2023 Industry Training Course:
Energy Efficiency + Demand Management Policy + Practice in California
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
This half-day training from the Council is designed for California’s clean energy professionals interested in learning more about the state’s efficiency and demand management landscape. It will raise your policy IQ and deliver career-building insights to demystify California’s policies related to Energy Efficiency (EE), Demand Response (DR), Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and Evaluation, Measurement & Verification (EM&V).
Our aim is to inform as to how major events during the past four decades have influenced the policy landscape of today. We will define and dive into pending or recently decided policies and legislation that impact your job and we will also address energy equity initiatives, data resources and tools.
We encourage Council members and our industry partners (regulators, utilities, CCAs, RENs, academics, and non-profits) to strongly consider sending staff who are newer to the efficiency and demand management space. It will be time well spent!
The agenda will give history as well as useful and timely information relative to you:
- Introductions and Course Overview
- Joe Desmond, Executive Director, CEDMC
- A Brief History of Energy Efficiency (EE) in California
- Ann McCormick, Industry Consultant
- The Future of Energy Efficiency and Demand Management
- Steven Schiller, Independent Consultant, Affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Electricity Markets and Policy Department
- Evolution of Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Part 1
- Luke Tougas, Principal, Clean Energy Regulatory Research
- Evolution of Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Part 2
- Joe Desmond, Executive Director, CEDMC
- Introduction to Evaluation, Measurement & Verification (EM&V)
- Steven Schiller, Independent Consultant, Affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Electricity Markets and Policy Department
- Overview of Existing State and Federal EE/ISDM Datasets, Systems, and Tools
- Tomas Torres-Garcia, Engineer, CA Technical Forum (Cal TF)
- Current EE/DR/DER Policies Impacting Your Career
- Clark McIsaac, Director of Policy and Strategy, CEDMC
- Equity, Environmental & Social Justice Initiatives at CA Energy Agencies
- Michelle Vigen Ralston, Principal and Founder, Common Spark Consulting
- Hot Topics: Total System Benefit (TSB); Dynamic Baselines; IRA & IIJA funding; Data Access & Privacy; Beneficial Electrification
- All Instructors
- We have a fantastic team of industry experts to lead the interactive sessions:
For questions, please email events@cedmc.org.
