Smart Response Collaborative


Jon Wellinghoff, Co-Chair
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

jon.wellinghoff@ferc.gov

Orjiakor N. Isiogu, Co-Chair
Michigan Public Service Commission

isioguo@michigan.gov

The mission of the FERC-NARUC Collaborative on Smart Response is to provide a forum for Federal and State Regulators to discuss Smart Grid and Demand Response policies, share best practices and technologies, and address issues that benefit from State and Federal collaboration.

  • 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.

Smart Grid Collaborative workspace
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Smart Grid 101
These materials, developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are intended as orientation and reference materials. Given the rapid change in smart grid developments the modules are not intended to address the latest and greatest in smart grid, rather the modules address core issues and provide links to key reference documents. Smart Grid 101 materials are being presented in PowerPoint format with explanatory notes in the Notes View, as well as in PDF Format.

  1. Smart Grid Introduction (pdf)   (pptx)
    Chapter 1. Define Smart Grid
    Chapter 2. A Smart Grid Vision
    Chapter 3. Reliability
  2. Customer Interface Issues
    Chapter 4. Metering (pdf)   (pptx)
    Chapter 5. Rate Design (pdf)   (pptx)
    Chapter 6. Demand Response (pdf)   (pptx)
  3. Customer Response
    Chapter 7. Customer Automation Technologies (pdf)   (pptx)
    Chapter 8. Customer Data Access
  4. Security, Privacy, and Standards
    Chapter 9. Privacy (pdf)  (pptx)
    Chapter 10. Cyber Security
    Chapter 11. Standards
  5. Transmission, Distribution (coming soon)
    Chapter 12. Distribution
  6. Smart Grid Implementation
    Chapter 13. Transmission (pdf)  (pptx)

Webinars given by Lawrence Berkley National Lab to support State Commission awareness and engagement in the NIST Smart Grid Standards Process:

** 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


Resources


March, 2012
NARUC Briefing on SGIG Consumer Behavior Study Effort
Click here for more information (pdf 2502kb)

Presentations


NARUC 124th Annual Meeting (2012)

Emerging Issues Collaborative: Planning a New Path to the Future - Non-Transmission

Reliability and the Environment
Jim Dougherty - President, Babcock Power Environmental Inc

2012 NARUC Winter Committee Meetings (2012)


A Day in the Life of the MISO Market
Paul J. Feldman - MISO Board

Green Button: Smart Response
Aneesh Chopra - United States CTO, White House Offi ce of Science & Technology Policy

Smart Response Now

Current Customers Providing Smart Response Service to the Grid
Allen Freifeld - Senior Vice President, Law & Public Policy, Viridity Energy

Integrated Meter Data, Energy Efficiency & Demand Response
Sarav Periasamy - President & CEO, PERI Software

Princeton Power Systems
Darren Hammell - Executive VP Business Development, Princeton Power


Gas and Electric Interdependencies
Anna Cochrane - Deputy Director, Office of Energy Market Regulation. FERC

2011 NARUC Winter Committee Meetings (2011)

Consumer Education and Engagement

energyInSight
Gregory Knight - Division Vice President, Customer Service, CenterPoint Energy

PowerCentsDC
Brenda K. Pennington, Esq. - Interim People’s Counsel, Washington, D.C.

PowerCentsDC: A Smart Pricing Pilot in the Nation’s Capital
Rick Morgan - Commissioner, D.C. Public Service Commission; Chair, Smart Meter Pilot Program, Inc.

Frequency Response as a Tool for Grid Reliability

Energy Storage and Frequency Regulation
Andy Ott - Senior Vice President -Markets, PJM

ERCOT Demand Response
Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr. - Commissioner, Texas Public Utilities Commission

Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation
Joseph H. Eto - Principal Investigator, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Update on FERC Activities on NIST Standards

Technical Conference on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards - January 31, 2011
Ray Palmer - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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