| Come meet w
ith your fellow utility colleagues (and only utility colleagues) at the nex
t ULME webinar on electric vehicles and demand response. We will have two s
pecial guests to cover different ways EVs have been controlled for demand r
esponse. - Joana Abreu, from Eversource, will cover how their de
monstration project is going controlling Evs through ChargePoint chargers (
aka EVSEs).
- Paul Wassink, from National Grid, will discuss their
plans to launch a EV + DR program using onboard telematics (no EVSE needed)
.
Please come prepared to discuss and ask questions. After we h
ear from the speakers, we will break out the webinar into teams of 4 to 5 p
articipants to learn what other utilities are doing with Evs and DR, and se
e how the programs we have learned about could be further improved. At the
end of the meeting, you will get a chance to vote on what the next ULME web
inar should be about. Please register for the webinar by June
22nd so we can verify you are a utility employee. Reg
istration will be closed after June 22nd, the WebEx link w
ill be sent to verified registrants. This webinar will not be recor
ded. 12:30 - 2:30 pm EST | Live Online Present
ation This presentation will not be recorded. <
/p> | | Joanna AbreuEversou
rceJoanna joined Eversource in April 2019 as a Program Manager of t
he Active Demand Programs for C&I, Small Business, and residential cust
omers. She is helping to implement but also shape and design future program
offerings. Joana has over 15-year experience in this field, with a Ph.D. f
rom MIT Portugal in Sustainable Energy Systems focusing on residential dema
nd response. As a contract researcher at Fraunhofer CSE, she received an NS
F-award to investigate the human component of critical resilience interdepe
ndent systems. In this role, she forged business partnerships with utilitie
s, medium-sized tech, state and federal government agencies, and universiti
es. She has a track record of research publications and presentations in mu
ltiple high-profile conferences in the field. |
| Paul WassinkNational Grid and ULME Steering CommitteePau
l helps lead new product development for National Grid’s commercial and ind
ustrial customers. He works with customers to understand their changing ene
rgy needs, and how new technologies can lower their energy cost while incre
asing comfort and environmental sustainability. Paul lea
ds the development of new electrical demand management and demand response
solutions for commercial and industrial customers, and is developing severa
l new programs to help customers address the rising demand costs. He is a member of the Massachusetts Technical Assessment Committ
ee (MTAC), which helps to bring new technologies into our energy efficiency
incentive programs. |
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| The Utility Load Management Exchange's (ULME's) mission is to promote loa
d control as a viable option for utility deployments in demand reduction, e
conomic dispatch, and/or T&D reliability through a forum for utility st
aff members to share information on program design, marketing, vendor manag
ement, benefit-costs and technology deployments. Learn more about the structure and governance
of ULME here. |