Demand Response Training
Join Us For: PLMA DR Wholesale Markets March 24-25, 2021 Wednesday, Mar 24: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET  |  8:00 am to 2:00 pm PT   Thursday, Mar 25: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET  |  8:00 am to 2:00 pm PT   This class is presented live online.

This two-day interactive, online class explores how to leverage wholesale energy market models to design demand response programs for traditionally regulated, restructured, and emerging electricity markets; a detailed review of the similarities and differences among markets in which demand resources can participate; and, the current and future roles for electricity consumers, aggregators, energy retailers, utilities, and market operators; and the role of DERs and Storage in the market.

Interactive exercises will enable participants to gain hands-on experience with various aspects of the subject matter. The class content expands on a white paper which you can download at www.peakload.org/evolution.

Class Topics Include:

• General structure of traditionally regulated and restructured energy markets and role of market participants
• Review, history, markets and products of PJM, NYISO, ISO New England, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, IESO, and AEMO
• Economics, configuration and process modeling; group exercise
• Types of markets/services in which demand response could participate—energy, capacity, ancillary services, emergency, economic, etc.; group exercise
• Review of other important emerging markets and international markets
• Review of important controversial market design and regulatory issues
• Opportunities and Grid Planning Implications for retail energy marketers, utilities, technology and service vendors
• Explore the emerging role of energy storage and other emerging demand-side resource trends
• Future outlook and emerging trends
• Tools, techniques, communication standards; group exercise
• Course Exam
• Facilitated Mentor Round Table Discussion
• Download the free Demand Response Glossary of Terms and Definitions to get started today

Registration Fees (for the live, online class) 

• PLMA member rate: $1,199
• A complimentary member pass may be available for Sustaining and Advisory-level members.
  Please contact Rich Philip, [email protected]. 
• Non-member rate: $1,699

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NOTE:  The DR Wholesale Markets class is held adjacent to PLMA's DR Program Design and Implementation class. You may register for one or both of these classes.