Mid-Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (MADRI) Working Group

Meetings in 2009

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December 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for December 2009.

 

November 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for November 2009.

 

October 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for October 2009.

 

September 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for September 2009.

 

August 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for August 2009.

 

July 2009

7.1.2009
MADRI Working Group Meeting #20
Philadelphia, PA


  • Time: The meeting was held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
  • Location: PECO Energy, 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, just across from the Schuylkill River from the Amtrak Station.

Agenda (PDF 13 KB)

Meeting Materials

10:00 a.m.
Welcome, Review of the Day, Announcements, Introductions
Kim Pizzingrilli, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and Richard Sedano, RAP

10:15 a.m.
MADRI Focus Area: Regulation
Planning for Distributed Resources: A Discussion with PJM about Regional System Planning and Distributed Resources
Paul McGlynn, PJM, and John Reynolds, PJM

12:00 p.m.
Lunch on Own

1:00 p.m.
Reports of Ongoing and New Developments Within the MADRI Agenda

  • PJM Capacity Market 2012/13 Auction Results
    Susan Covino, PJM
    • Statement for PJM Board on Demand Response, June 26, 2009 (PDF 107 KB)
    • Presentation on 2012/2013 RPM Base Residual Auction Results (PDF 151 KB)
  • Northeast Energy Efficiency EM&V Forum Update
    TBD
  • IEEE P2030 Standard for Smart Grid Interoperability
    Tom Basso, NREL
    • Presentation on IEEE SCC21 P2030 Standards Development: Smart Grid Interoperability (PDF 364 KB)
    • Reference
  • Market implication of "minimum hours of control" requirement in PA Act 129
    John Rossi, Comverge
    • Presentation on PA Act 129 – Opportunities for DR (PDF 135 KB)
  • Comverge Clean Energy Integration Center, Kennett Square, PA
    John Rossi,Comverge
    • Presentation on Comverge ICED Project (Integrated Clean Energy Demonstration) (PDF 405 KB)
  • DC Smart Grid Pilot Report
    Dan Cleverdon, DC PSC

3:00 p.m.
Adjourn (Smart Grid Subgroup meeting Thursday, July 2, 10:00 a.m. in same location)


7.2.2009
MADRI Smart Grid Subgroup Meeting #1
Philadelphia, PA


  • Time: The meeting was held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2009.
  • Location: PECO Energy, 2301 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, just across from the Schuylkill River from the Amtrak Station.

Agenda (PDF 12 KB)

Meeting Materials

  • March 3 Testimony from Commissioner Fred Butler (NJ) on behalf of NARUC Delivered to the Senate Energy Committee on Smart Grid (PDF 37 KB)

10:00 a.m.
Welcome, Review of the Day, Announcements, Introductions
Richard Sedano, RAP

10:15 a.m.
Lawrence Berkeley Smart Grid Team Presentation on Smart Grid Framework
Roger Levy, Erich Gunther, Ron Hofman, Steve Hadden

  • Smart Grid Technical Advisory Project (PDF 136 KB)
  • Transmission & Distribution and Bulk Power (PDF 30 KB)
  • Rates, Incentives and Demand Response (PDF 314 KB)
  • Technology and Policy (PDF 171 KB)
  • Standards and Interoperability (PDF 1.9 MB)
    • Back up slides from Erich Gunther, including the slide used during the meeting to show the several elements of a smart grid, the connections among them, and standards in place in most of these grid elements. It is slide 9 out of 20 in this file. (PDF 1.4 MB)

11:00 a.m.
Facilitated Discussion of smart grid status and issues
All participants

12:00 p.m.
Lunch (Provided by PECO Energy)

1:00 p.m.
Facilitated Discussion of issues continues, including implications of the Recovery Act, Moving toward a discussion of what MADRI can do to help MADRI states resolve smart grid issues
All participants

3:00 p.m.
Adjourn

 

June 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for June 2009.

 

May 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for May 2009.

 

April 2009

4.1.2009
MADRI Working Group Meeting #19
Washington, DC


Time: The meeting was held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

Location: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC.

Agenda (PDF 12 KB)

Meeting Materials

10:00 a.m.
Welcome, Review of the Day, Announcements, Introductions
Allen Freifeld, Maryland Public Service Commission, and Richard Sedano, RAP

10:15 a.m.
A National Action Plan for Demand Response
David Kathan, FERC

  • Presentation: (PDF 102 KB)
  • Background Material: FERC Staff National DR Action Plan Discussion Draft (February 2009) (PDF 57 KB)

12:00 p.m.
Lunch on Own

1:00 p.m.
MADRI Focus Areas: DG, Regulation
Maryland Workgroup on Distributed Generation (contingent on completion of Report)
Status of Decoupling in Maryland
Calvin Timmerman, Maryland Public Service Commission

1:45 p.m.
Summary of MADRI Steering Committee Priorities for 2009

  • State Headlines (PDF 43 KB)
  • Background Material: Pennsylvania Act 129 of 2008 – Overview and Implementation, presented March 5, 2009 (PDF 30 KB)

2:00 p.m.
MADRI Focus Area: AMI
Consideration of MADRI Subgroup Work on Smart Grid Deployment
Richard Sedano, RAP

  • Smart Grid Initiative (PDF 39 KB)
  • Background Material: Proposed Regional Approach for Smart Grid Deployment in the Mid-Atlantic Region (PDF 405 KB), Brad Johnson, August 2007

3:00 p.m.
Adjourn

 

March 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for March 2009.

 

February 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for February 2009.

 

January 2009

There were no meetings scheduled for January 2009.