Status Update on DRRC Research Projects

On January 31st, 2006 the DRRC hosted a day long session at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco to review the Phase 1 interim reports and proposed Phase 2 research plans from two critical research projects. During the morning session, project team members from Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) and Summit Blue presented summaries of their independent reports on “Establishing the Value of Demand Response”. During the afternoon session, Christensen and E3 presented their reports on Rates and Incentives to Integrate Efficiency and Demand Response. Approximately 50 utility, regulatory, and consumer representatives including 17 Technical Advisory Group (TAG) members, participated in reviewing these reports.

The final revised versions of each of the consultant reports will be delivered to the DRRC by March 15, 2006. Negotiations are currently underway within the DRRC and with each of the consultants to define the Phase 2 development projects.