Customer Engagement Interest Group

The PLMA Customer Engagement Interest Group will address key areas of customer engagement for demand response programs. The group will focus primarily on the best practices to connect with customers (residential, commercial/industrial, and irrigation) and educate on offerings, whether technology-based, behavior change, dynamic rates, etc. This includes verbiage, techniques, communication vehicles, and other elements as appropriate, to take communication to a higher level where it becomes a two-way interaction. Specifically, the group will focus on the following key areas:

Customer experience;
Customer journey;
Mass personalization;
Personas;
Holistic approaches;
Targeted messaging; and
Customer satisfaction.

This new Customer Engagement Interest Group will produce DR Dialogues and pre-conference workshops, attracting papers and presentations from utilities, trade allies, and consultants actively involved in the DR issues described above. The three founding co-chairs will be Andrea Simmonsen, Idaho Power; Meridith Nierenberg, Orange and Rockland; and Sharyn Barata, Opinion Dynamics.

We will actively solicit papers from current and prospective new PLMA members, as we believe this topic will open up new interest from multiple utilities engaged in or increasing demand response and demand management programs as well as from organizations moving into DR.

Group Leadership

Andrea Simmonsen, Idaho Power
Co-Chair
Andrea Simmonsen
Idaho Power

Meridith Nierenberg, Orange and Rockland Utilities
Co-Chair
Meridith Nierenberg
Orange and Rockland Utilities

Sharyn Barata, Opinion Dynamics
Co-Chair
Sharyn Barata
Opinion Dynamics

Upcoming Activities

Join us at the 38^th PLMA Conference in Austin, Tex. November 12, 2018
All registered attendees for the Interest Group Activities are invited to attend the Interest Group Meeting.

Archived Activities

Customer Engagement Interest Group Pre-Conference Meeting
Presented April 16, 2018 before the 37^th PLMA Conference in Coronado, CA
See 37^th PLMA Resources for presentation links

Pre-Conference meeting at the 36^th PLMA Conference in Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 13, 2017.
See agenda with presentation links.

Women in DM & Customer Engagement Joint Discussion: Journey to Understanding the Customer Experience
CLICK HERE to learn more and register and listen to the free recording

Founding Meeting, November 7, 2016, Delray Beach, Florida
The Group had its initial kickoff meeting during the pre-conference interest group meetings at the 34th PLMA Conference.