Smart Response Collaborative

• Educate Commissioners and staff on Smart Grid and Demand Response in order to promote better Smart Grid and Demand Response regulatory decisions and policy.
• Promote consistency across State policies and awareness of State and Federal policy; coordinate and harmonize policies and procedures where possible.
• Promote Federal and State regulatory dialogue and cooperation.
• Provide a forum for consumer perspective and to shape the Smart Grid and Demand Response value proposition to ensure that the policies benefit consumers.
• Create a forum for communication to and with stakeholders-signaling areas of regulatory interest.
• Compile research where needed and communicate best practices.
• Gather updates from other Federal agencies working on related issues.

The Collaborative is co-chaired on the NARUC side, by Michigan PSC Chairman Orjiakor Isiogu and Minnesota PUC Commissioner Phyllis Reha, and on the FERC side, by Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and Commissioner John Norris.

Smart Grid Collaborative workspace click here The following webinars were given by Lawrence Berkley National Lab to support State Commission awareness and engagement in the NIST Smart Grid Standards Process:           December 16: Webinar #2 Engaging the Customer           December 1: Webinar #1 Overview of the NIST Standards and Priority Action Plan Activity ** Important caveat: given how quickly the standards process is moving, please do not rely exclusively on these slides which may become quickly outdated. Additional resources: NIST Website Smart Grid TWIKI

2010 NARUC Summer Committee Meetings (2010)

National Action Plan on Demand Response David Kathan, Ph.D - FERC

Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Standards Update John McDonald -Chairman, SGIP Governing Board

Smart Grid Technical Advisory Project Chuck Goldman - Project Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Status of Smart Grid Investment Grant Projects Joe Paladino - DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

T&D Efficiency Initiative Richard Lordan, PE - Technical Director, EPRI

Update on Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Lisa Schwartz - The Regulatory Assistance Project

NARUC Winter Committee Meetings (2010)

Comparison of Smart Grid Clearinghouse Information Requests to United States Department of Energy Guidebook for ARRA Smart Grid Program Metrics and Benefits dated December 7, 2009. Benjamin A. Stafford, Aide to Commissioner Paul Centolella PUCO

Demand Response with and without Smart Grid Rich Sedano, RAP; Roger Levy, Consultant; and Chuck Goldman, LBNL

NIST Standards Development Update Roger Levy, LBNL

Optimizing Load in the Smart Grid Environment Allen Freifeld, Viridity Energy

Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Lisa Schwartz, RAP

Smart Grid Webinar Summary Chuck Goldman, LBNL

Status Report: National Action Plan on Demand Response and 2010 Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey David Kathan, FERC

Three Requirements of a Smart Grid Kevin Messner, AHAM

NARUC 121st Annual Convention (2009)

Smarter Grid Network – Smart Home Ken Huber - Senior Technology & Education Principal, PJM

Federal Communications Commission

Energy & Environment and The National Broadband Plan Nick Sinai - Director of Energy & Environment, FCC

Smart Grid Projects - Smart Grid Standards and Information Clearinghouse

Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Rich Sedano, Regulatory Assistance Project

Smart Grid Technical Advisory Project Chuck Goldman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Summer Committee Meetings (2009)

Ensuring Smart Grid Longevity Michael Jung - Policy Director, Silver Spring Networks

How Can Regulators Ensure that Investments in Smart Grid Technologies Will Not Become Obsolete? Ed May - Director, AMI & Smart Grid Strategy, Itron

NIST Smart Grid Standards Roadmap George W. Arnold, Eng.Sc.D.- National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, NIST

Smart Grid Policy Ray Palmer and Mike Bardee - FERC

Smart Grid: Standing The Test Of Time Bob Gilligan - GE Energy

SynchroPhasor Briefing Alison Silverstein - Project Manager, North American SynchroPhasor Initiative

Winter Committee Meetings (2009)

Smart Grid: Components and Timing Ron Ambrosio - Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM TJ Watson Research Center

Smart Grid: Components and Timing Steve Widergren - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Smart Rates Ahmad Faruqui, Ph. D. - Principal, The Brattle Group

Utility Smart Grid Strategies Realities and Vision Lee Margaret Ayers - OSIsoft

120th Annual Convention (2008)

Achieving the vision of a Smart Grid: KEMA Perspectives and Observations Ralph Masiello - KEMA

Context and Candidate Outcomes to Shape National Electric System Transformation Carl Imhoff - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Grid Technology and Architecture Eric Hsieh - Government Relations Manager, National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Smart Grid: The Big Picture Wade O. Troxell, Ph.D. - College of Engineering, Colorado State University

Smart Grids: Standards Landscape & Directions Julia Souder - North American Electric Reliability Corporation

The Capital Investment Challenge David K. Owens - Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute

Summer Committee Meetings (2008)

Evolution and Progress of Smart Grid Development at the Department of Energy Eric Lightner - Director, Smart Grid Task Force

Framework for the Evaluation of State Smart Grid Pilot Projects Dr. Arshad Mansoor- Vice President, Power Delivery & Utilization, EPRI

Interoperability: Enabling all elements of the smart grid to interact Jack Mc Gowan - Chair, GridWise Architecture Council

PNNL Smart Grid Activities Carl Imhoff - Manager, Electricity Infrastructure Market Sector, PNNL

What is the Smart Grid? Joe Miller - Modern Grid Strategy Team