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PLMA Member Update, November 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 132 organizations
- New Members: mClimate, ZOME Energy Networks, E.ON, Energydatametrics
- Lost Members: Direct Energy, Capacity Market Partners

Officer and At-Large Director Election Results. PLMA officers elected by the Board for the 2017-2019 term are: Chair: Michael Brown, Berkshire Hathaway, NV Energy; Vice Chair: Derek Kirchner, DTE Energy; Secretary: Joseph E. Childs, Eaton; and Treasurer: David Hyland, Schneider Electric. PLMA At-Large Directors by the At-Large Representatives the 2017-2019 term are: Katie Panek, Westar Energy; Jane Peters, Research Into Action; and John Powers, Extensible Energy.

36^th Conference. Over 300 registrants; see registrant list at CLICK HERE. Presentations are now online and accessible behind your member profile and password (even if you didn't attend the conference) at www.peakload.org/36thresources

Tasks this month included:
- Agenda adjustments; major one was Commissioner Judith Judson, Mass. Dept. of Energy Resources who presented Welcoming Remarks
- Modified room diagrams to accommodate larger attendance at Board meeting and sessions.
- Closed Name Badge Ribbon Contest and custom-ordered these top 5 finalists and 2 write-in candidates: Demanding, Control Freak, B-Y-O Whatever, Critically Peaking, Behavior Modifier, and (write-ins) Duck Curver, Taking a Load Off

DR Evolution Training, Cambridge. Over 30 students attended concurrently with Interest Groups.

Calendar
Oct. 25 – DR Evolution course, San Francisco
Oct. 26 – Joint Women in DM with Thermostat Group Discussion
Nov. 13 – DR Evolution course, Cambridge
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge
Jan. 23 – Member Meet–up @ Distributech 2018, San Antonio
Jan. 23–25 – Distributech 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.
Nov. 2018 – 38^th PLMA Conference, city to be determined

PLMA Member Update, October 2017

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Make plans to attend the 36^th PLMA Conference in Cambridge. The agenda and list of the over 225 who have registered is at www.peakload.org/36thresources.

2. Consider who in your organization should attend the upcoming PLMA Demand Response Training courses in San Francisco and Cambridge, and alert them to the training course details at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training.

Pipeline - current member count is 130 organizations
- New Members: Pepco Holdings, an Exelon Company; Modesto Irrigation District; ERS as Advisory. IPKeys as Associate
- Lost Members: EnergyMasters USA, Mindsworth Center for Technology Innovation

Education Planning. DR Evolution "Workshop Series" continues in San Francisco on Oct. 25 and Cambridge on Nov. 13 with volunteer instructors. Details at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training. First of these new training/workshops was presented in Portland with 23 students. Sneak Peek Training DR Dialogue with Mark Martinez, Christine Riker and Wendy Brummer had 180 RSVPs. Week-long training set for Oct. 16-20 in Brooklyn was cancelled due to low enrollment.

36^th Cambridge Conference. Over 225 registrants with 3 weeks to go; see who's coming at www.peakload.org/look-who-came-to-cambridge. Launched Name Badge Ribbon Contest at www.surveymonkey.com/r/36Ribbon to enhance engagement. Top vote-getting phrases will be available at check in (leading phrases are Critically Peaking, Control Freak, and B-Y-O Whatever). Monday interest group agendas are fleshed out so be sure to review agenda updates at www.peakload.org/36thresources. Perhaps you saw our ad in Smart Grid today (shown at right).

Thought Leadership. This month's additions to the online PLMA Resource Directory include DR Dialogue recordings Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing and a Sneak Peek of “Evolution of Demand Response". Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to [email protected] by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update.

Calendar
Sept. 21 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Sept 26 – DR Evolution course, Portland
Oct. 5 – Over 180 for Dialogue: DR Evolution with Mark and Christine
Oct. 25 – DR Evolution course, San Francisco
Oct. 26 – Joint Women in DM and Thermostat Interest Group Discussion
Nov. 13 – DR Evolution course, Cambridge
Nov. 13–15 – Over 225 registered for 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge
Jan. 23 – Member Meet–up @ Distributech 2018, San Antonio
Jan. 23–25 – Distributech 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.

PLMA Member Update, September 2017

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Make plans to attend the 36^th PLMA Conference in Cambridge. The agenda and list of who have registered is at www.peakload.org/36thresources.

2. Consider who in your organization should attend the upcoming PLMA Demand Response Training courses in San Francisco, Brooklyn, and Cambridge, and alert them to the training course details at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training.

Pipeline - current member count is 128 organizations
- New Members: Tacoma Power and Tennessee Municipal Electric Power Association as Advisory
- Lost Members: Sequentric
- New Fall Conference Sponsors: CPower as Gold; Honeywell as Silver

Strategic Vision 2019. PLMA's officers and executive committee met in Indianapolis on Sept. 23-24 to review achievements and set goals for 2018-2019 planning horizon.

Education Planning. Co-chairs Mark Martinez and Christine Riker will present an Oct. 5 Dialogue to introduce the concept for the DR Evolution workshop series set for Sept. 26 in Portland, Oct. 25 in San Francisco, and Nov. 13 in Cambridge. Registration is also open for a week-long DR Training Series on Oct. 16-20 training in Brooklyn, NY co-hosted by Orange & Rockland Utilities and EnergyHub. Details at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training.

36^th Cambridge Conference. Over 150 have registered already (see list at www.peakload.org/look-who-came-to-cambridge) and the lodging block at Hyatt is over 50% filled. Staff will introduce an event app as an alternative/complement to the printed program, as well as posting a printable .pdf that can be downloaded. Name badge style is being updated, and will include the overview agenda on the back.

Meet-ups. Customer Engagement Co-chairs Andrea Simmonsen and Sharyn Barata co-facilitated breakfast discussion at E Source Forum on Sept. 15.

Thought Leadership. This month's additions to the online PLMA Resource Directory include: Demand Response Advanced Controls Framework and Assessment of Enabling Technology Costs from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and a DR Dialogue recording of Hot Topics and Emerging Issues featuring a conversation between Brett Feldman and Paul Miles that included a preview of the not-yet-published SEPA DR Snapshots. Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to [email protected] by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update.

Calendar
Aug. 23–24 – Strategic Vision 2019 Planning Retreat, Indianapolis
Aug. 31 – Dialogue: PJM's DR Strategy
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Hot Topics and Emerging Issues with Brett Feldman
Sept. 15 – Member Meet–up @ E Source Forum, Denver
Sept. 21 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Sept 26 – DR Evolution course, Portland
Oct. 5 – Dialogue: DR Evolution with Mark, Wendy, and Christine
Oct. 16–20 – PLMA Training courses, Brooklyn
Oct. 25 – DR Evolution course, San Francisco
Nov. 13– DR Evolution course, Cambridge
Nov. 13–15 –36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge
Jan. 23 – Member Meet–up @ Distributech 2018, San Antonio
Jan. 23–25 – Distributech 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.

PLMA Member Update, August 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 127 organizations
- New Members: E4TheFuture as Associate
- New Fall Conference Sponsors: MassSave as Platinum and utility co-host

36^th Cambridge Conference. Over 70 people have registered so far, and 200 hotel room block is almost half-full. Latest agenda is at www.peakload.org/36thresources

37^th Coronado Conference. Hotel del Coronado is now a Hilton property.

SEPA Grid Evolution Summit. A Town Hall Meeting. Two tables full for our Meet-up Breakfast, and majority of exhibitors were PLMA members.

IEPEC Conference. One table-full for meet-up breakfast; Demand Response session moderated by Ed Thomas was full-house and well-received.

Education Planning. Established online announcements for new one-day DR Evolution course on Sept. 25 in Portland, Oct. 26 in San Francisco, and Nov. 13 inCambridge. Updated training page describes courses at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training. A week-long training with the 2-day DR Markets course scheduled back-to-back with 2-day DR Program Design and Implementation course will be presented from Oct. 16-20 in Brooklyn, New York co-hosted by Orange and Rockland Utilities and EnergyHub.

Mentoring by Women in DM Group. New initiative is described at www.peakload.org/women-in-dm. Women in DM Group will meet from 8-10am slot on Monday in Cambridge, and we are rebranding the Monday reception before the board meeting as the Interest and Planning Group Meet-up.

Calendar
July 20 – Over 80 RSVPs for Dialogue: Target Corporation's Demand Side Energy Program
July 25–27 – SEPA Grid Evolution Summit, Wash DC
July 26 – Over 20 RSVPs for Member Meet–up @ Grid Evolution Summit, Wash, DC
Aug. 3 –Over 140 RSVPs for Dialogue: KCP&L and Nest for the KCP&L Thermostat Program
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed moderated session
Aug. 8 – Over 5 RSPs for Member Meet–up at IEPEC Conference, Baltimore
Aug. 8–10 – Energy Storage North America 2017, San Diego
Aug. 23–24 – PLMA Strategic Vision 2019 Leadership Retreat, Indianapolis (PLMA officers and executive committee)
Aug. 31 – Dialogue: PJM's DR Strategy
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Brett Feldman
Sept. 15 – Member Meet–up @ E Source Forum, Denver
Sept. 21 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Sept 26 – DR Evolution course, Portland
Oct. 16–20 – PLMA training courses, Brooklyn, New York
Oct. 25 – DR Evolution course, San Francisco
Nov. 13– DR Evolution course, Cambridge
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge
Jan. 23 – Member Meet–up @ Distributech 2018, San Antonio
Jan. 23–25 – Distributech 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.

PLMA Member Update, July 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 126 organizations
- New Members: NJR Home Services and Simple Energy as Associate
- Lost Members: Good Company Associates, GE Grid Solutions, United Energy (Australia)
- New 36^th Conference Sponsors: EnerNOC as Gold; all 12 Sponsor Lounge spaces are sold out

36^th Cambridge Conference. Agenda online at www.peakload.org/36thresources. Planning meeting conducted on-site on June 22. Session co-chair orientation webinar conducted on July 12. Acceptance/reject emails went to all submitters. Asgard Irish Bar will be location for Tuesday's Platinum Sponsor Party and Monday's member reception will be on the hotel's rooftop balcony.

Education Planning. Developing a new training course called "Evolution of Demand Response: Fundamentals and Path Forward" to be presented on Sept. 26 course in Portland at www.peakload.org/event/DREvolvePortland. The course will leverage repurposed slides from other training courses in response to a request from SmartGridNW and will be presented by volunteer instructors. A similar course will be presented on Oct. 25 in San Francisco in cooperation with the Calif. EE and DM Council at www.peakload.org/event/DREvolveSanFran.

Thought Leadership. This month's additions to the online PLMA Resource Directory include: PJM Interconnection's Demand Response Strategy; EPRI 2016 End-Use Energy Efficiency and Demand Response; Natural Gas Demand Response at SoCalGas®; and Insights from Leading-Edge Demand Response Research. Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to [email protected] by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update. Abstracts have been accepted for a BYOT White Paper to be published later this year by PLMA in cooperation with the Thermostat Interest Group.

Distributech 2018, San Antonio. Our PLMA Award Winners panel has been accepted as a "mega session" presentation for Jan. 24 in San Antonio. Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in San Antonio will be the location for our meet-up breakfast on Jan. 23.

Member Meet-ups. PLMA staff facilitated Member Meet-up at breakfast during the Grid Evolution Summit on July 26 in Washington, DC and will do so again at IEPEC Conference in Baltimore on Aug. 8. Ed Thomas will moderate a session at the IEPEC Conference.

Women in DM Group. New initiative to facilitate mentoring launched this week. Details at www.peakload.org/women-in-dm.

Personal message from Heather Manypenny: Friday, July 14^th was my last day at New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. After nearly 26 years with NHEC in a variety of roles, I am retiring. Therefore, I must step down as a member of PLMA’s Executive Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you and PLMA for the last 3 years. Although I have not finalized my plans, I intend to do some consulting work in the electric utility field. Therefore, I am hopeful I will be able to work with some of you in the future. I will miss the “PLMA/ULME family” and plan to visit the conference location in Cambridge in November to be able to say “good-bye” (or “see you later”). Please stay in touch. I can be reached at [email protected] and 603-848-7552. I am also on LinkedIn. All the best, Heather Manypenny.

Calendar
June 15 – Over 110 RSVPs for Member Meetup Online: Insight from Leading–Edge DR Research "rebroadcast" of Nashville panel
June 21 – Distributech Planning Meeting (Ed Thomas participated)
June 22 – Conference Planning Meeting to review scores and develop agenda
June 28 – 53 attended Member Meet–up @ Grid Edge Forum, San Jose
June 28 – 80 RSVPs for Dialogue: Natural Gas Peak Load Management with Southern California Gas, EnergyHub and ecobee
June 29 – July 20 – Conducting PLMA Member Survey
July 12 – 36^th Conference Session Co–Chair Orientation Webinar
July 13 – Over 140 RSVPs for Dialogue: Portland General Electric & AutoGrid for Pricing and Peak Time Rebate Program
July 20 – Over 90 RSVPs for Dialogue: Dialogue: Target Corporation's Demand Side Energy Program
July 25–27 – SEPA Grid Evolution Summit, Wash DC
July 26 – Member Meet–up @ Grid Evolution Summit, Wash, DC
Aug. 3 – Dialogue: KCP&L and Nest for the KCP&L Thermostat Program
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed Thomas to moderate session
Aug. 8 – Member Meet–up at IEPEC Conference, Baltimore
Aug. 8–10 – Energy Storage North America 2017, San Diego
Aug. 31 – Dialogue: PJM's DR Strategy
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Brett Feldman
Sept. 14 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Sept 26 – DR Evolution course, Portland
Oct. 16–20 – Training courses, Pacific Northwest (tentative)
Oct. 25 – DR Evolution course, San Francisco
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass.
Jan. 23 – Member Meet–up @ Distributech 2018, San Antonio
Jan. 23–25 – Distributech 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.

PLMA Member Update, June 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 126 organizations
- New Members: none (see all at Member Directory)
- Lost Members: Itron and Comverge membership merged under Itron listing; GE Grid Solutions
- New Fall Conference Sponsors: ecobee as Gold; Energy Solutions & Opinion Dynamics as Silver; (see all at click here)

Women in Demand Management Group. Melissa Knous, Duke Energy and Erika Diamond, EnergyHub as the new Group Co-Chairs.

Member Meet-ups. GreentechMedia is providing a meeting room at San Jose Convention Center where PLMA can have a catered breakfast for a Member Meet-up on June 28 to be facilitated by the Women in DM group. SEPA will welcome us again for a Member Meet-up on July 28 at their Grid Evolution Summit event in Washington, DC. The breakfast meet-ups are free to all staff of PLMA member organizations, but please RSVP for each event at Event Calendar.

Thought Leadership Group. A process for monthly updates to the online PLMA Resource Directory has begun. Email your proposed resource directory description and materials to [email protected] by the 10th of the month for inclusion in the monthly update.

36^th Cambridge Conference. 61 submissions were received and are being reviewed by the Conference Planning Group. The Group Co-chairs are Sandy Humenik, Whisker Labs; Mark Sclafani, Central Hudson G&E, and Brett Feldman, Navigant. They plan to announce the agenda in early July at www.peakload.org/36thresources.

Calendar
June 1 – Dialogue: Central Hudson Gas & Electric's Peak Perks Program
June 15 – Member Meetup Online: Insight from Leading–Edge DR Research
June 27–29 – Grid Edge Forum, San Jose
June 28 – Member Meet–up @ Grid Edge Forum, San Jose
June 28 – Dialogue: Natural Gas DR at SoCalGas
July 13 – Dialogue: Portland General Electric & AutoGrid for Pricing and Peak Time Rebate Program
July 20 – Dialogue: Target Corporation's Demand Side Energy Program
July 25–27 – SEPA Grid Evolution Summit, Wash DC
July 26 – Member Meet–up @ Grid Evolution Summit, Wash, DC
Aug. 3 – Dialogue: KCP&L and Nest for KCP&L Thermostat Program
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed Thomas to moderate session
Aug. 8–10 – Energy Storage North America 2017, San Diego
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Brett Feldman
Sept. 14 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass
Jan. 23–25 – DistribuTECH 2018, San Antonio
April 16–18, 2018 – 37^th PLMA Conference, Coronado, Calif.

Member Update, May 2017

ACTION ITEMS:
1. Consider submitting session proposal before June 5 for 36^th PLMA Conference (details at www.peakload.org/36thresources).

Pipeline - current member count is 128 organizations
- New Members: FleetCarma, Hydro One Networks, and Ecova as Associate
- Upgraded Members: Orange and Rockland Utilities, and Tendril to Sustaining
- Lost members: Murata Energy Solutions, Nature and People First; Power Over Time; UC Berkeley; UC Davis; UNC Charlotte
- New Conference Sponsors: Many; listed at www.peakload.org/36thresources

Training Series at NV Energy. The value of presenting the DR Markets course adjacent to the DR Program Design and Implementation course at a utility location was further validated last week. Planning is underway to present the courses again this fall with several utilities expressing interest in being the host. If your utility is interested in hosting the courses in return for complimentary passes, email Tiger at [email protected]

Thought Leadership Planning Group.Group page launched at www.peakload.org/thought. All PLMA member organizations are encouraged to designate a group member to help guide activities that include: speakers bureau; white papers; webcasts; and resource directory submissions. This group will be reviewing resource directory submissions prior to publication and speaker requests as received. Newest additions to the Resource Directory at www.peakload.org/resource-directory are:
- AEP Indiana Michigan Power's DR Service Emergency Program recording
- DR Practitioner Implications in Utility Dive's State of the Electric Utility Report recording
- 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tennessee presentations
- Explicit Demand Response In Europe - Mapping the Markets 2017

35^th Nashville Conference. Overview video is posted at 36^th event site; conference photos and presentation slides are posted at www.peakload.org/35thresources which is accessible to all PLMA members regardless of whether they attended the conference. The home page slideshow has been updated at www.peakload.org.

36^th Cambridge Conference. The Conference Planning Group met prior to the call for presenters launch and notes are at www.peakload.org/con-plan. All PLMA member organizations and Interest Groups are encouraged to designate a representative to help guide agenda content development and score session proposals.

37^th San Diego. Hotel del Coronado will be the site of the conference on April 16-20, 2018. Details to follow the Cambridge event.

Calendar
April 20 – Dialogue: UtilityDive Industry Survey
May 4 – Dialogue: AEP Indiana Michigan Power's DR Service Emergency Program
May 4 – June 5 – Conducting 36^th Conference Call for Presenters
May 8–12 – PLMA DR Training Series, Las Vegas
May 18 – DER Integration Group Discussion with Rich Barone and John Powers and Alectra/Sunverge
May 25 – Dialogue: City of New York's Municipal Demand Response Program
June 1 – Dialogue: Central Hudson Gas & Electric's Peak Perks Program
June 15 – Member Meetup Online: Insight from Leading–Edge DR Research "rebroadcast" of Nashville panel
June 28 – Dialogue: Natural Gas Peak Load Management with Southern California Gas, EnergyHub and ecobee
July 13 – Dialogue: Portland General Electric & AutoGrid for Pricing and Peak Time Rebate Program
July 20 – Dialogue: Target Corporation's Demand Side Energy Program
July 25–27 – SEPA Grid Evolution Summit, Wash DC (confirmed for breakfast meet–up)
Aug. 3 – Dialogue: KCP&L and Nest for the KCP&L Thermostat Program
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed Thomas to moderate session
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Brett Feldman
Sept. 14 – Dialogue: Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass
April 16–18, 2018, 37^th PLMA Conference, San Diego

PLMA Member Update, April 2017

This is a monthly update on PLMA activities for all individuals from member organizations listed at www.peakload.org/plma-member-directory. This is being sent as a bulk email and is also a Community blog post.

Pipeline - current member count is 134 organizations
- New Members: Omnetric and Scope Services as Advisory; Jackson EMC as Associate
- New Fall Conference Sponsors: See list at 36^th Sponsor List

35^th/Nashville Conference. Presentation slides and photos are now available behind your username/password at www.peakload.org/35thresources. Nice news coverage by Greentechmedia and SEPA at www.peakload.org/news/

36^th Cambridge Conference. Preliminary details now at www.peakload.org/36thresources. Call for presenters will launch on May 4.

37^th San Diego. Seeking proposals from San Diego metro area hotels for April 2018 event based on host utility interest from San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.

Website Mobile Application. Colors on member-facing side of our website now align with public-facing colors. A mobile phone application called SocialLink is now available for download at Apple App Store and Google Play. When you login to the generic SocialLink application with your PLMA username/password you will see a customized splashpage called PLMAlink.

BYOT White Paper. Call for abstracts and details on this new PLMA Thought Leadership Group initiative in cooperation with Thermostat Interest Group is at www.peakload.org/byot-compendium

Calendar
April 3–5 – 236 attended 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville; slides and photos at www.peakload.org/35thresources
April 20 – Over 140 RSVP'd for Dialogue: Michael Brown with Gavin Bade, UtilityDive on what exec. survey results means for DR practitioners
May 4 – Dialogue: Scott Shudick and Michael Weinstein with Dain Nestel on AEP Indiana Michigan Power Company's Demand Response Service Emergency Program
May 8–12 – PLMA DR Training Series, Las Vegas: DR Markets May 8–10; DR Program Design and Implementation May 10–12
May 18 – DER Integration Group Discussion with Rich Barone and John Powers
May 25 – Dialogue: Sergey Shabalin and Leonid Zolotarev with Nick Corsetti on City of New York's Municipal Demand Response Program
June 1 – Dialogue: Mark Sclafani with Nick Corsetti on Central Hudson Gas & Electric's Peak Perks Program
June 28 – Dialogue: Natural Gas Peak Load Management with Southern California Gas, EnergyHub and ecobee
July 13 – Dialogue: Josh Keeling and Amit Narayan with Paul Miles on Portland General Electric & AutoGrid for Pricing and Peak Time Rebate Program
July 20 – Dialogue: David Johnson with Dain Nestel on Target Corporation's Demand Side Energy Program
Aug. 3 – Dialogue: Tyson Brown and Jeffrey Hamel with Nick Corsetti on KCP&L and Nest for the KCP&L Thermostat Program
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed to moderate session
Sept. 7 – Dialogue: Brett Feldman with Paul Miles on Brett Feldman
Sept. 14 – Dialogue: Daniel Carr with Paul Miles on Alectra Utilities’ Advantage Power Pricing
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass
April 2018, 37^th PLMA Conference, San Diego (tentative)

PLMA Member Update, March 2017

ACTION STEP:
Review 2016 PLMA Annual Activity Report to Members at www.peakload.org/2016_annual_report

Pipeline - member count is 131 organizations
- New Members:EnerNOC and RF Demand Solutions as Advisory
- Member Upgrade: AutoGrid to Advisory
- New Conference Sponsors:Franklin Energy Group as Platinum; Whisker Labs and CLEAResult upgrade from Gold to Platinum; EnerNOC as Silver

Award Program. Winners notified and will be announced in Nashville.

Nashville Conference. Registrations are over 200 people; see list at www.peakload.org/look-who-came-to-nashville. Sold out our Hilton room block (largest ever) and no other hotel offered an overflow rate. Swingin Door Saloon confirmed as Monday reception location (just 1/2 block from hotel with a private upstairs/patio). George Jones Museum is venue for Tuesday night's OffPeak Nashville Sponsor Party with private museum access and 2 bands in public spaces.

Education Retreat. Initiative renamed Education Planning Group... patterned after Conference Planning Group. Nashville pre-conference session on April 3 will be a "focus group" to help guide future education efforts.

Calendar
Feb. 15 – Over 15 RSVPs for Member Meet–up at AESP National Conference, Orlando, Fla.
Feb. 27 – 7 RSVP'ed for ACEE Hot Water Forum Member Meet–up, Portland, Ore.
Mar. 9 – Over 70 for Women in DM with Customer Engagement webcast
Mar. 16 – Over 40 for Member Meet–up online with Rich Philip and Christine Riker
April 3–5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville
May 8–12 – PLMA DR Training Series, Las Vegas
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed Thomas to moderate session
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass

PLMA Member Update, February 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 129 organizations
- New Members: Sunverge, LTR as Advisory; Enernex, CaSA, Seven States Power Corporation as Associate
- Member Changes: Safeplug changed to MindsWorth Center for Technology Innovation; Weatherbug changed to Whisker Labs
- New Conf. Sponsors: ecobee, Whisker Labs as Gold; SEPA as Silver

Education Strategic Vision Team. Mark Martinez, SCE and Christine Riker, Energy Solutions have accepted as co-chairs to replace Michael Brown. NV Energy will host next training at NV Energy the week of May 8; DR Markets will be presented from 1 pm on Monday, May 8 to 12 noon, May 10, and DR Program Design and Implementation will be presented from 1pm Wednesday, May 10 to 12 noon on Friday, May 12. Details at www.peakload.org/demand-response-training

Thermostat Interest Group. Justin Chamberlin, CPS Energy and Olivia Patterson, Opinion Dynamics have agreed to become the new co-chairs to replace Lee Hamilton, Xcel Energy and Jenny Roehm, Schneider Electric.

36^th Conference in Cambridge on Nov. 13-15, 2017. Signed Hyatt Cambridge contract and event website is live at www.peakload.org/36thresources.

Women in DM Interest Group Mentoring. The Group is helping to plan a webinar with Customer Engagement group and a pre-conference workshop in Nashville with Retail Pricing group.

Energy Evaluation Conference, August, Baltimore. IEPEC has invited Ed Thomas to moderate a DR Session with presenters they selected from National Grid, Navigant and Ontario ISO.

Nice Press from greentechmedia on recent Calif Study Dialogue at www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-california-can-shape-shift-and-shimmy-to-demand-response and Utility Dive at www.utilitydive.com/news/shape-shimmy-shed-renewables-are-revamping-drs-future-value-in-californ/435215/

ULME. Based on survey results, ULME will charge a $100 registration fee to help cover costs and reduce vendor participation for their Nashville post-conference meeting.

35^th Conference in Nashville on April 3-5. Agenda now online and over 70 already registered. 15 session reviewers (most ever) participated in agenda planning. In response to a Conference Planning Group recommendation and support from past conference sponsors, PLMA Leadership has directed staff to produce a Sponsor Party as a Tuesday evening networking event from 7-9pm which will be open to all conference registrants at no additional cost compliments of all Conference sponsors. The party will be within walking distance of the hotel with open bar and a menu of “heavy” hors‘ oeuvres and entertainment to be determined in consultation with the Platinum-level sponsors.

Calendar
Jan. 26 – Over 200 registered for DR Dialogue on Calif DR Potentials Study with Mark Martinez, Neda Oreizy, PG&E; and Jennifer Potter, LBNL
Jan. 27 – Financial Management Strategic Team call
Jan. 31 – Over 70 RSVP'd for Member Meet–up at Distributech, San Diego
Feb. 2 – Ed Thomas co–chaired 2 sessions in his role as Planning Committee member at Distributech, San Diego
Feb 9 – Over 150 registered for DR Dialogue on FERC DR Assessment Report with Michael Lee & David Kathan, FERC, and Rich Philip, Duke Energy
Feb. 15 – Over 15 RSVP'd for Member Meet–up at AESP National Conference, Orlando
Feb. 27 – PLMA Member Meet–up at ACEEE Hot Water Forum, Portland
Mar. 9 – Women in DM Update with Customer Engagement Interest Group
April 3–5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville
May 8–12 – PLMA Training Series, Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug 8–10 – IEPEC Evaluators Conference, Baltimore; Ed to moderate session
Nov. 13–15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass

PLMA Member Update, January 2017

Pipeline - current member count is 124 organizations - New Members: Indianapolis Power & Light as Advisory; Oglethorpe Power and Bidgely asAssociate; Good Cents changed to Franklin Energy Group - Upgraded Members:Energy Solutions to Advisory - New Board Members: Cole Willis, Indianapolis P&L - New Conf. Sponsors: TVA as Platinum; EnergyHub as Gold; Landis+Gyr and Honeywell as Silver.

Member Orientation Video Rollout. Staff recorded 2 brief videos to orient member organization staff at www.peakload.org/become-a-plma-member.

Spring Conference Planning. 55 presentation submissions were scored last week (compared to 40 for Delray; 45 for San Francisco; and 34 for Charlotte) by 15 Conference Planning Group members ahead of on-site Conference Planning Meeting yesterday. Agenda will be announced in early February.

Fall Conference Venue Selected. Contract signed to meet at Hyatt in Cambridge, Mass. (i.e. across river from Boston) on Nov. 13-15, 2017.

14^th Awards Program. Call for nominations underway through Feb. 13. Details at www.peakload.org/past-winners.

DistribuTECH Presence. PLMA member organization staff are invited to a free Meet-Up Breakfast on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Details at www.peakload.org/event/Distributech2017. Executive Director is moderating a session featuring DTE, Gulf Power and KCPL co-chaired by Bob Donaldson, Duke Energy; and co-chairing another session on Storage. PLMA will be listed on Convention Center signage as an Association Partner.

Resource Directory. Added updates from FERC and NARUC Reports.

YourMembership Website Provider. After much back-and-forth, our association management system providers agreed to "rollback" their new Daily Digest feature introduced over Christmas holidays and let us know before they re-introduce.

Calendar
Dec. 15 – Over 150 registrants for DR Dialogue on NARUC Manual with Chris Villareal, Minn PUC and John Powers.
Jan. 5 – Over 200 registrants for DR Dialogue on DRMS panel with Brett Feldman, Diana Breziner, and Sarah Chatterjee with Utility Dive article at www.utilitydive.com/news/as-utilities-turn-to-cloud-based-dr-platforms-cybersecurity-is-key-concern/433750/)
Jan. 26 – Over 200 registrants for DR Dialogue on Calif DR Potentials Study with Mark Martinez, Neda Oreizy, PG&E; and Jennifer Potter, LBNL
Jan. 31 – 8:00-9:00am Pacific – PLMA Member Meet-up at Distributech, San Diego
Feb. 13 – Call for Award Nominees ends
April 3-5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tenn.
Nov. 13-15 – 36^th PLMA Conference, Cambridge, Mass

PLMA Member Update, December 2016

Pipeline - current member count is 122 organizations - New Members: Advisory: Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (AEP), Snohomish PUD, Crius Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Direct Energy, Capacity Market Partners; and Associate: Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative (Penn.), EPRI - Upgraded Members: Duke Energy and ICF to Sustaining - Lost Members: MelRok, Rochelle Municipal Utilities - New Board Members: George Pohndorf, Snohomish PUD; John Smith, Crius Energy; Nonette Surbaugh, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma; Greg Flege, Dairyland; Ade Dosunmu, Capacity Market Partners; Les Crittenden, Direct Energy - New At-Large Reps: Laura King, Northwestern REC; Ram Narayanamurthy, EPRI - 35^th Conference Sponsors: Comverge as Platinum; Nest as Gold; Honeywell Smart Energy as Silver

34^th (Delray) Conference Wrap-up. Photos are updated on PLMA Home Page gallery from those on Resource Page at www.peakload.org/34thresources

35^th (Nashville) Conference Planning. Great kick-off meeting with recording and notes on group page at www.peakload.org/con-plan. Set on-site planning meeting for Jan. 18 from 9am-12n Central at Nashville Hilton. Launched call for presenters and opened attendee/sponsor registration at www.peakload.org/35thresources with a skeleton agenda and pricing same as in Delray.

Award Program Leadership Transition. Nick Corsetti, National Grid and Dain Nestel, CLEAResult with Paul Miles, PECO have agreed to take the reins from Brian Solsbee and Ray Pustinger. Staff has made significant upgrades to the past Award Winners page at www.peakload.org/past-winners.

Customer Engagement Group Page launched at www.peakload.org/CustomerEngagement

KCPL Dialogue in Utility Dive. Nice article that piggybacks on our recent Dialogue at http://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-house-becomes-a-battery-inside-kcpls-thermostat-program/431289/.

Calendar
Nov. 17 – DR Dialogue with KCPL and CLEAResult.
Dec. 8 – Women in DM Update was a 2017 planning discussion.
Dec. 15 – DR Dialogue on NARUC Manual with Chris Villareal, Minn PUC and John Powers
Jan. 5 – DR Dialogue on DRMS panel with Brett Feldman, Diana Breziner, and Sarah Chatterjee
Jan. 31 – PLMA Member Meet-up at Distributech, San Diego (reserved upstairs room at Good Yolk Cafe)
April 3-5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tenn.

PLMA Member Update, October 2016

Pipeline - current member count is 113 organizations - New Members: Sustaining: National Grid; Energy Masters USA Advisory: New Brunswick Power, North Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Good Cents, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services Associate: City of Belmont (Mass.); Zen Ecosystems - Member upgrades: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Weatherbug, Nexant, NTC, Tendril to Advisory; Bonneville Power Admin. to Sustaining - Lost members: Terralux, Mad Dash, Yardi - New Board Members: Mike Unum, GE Grid Solutions; Jason Fielder, Energy Masters USA - New At-Large Rep: James McPhail, Zen Ecosystems - New Conference Sponsors: Silver: CPower, Tendril, Sequentric

Election Season Update. Michael Brown of Berkshire Hathaway, NV Energy was elected Vice Chair in the recent special officer election to replace Elody Samuelson of Consumers Energy. The Executive Committee Election is now underway with nine candidates running for the Committee vacancies. Board members listed at www.peakload.org/plma-leadership may vote electronically until Nov. 1 or choose to vote at the Board meeting on Monday Nov. 7 in Delray Beach just before the Fall Conference.

E Source Forum Member Meet-up. 15 RSVP’ed to attend, and Joe Childs handed out member placards to exhibitors along with some fall conference postcards.

Training Series in St. Louis. We received terrific reports about student engagement and instructor/mentor bonding regarding the course conducted at Ameren headquarters last month. Details will be shared at the Board Meeting.

Fall Conference Planning. Marriott Delray Beach survived Hurricane Matthew unscathed; latest registrant list of over 170 people is at www.peakload.org/34thresources. Our Marriott room block is full so we've published overflow hotel info on the website. Several agenda changes with Tuesday lunch expanded to 90 minutes. Monday's agenda has been repositioned as pre-conference Interest Group Activities (i.e. don't call them workshops) and clarified that single pre-conference registration allows participation in any/all with those using member/sponsor passes having no extra charge.

Customer Engagement Interest Group. Andrea Simmonsen, Idaho Power and Sharyn Barata, Opinion Dynamics will explore co-chairing a new group. Ward Eames, NTC and Joel Schofield, Threshold are interested in formation as well. A "kick-off meeting" is set for Monday, Nov. 7 in Delray Beach.

E Source Direct Load Control Benchmarking Study. Gary Connett, Great River Energy and Bob Donaldson, Duke Energy have been appointed as the PLMA liaison for an E Source study. Details will be shared at the Board meeting.

Website Enhancements. Conducting soft launch of new member profile interface that includes personalized URLs for all members. Goal is to make it easier and more compelling to sign-in to PLMA system for more than event registration. Also, streamlined member company subaccount (and nonmember attendee) registration process to be self-serving at risk of someone saying they are with a member company who isn't. Will police on back-end rather than be a gatekeeper on front-end. Still squashing IT bugs in system back-end since we are among the first of Yourmembership.com's clients to roll this out.

FAQs, Graphics, and How to Link with PLMA. Launched new public-facing pages to answer FAQs and explain PLMA's social media activities. See the new sub-tabs under the Resources tab on the public side of website.

Linkedin Group. Changed name of group to DR, Peak Load and DER Practitioners. Updated text to say anyone can view and comment on posts and join group, but only PLMA member organizations can post discussions. Deleting non-members who post shameless promotion. AESP Coordination on Utility RFP Postings. Have established a process with AESP staff to jointly post RFPs that AESP receives on PLMA website and vice versa.

Calendar
Sept 12 – 16 – DR Training courses back-to-back, St. Louis (registrant list of over 35)
Sept 16 – E Source Member Meetup (RSVP list of 15)
Sept. 29 – DR Dialogue with Austin Energy and PECO (registrant list of over 85)
Oct. 6 – DR Dialogue: PG&E and Silver Spring Networks (registrant list of over 100)
Oct. 20 – Women in DM Update with National Grid, Southern California Edison and LBNL (registrant list of over 85)
Nov. 7 – Interest Group Activities
Nov. 8-9 – 34^th PLMA Conference, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov 9-10 – ULME, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov. 9-10 – Intro to DR training course, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov. 17 – DR Dialogue with KCPL and CLEAResult
Dec. 8 – Women in DM Update
April 4-5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tenn.

PLMA Member Update, September 2016

This is the first of what will become monthly updates on PLMA activities sent to all individual all individuals from PLMA member organizations listed at www.peakload.org/plma-leadership. This is being sent as a bulk email and is also a Community blog post.

Pipeline - Current member count is 108 organizations (listing at www.peakload.org/plma-member-directory). Updates since Spring Board meeting include: - New Members: Salt River Project and Central Hudson Electric and Gas at Sustaining level; Puget Sound Energy, Idaho Power, Carina Technologies, and Mosaic Power at Advisory level; Arizona Public Service, Vectren, SEPA, and Sequentric at Associate level; and UNC Charlotte and UC Davis at Academic level. - Member Name Changes: Sunovation is now Aquanta; Johnson Controls is now CPower; Alstom is now GE Grid Solutions - Lost Members: Opower (now Oracle) and Efficiency Power

Officer and Executive Committee Elections. An election to fill the Vice Chair term vacated by Elody Samuelson is being conducted electronically from Sept. 21 to Oct. 4 among Board members so results are announced before electronic balloting for the Executive Committee for the 2016-2018 term is conducted from Oct. 19 to Nov. 1. Voting for the Executive Committee may also be done by Board members at the beginning of the Board meeting which will Monday, November 7 in Delray Beach, Florida.

Fall Conference. What would have been the 17th PLMA Fall Conference has been rebranded as 34^th PLMA Conference to better leverage our marketplace longevity. We don’t say 34^th ANNUAL but rather the 34^th time that PLMA has presented a conference (see historical listing at www.peakload.org/history-of-plma). Agenda format includes concurrent interest group meetings on Monday and an Intro to DR course on Wed-Thurs concurrent with ULME meeting. Event details at www.peakload.org/34thresources. Registration fees have been simplified to a member/nonmember conference rate along with a "Monday workshops" member/nonmember rate that includes lunch and ability for registrants to "float" among any/all the workshops. Our Marriott Delray Beach room block with very preferential pricing (try booking a room elsewhere and see) is sure to sellout ahead of our contracted Oct. 19 deadline. Hotel deal details at www.peakload.org/34thresources.

Interest Group Update: Behind-the-Meter Storage Group sponsored the Community Storage Initiative Leadership Forum in Minneapolis in July; participated in Congressional Briefings in June and September; and will co-produced a full-day workshop at the Fall Conference with DER Integration Group; Retail Pricing Group launched at www.peakload.org/Pricing with plans for half-day meeting in Delray Beach. Women in Demand Management Interest Group changed their name from Women in DR.

Education Committee conducted 3 training courses hosted by Ameren in St. Louis, and 1 course hosted by Nest in Pal Alto, Calif. As part of a training harmonization effort, the Committee published a “Defining the Evolution of Demand Response” paper and invite comments at www.peakload.org/blogpost/1502825/Defining-the-Evolution-of-Demand-Response.

Web User Interface Upgrade. Staff is working with our association management system provider to launch a new member interface. Benefits include ability to link your PLMA profile password to your Linkedin or Facebook password, a mobile phone application, and a Directory function to allow for connections, postings and comments among individual members not seen by the general public (i.e. our own private Linkedin space).

Resource Directory. Staff modified website navigation to create a Resources tab at www.peakload.org/resource-directory as a repository for curated content created by PLMA, members and allies.

Branding Graphics. Staff established a place in Resources website navigation for members and allies to download PLMA graphics at www.peakload.org/graphics. Also launched there a Logowear Store at business.landsend.com/store/PLMA.

Member Meet-up Breakfasts conducted at SEPA Town Hall in June and E Source Forum.

Outreach. Conducted discussions among PLMA Leadership members and SEPA, AEMA, Energy Storage North America and Smart Grid NW.

Calendar(since Spring Board Meeting)
May 12 – DR Dialogue: United Energy's Award-Winning Initiative
May 19 – DR Dialogue: BPA with Energy Northwest
May 24 – Fall Conference Planning Committee Kickoff
May 26 – Women in DR Update on Storage
June 30 – DR Dialogue: What is ‘Community Storage’ and Why Should I Care
July 12 – Member Meet-up at SEPA Town Hall
July 20-21 – Community Storage Initiative Leadership Forum. Agenda and presentations are at http://www.communitystorageinitiative.com/forum/agenda/
July 25 – PLMA hosted a preview webinar just for AESP-PLMA joint survey participants
July 28 – AESP-branded webinar on Joint Survey results
Aug. 4 – DR Dialogue: Duke Energy with Comverge
Aug. 15 – Board-only Retail Pricing Interest Group launch
Aug. 16 – Board-only webinar on Executive Committee Responsibilities
Aug. 18 – Fall Conference preview with Brad and Robin
Aug 25 – DR Dialogue: National Grid with Cieva
Sept 1 – DR Dialogue Defining DR's Evolution
Sept. 8 –DR Dialogue with CPS Energy & Nest
Sept 12 – 16 – DR Training courses back-to-back, St. Louis.
Sept. 29 – DR Dialogue with Austin Energy and PECO
Oct. 6 – DR Dialogue: PG&E and Silver Spring Networks
Oct. 20 – Women in DM Update
Nov. 7 – Interest Group Workshops
Nov. 8-9 – 34^th PLMA Conference, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov 9-10 – ULME, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov. 9-10 – Intro to DR training course, Delray Beach, Florida
Nov. 17 – DR Dialogue with KCPL and CLEAResult
Dec. 8 – Women in DM Update
April 4-5 – 35^th PLMA Conference, Nashville, Tenn.