Pre-Conference Workshop 2: A Primer on the Next Generation in Integrated Demand Side Management
1:00 - 5:00 pm | Tuesday, October 6, 2015This half-day Workshop will focus on theoretical and practical aspects of the next generation in integrated demand side management, and demand response in particular. Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resource (DER) management is increasingly becoming an important component of a distribution utility operations. It is also particularly important for utilities with high renewable generation targets faced with increased energy balancing and load shaping needs. Dispatchable demand-side resources can enhance distribution grid reliability and load balancing. They also can be valuable resources for support of system economics providing for load shaping, shifting load away from high price periods, as well as providing for support system balancing and provision of ancillary services.
Demand side management touches all aspects of the smart grid domains and users in both vertically integrated and deregulated markets. It impacts business processes in the back-office, and operations from generation to delivery to consumption. Rather than being focused on a particular market segment, technology, regulation or vendor, this Workshop will attempt to bring together thought leaders from industry, regulatory bodies, balancing authorities and load serving entities to discuss the challenges that remain when trying to combine the diverse elements of the utility into a cohesive set of end-to-end solutions; especially when one takes into consideration differences between wholesale and retail markets and jurisdictions. Distributed energy resources and where/how they could impact the deployment of DR will also be carefully examined.
The Workshop covers topics such as types of DSM, objectives, business cases and business models, market and regulatory influence and impact on programs, technologies, control, operation, communications, modeling, and standards, as well as interoperability with other utility systems. Some realistic case studies will be used as examples to provide illustrative description of key topics and discussions. The Workshop will be developed at an "advanced-level" detailing various challenges of the demand side management ecosystem. There will be a three-hour section of presentation followed by case studies and an hour long panel discussion and Q/A period.
Objectives:
- Provide an overview of existing DSM programs, with case studies to illustrate design and implementation
- Preset business cases and cost/ benefit analysis for DR and DER management and review various business models and impacts on the utility operations
- Explore barriers and challenges to implementing DSM programs, including market, regulatory, operational and technology issues
- Offer perspectives on the evolution of DSM, and potential for future developments
- Review technologies, algorithms and communications to the end-nodes (residential , commercial and industrial and beyond)
- Investigate the impacts of new FERC regulations, and ISO rules for DR and its impacts
- Compare Utility-based versus ISO/Wholesale market (aggregator) DSM programs, including potential for conflicts and synergies
- Provide an overview of existing and proposed standards and the impacts of their widespread adoption
- Compare and contrast various DSM and DR-DER programs, including dynamic pricing, direct load control, and energy efficiency programs, as well as advanced programs for supply of grid services. This will include assessments of the costs and benefits to utilities and consumers for participating/offering DSM programs, as well as the broader societal benefits that may not be captured by participants due to tariff/regulatory structures or externalities
- Develop an understanding of the full range of potential benefits for DSM programs, including operational efficiency, reliability, investment deferral, market stability, emissions reductions, renewable integration
- Review of domestic (US) including the California, PJM, and Texas markets and some international markets
- Impact of Big Data and analytics
Intended Audience
- C Level
- Utility, industrial, IPP employees
- Utility marketing & DSM managers
- Customer Service Staff
- Information Technology staff
- ISO/RTO
- Regulatory personnel
- Distribution technology managers
- Rate and financial managers
- Resource planners
- Customer service personnel
Workshop Instructors
Anant Venkateswaran, M.S, CEM
An experienced professional, Anant has over 20+ years of experience in business, financial, regulatory/policy, operations and technology aspects in the industry. Working across the globe, he has managed major technology investments and advised clients from planning, business case/ roadmap/ strategy through technology adoption and deployment. A senior member of the team accountable for strategy, trusted advisory/ consultative, thought leadership and partnerships, Anant has worked both in the traditional aspects of the grid as well new and emerging areas of Big Data, Cloud Computing, DSM, IoT & EAM. Anant serves on several Technical committees and advisory boards and is a teacher, presenter, panelist, moderator and speaker at international conferences. Anant has worked with several industrial, utility & Govt customers globally.
An experienced professional, Anant has over 20+ years of experience in business, financial, regulatory/policy, operations and technology aspects in the industry. Working across the globe, he has managed major technology investments and advised clients from planning, business case/ roadmap/ strategy through technology adoption and deployment. A senior member of the team accountable for strategy, trusted advisory/ consultative, thought leadership and partnerships, Anant has worked both in the traditional aspects of the grid as well new and emerging areas of Big Data, Cloud Computing, DSM, IoT & EAM. Anant serves on several Technical committees and advisory boards and is a teacher, presenter, panelist, moderator and speaker at international conferences. Anant has worked with several industrial, utility & Govt customers globally.
Ali Ipakchi
SVP, Smart Grid & Green Power
Open Access Technology International, Inc.
Dr. Ipakchi has over 35 years of experience in the application of information technologies to power systems and electric utility operations. As the Senior VP of Smart Grid and Green Power at OATI, he is responsible for product development and market strategy for distribution operations and smart grid areas. Prior to OATI, he was Vice President of Integration Services at KEMA, assisting utilities with technology roadmap, business and implementation strategies.. Prior to KEMA, Dr. Ipakchi held various senior management positions at ABB and Alstom leading teams for power application and market systems development, and system solutions delivery. He has been actively involved in various initiatives under DOE, NIST, SGIP, IEEE and various ISOs. He holds a PhD from University of California at Berkeley, and is co-holder of three US patents on power systems applications and instrument diagnostics.
SVP, Smart Grid & Green Power
Open Access Technology International, Inc.
Dr. Ipakchi has over 35 years of experience in the application of information technologies to power systems and electric utility operations. As the Senior VP of Smart Grid and Green Power at OATI, he is responsible for product development and market strategy for distribution operations and smart grid areas. Prior to OATI, he was Vice President of Integration Services at KEMA, assisting utilities with technology roadmap, business and implementation strategies.. Prior to KEMA, Dr. Ipakchi held various senior management positions at ABB and Alstom leading teams for power application and market systems development, and system solutions delivery. He has been actively involved in various initiatives under DOE, NIST, SGIP, IEEE and various ISOs. He holds a PhD from University of California at Berkeley, and is co-holder of three US patents on power systems applications and instrument diagnostics.
