Stratton Report’s launch panel in Sacramento in January profiled a diverse cross-section of approaches to the emerging distribution grid with very high renewables penetration. 10 speakers assessed the three main “models” for grid ownership and operation – Utility-centric, Third-party-centric, and Customer-centric. In our second session, held in Silicon Valley, we will focus in on the “Customer-centric” side, with a presentation from California electric grid expert and pioneer Dr. Edward Cazalet. Cazalet’s company TeMix is currently engaged in a “Retail Automated Transactive Energy System (RATES)” pilot project with SoCalEdison and Universal Devices funded for $3.2 million by the California Energy Commission. Cazalet is a long-time thought leader in the California grid, formerly a Governor of CAISO, and the initial advocate of AB2514, Californa’s Storage Mandate bill.

“The CEC’s purpose for this Grant is to develop and pilot-test behind-the-meter load management systems, operational strategies, and retail tariff options that minimize the cost and complexity of customer participation in electricity markets, and engage participants from any customer sector, but focus on residential and small commercial customers. Universal Devices Inc. (UDI) and TeMix Inc were competitively awarded this grant for approximately $3.2 million for the period June 2016 to March, 2019. Non-financial support letters were provided by Southern California Edison (SCE), the California Independent System Operator (CASIO) and the OpenADR Alliance. UDI and TeMix will develop and pilot a retail transactive energy platform, automated end device controls, and an innovative two-way subscription tariff. The pilot is with about 200 SCE residential and small commercial customers. The transactive platform interfaces with the SCE distribution and energy service providers and the CAISO market.” [More info: http://www.temix.net/images/GFO-15-311_Retail_Automated_Transactive_Energy_System.pdf]

Agenda:

6:30-7:00Registration & Appetizers/Refreshments

7:00-7:15Introduction by Host/Sponsor

7:15-7:45Transactive Energy: The TeMix Vision and Pilot

Ed Cazalet,Founder/CEO, TeMix; Executive Director, TEA

7:45-8:00Break

8:00-8:45Transactive Energy & the Customer-Centric Approach to Grid 2.0 -- Panel & Open Q&A with Audience

• How is TE defined and how does it differ from present practices?

• What key problems does TE solve?

• Will direct transactions cut out the emerging third party aggregators?

• How are the positive and negative externalities of such a market handled in TE -- can externalities be captured in the prices?

• What kind of communication and informational upgrades will be needed?

• How much will these new solutions cost? Who is developing them? Who is investing in them?

• How does the TE market protocol relate to device-level distributed energy standards like OpenADR, SunSpec, SEP 2, MESA, Open Charge Point Protocol?

• How does TE address the issues of reliability and resilience for electricity?
  
  

Moderator:

Todd Strauss, Senior Director, Grid Strategy & Analytics, PG&E

Panelists:

Mike Burke, Founder and Executive Director,SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECT

Rish Ghatikar, Technical Executive, EPRI; Lead and Chief Architect of OpenADR Standard

TJ Keating, Executive Director,DYNAMIC GRID COUNCIL; Former Director, SUNSPEC ALLIANCE

Geoff Sharples, Energy Sales Director, INTEL

Ryan Wartena, President, GELI

8:45-9:30Post-Panel Networking, Session II adjourns

Participants at Stratton Report's series of forums on the evolution of Grid 2.0 include:

CEO, UCGEC * Solutions Architect, TRIULLIANT INC * Managing Director, NUTECH ENERGY CONSULTING * Technical Director, OPENADR ALLIANCE * Executive VP, UCGEC * CFO, UCGEC * Principal, SIEMENS VENTURE CAPITAL * Data Architect, CHANGEHEALTHCARE.COM * Software Developer, TeMix Inc. * President, MEGAWATT STORAGE FARMS * Sr Software Developer, TeMix Inc * Principal Consultant, GRID CORE * Resource Planner, CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES * Strategy Director, NRG * Business Development, GOOGLE X * SVP Global Cooperation and Innovation, INNOGY NEW VENTURES LLC* Technical Leader, EPRI * Founder/CTO, GRID COMM * President, ALTA POWER GROUP * Director, PLUG AND PLAY TECH CENTER * Advisor to Commissioner McAllister, CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION (CEC) * Analyst, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (CPUC) * Advisor to Commissioner Hochschild, CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION (CEC) * Energy Sales Director, IOT Strategy, Energy & Industrial, INTEL * Founder & Ceo, TeMiX * Senior Director, Grid Strategy & Analytics, PG&E * ​Founder & Executive Director, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECT * Technical Executive, EPRI, Executive Director, DYNAMIC GRID COUNCIL * Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, GELI * CEO, SKYCENTRICS *Board Member, PENINSULA CLEAN ENERGY * Director, SOLAR CITY * Director of Biz Dev, SUNPOWER * VP Biz Dev, VIZN ENERGY SYSTEMS * Director, THE ENERGY COALITION * President, TERRAVERDE RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERS * Senior Power Systems Engineer, SOLAR CITY *Head of West Coast Energy Partnerships, NEST LABS * Director, Technology & VC Partnerships, LG TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF AMERICA * VP Technology & Business, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECT *Program Manager, CALCHARGE * CEO, ADARA POWER * Lead Program Manager, FERC Jurisdiction, NATIONALGRID * Business Development, ADVANCED MICROGRID SOLUTIONS (AMS) * Executive Director, ZNE ALLIANCE *Partner, STRATEGIC DECISIONS GROUP * VP Technology & Business, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PROJECT * Engineering Manager, GREENCHARGE NETWORKS; Director, AEREA RESOURCES