Tuesday, 28 June 2016: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Smart Building Systems/Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics
Chair:
Glenn Remington, Consumers Energy
Technical Committee: 07.05 Smart Building Systems
Sponsor: NA
This seminar presents a top down overview of how smart grid and demand response federal policy and laws make their way through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the various regional transmission authorities then to the state level and how it impacts building owner/operators and electricity tariffs.
1 Overview of the Regulatory Process Related to Smart Grid and Demand Response
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Tom Lawrence, Ph.D., University of Georgia College of Engineering |
Speaker will provide an overview of the smart grid and demand response related regulatory process as it proceeds from laws promulgated at the federal level by Congress and associated regulations issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) including recent Supreme Court decision #745, to the Regional Transmission Authority (or Independent System Operator) and impacting state legislatures and regulatory commissions.
2 Overview of Public Utilities Regulation at the State Level and Contested Case Tariff Process
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Robert Schallenberg |
This speaker provides an overview of the state level regulatory process and how various utility tariffs are established by the rate case or "contested case" process.
3 The Role of Third Party Aggregators in Demand Response Programs
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Greg Poulos, J.D. |
This speaker provides an overview of the process of how 3rd party aggregators work with utilities and building owners to save energy and not only help manage energy cost for consumers but also produce savings in demand response programs.