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14th National Conference on Building Commissioning
April 19th – 21st, The Fairmont, San Francisco
Mary Ann Piette, DRRC Research Director, will present the Automated Demand Response Project at the Thursday, April 20th Breakfast Session (7:30 – 8:30 a.m.).
For more information, go to:
http://www.peci.org/ncbc/ncbc.htm
National Town Meeting and
Demand Response Symposium
June 26th -27th, Berkeley, California
Mark your calendar and save the date. The Demand Response Research Center (DRRC) and Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) have joined together to host a two-day “National Town Meeting and Demand Response Symposium” in Berkeley, California on June 26th and 27th.
The Demand Response Symposium on June 26th will feature case study oriented concurrent panel discussions on rates and pricing, customer acceptance, metering and advanced control technologies for commercial as well as residential customers. Sessions will feature advanced programs and focus on results, policy implications and industry research needs.
On June 27th the National Town Meeting on Demand Response III will continue to examine policy related demand response issues at national and state levels. Panel sessions with key regulators, commission staff, utility practitioners and consumer advocates will revisit the myths, barriers and opportunities for demand response.
More information regarding the National Town Meeting and Demand Response Symposium can be obtained by contacting Roger Levy with the DRRC at (916) 487-0227 or Dan Delurey with the DRCC.
Manual and Automated Demand Response and
Critical Peak Pricing Strategies Class
May 16th, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Pacific Energy Center,
San Francisco
(same-day on-line course also available)
Mary Ann Piette and Dave Watson, DRRC
This course will cover manual strategies along with new "Automated Demand Response" activities in which electric loads are shed automatically based on a remote signal. Automated Demand Response will be available for PG&E customers through the Critical Peak Pricing Program. Topics covered include:
- The 2003, 2004 and 2005 Auto-DR and Auto-CPP field test results.
- Case study information from over 25 buildings organized by end-use and building type.
- Reasons for using demand responsive systems and the various technologies used to implement these systems.