancing the DR Business Case in the Mid-Atlantic Region (PDF 61 KB)
  • Presentations
    • Overview of Proposed CHP Incentive Program, Dennis Moran, Mid-Atlantic CHP Center (PDF 275 KB)
    • Pepco's CLP Internet Platform Overview (PDF 3.5 MB)
    • Advanced DR Control Technologies for Small/Medium Customers, Bill Steigelmann, Lockheed Martin (PDF 274 KB)

March 2006

3.24.2006
MADRI Working Group Meeting #12
Baltimore, MD

 

3.10.2006
MADRI Business Models Subgroup
Washington, DC

 

  • Agenda (PDF 19 KB)
  • Summary slides and the original source material for a 150 MW ConEd DR program that is currently being implemented
    • Summary Overview: ConEd 150 MW DM Program (PDF 32 KB)
    • Proceeding on Motion of the Commission as to the Rates, Charges, Rules and Regulations of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. for Electric Service (PDF 1.4 MB)
    • Consolidated Edison Electric Rate Case Action Plan (PDF 306 KB)
  • Analysis of the Impact of Demand on Power Prices, John Wilhelm, Market Strategy Group (PDF 78 KB)
  • Distributed Resources Incentive White Paper, NERA, sponsored by EEI (PDF 339 KB)
  • Review of DR Business Models, Eric Ackerman, EEI (PDF 72 KB)
  • Bridging the Gap between Wholesale and Retail Markets, Frank Magnotti, Part One(PDF 264 KB) and Part Two (PDF 189 KB)
3.7.2006
Regulatory Subgroup
Philadelphia, PA

 

February 2006

2.2.2006
MADRI Business Case Sub-Group
Washington, DC

 

  • Agenda (PDF 28 KB)
  • Draft statement of work for the proposed LMP benefits study (PDF 51 KB)
  • Presentations
    • "Bridging the Gap between Wholesale and Retail Markets," Frank Magnotti, Comverge (PDF 206 KB)
2.1.2006
MADRI Working Group Meeting #11
Philadelphia, PA

 

  • Agenda (PDF 17 KB)
  • Presentations
    • "Time-Sensitive and Dynamic Pricing Options," Rick Weston, RAP (PDF 144 KB)
    • "Distribution System Planning," Wayne Shirley, RAP (PDF 50 KB)
    • "New York's DG/CHP Experience To Date: Challenges & Opportunities," Michael Worden, New York Public Service Commission (PDF 80 KB)
    • "Assessing the Value of Distributed Resources and Their Relationship to System Planning," Francis Cummings, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

January 2006

There were no meetings in January 2006.