Some strategic questions for DRR:
Some strategic questions for DRR Demand response in long-term planning
Can wholesale markets provide sufficient revenue for DRR to participate?
How can we structure incentives for utilities to help facilitate DRR deployment?
It’s a political rodeo…which bull should we ride, and how should we ride it?
Wholesale Markets :
Wholesale Markets Existing Programs and Initiatives – a great start -(SCR, ALM, RAM, economic bidding programs)
Other Opportunities: -Alternative to transmission expansion -Intrinsic value to competitive energy markets -_____
-Governance role
-Ancillary services
Utility Incentives:
Utility Incentives Barriers?
-Standby Rates – spreading like the flu, but maybe an opportunity
- Interconnection standards
Retail Opportunities: - Avoided line losses on peak - Distribution investment offsets - Flatter load profiles - RFPs
Political Rodeo :
Political Rodeo States: initiatives for retail integration, ___ - Blackout 2003 – are there really opportunities for us? - Homeland security - Transmission investment - We are dropping off the RADAR… FERC has been educated, but DRR needs to re-enter the fray!
Demand Response as Medicine :
Demand Response as Medicine - Band-Aid™? - Prosthesis? - New Growth?
Contact Info::
Contact Info: Ruben Brown The E Cubed Company, LLC 215 East 79th Street New York, New York 10021 212.585.1459 rsbrown@ecubedllc.com