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DR Dialogue: Utility Dive's Industry Study Implications
Thursday, March 08, 2018, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Category: PLMA Load Management Dialogue

PLMA Demand Response Dialogue
PLMA Demand Response Dialogue

Join Us For....

Utility Dive's Industry Survey: DR & DER Implications
with Gavin Bade, Utility Dive, and Michael Brown, NV Energy
Thursday, March 8, 2018; 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern

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Join this discussion about implications for Demand Response, Load Management, and Distributed Energy Resource practitioners from Utility Dive's Annual Industry Survey. 

View the Utility Dive report at content.industrydive.com/state-of-the-electric-utility-2018 and plan to join PLMA for a dialogue with these industry thought leaders.

Gavin Bade
Utility Dive
Gavin Bade

Before joining Industry Dive, Gavin was the editor-in-chief of Georgetown’s alt-weekly newspaper, The Georgetown Voice, and worked for a number of media publishers, including The American Prospect, NPR, the New America Foundation, and WGVU. He has a BS in Culture and Politics from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown.

Michael Brown
Berkshire Hathaway NV Energy and PLMA Chair
Michael Brown

Since 2005, Michael has worked at Berkshire Hathaway NV Energy — the largest investor owned utility in the State of Nevada. He currently manages a business unit focused on smart grid enabled customer solutions for energy and peak demand management. Michael's efforts have included the design and implementation of: one of the largest two-way communicating programmable thermostat programs in the country; a large scale Home Area Network program that integrates EE and DR; a commercial building DR program that utilizes automated communications and optimization software technology to obtain significant energy and peak demand savings; and, an advanced DR Management System that allows demand side resources to actively participate in utility energy resource portfolio optimization and risk management processes.

Who Should Attend. Utility and regulatory staff as well as other energy industry trade allies and organizations seeking thought leadership and insight on innovative demand response methods to meet peak energy load needs, mitigate price, and manage variable generation.

How DR Dialogue Works. When you register, you may submit a comment or question in advance. After brief introductions, the two featured speakers will have an informal 30-minute conversation. You're welcome to use a speaker phone so an unlimited number of people may participate. After the Dialogue, you will receive a recording web link. Unable to participate on this day and time? Register anyway and you will automatically receive the recording link.


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