CEDMC-IOU Business Forums

2025 Forums

CEDMC-Southern California Edison
Business Forum

The Council is pleased to announce the 2025 Business Forums with investor-owned utilities and Council members. The purpose of these forums is to deepen our mutual understanding of how changes in the demand-side resource (EE, DR, DER) business environment are impacting each of the utilities, program administrators, our members, and the industry at large.

  • DATE: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  • TIME: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
    • Just Added! 2:15 pm tour of the Food Technology center (optional)
  • LOCATION: SCE Energy Education Center, 6090 Irwindale Ave., Irwindale, CA 91702
    • In-person for CEDMC members only

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Topics Include:
  • SCE Overview
    • SCE Organization Structure
    • Upcoming Business Plan
  • EE-Focused Discussion
    • Revisiting Cost-Effectiveness Tests (PAC Test)
    • Updates, improvements, concerns, opinions on Statewide program coordination
  • Other Topics
    • Decarbonization Programs
    • Update/Lessons Learned

Please note: The IOU Business Forums are a CEDMC member benefit; as such, registration will be limited to CEDMC members. There is no limit on the number of employees each member company can send. To facilitate a robust discussion, there is no online option, it is in-person only.

For questions please email admin@cedmc.org.

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CEDMC-SoCalGas
Business Forum

Last week, we held the CEDMC-SoCalGas business forum. The day was a success with great dialogue with Council members and SoCalGas representatives. Click here for the full presentation.

We began with an educational tour of the Hydrogen Innovation Experience, details are here. SoCalGas provided organizational charts and proceeded with the day’s discussion topics, which included:

  • Organizational Charts
  • Solicitations
    • Schedule for future solicitations
    • Solicitation/contracting survey, comments/thoughts
  • Energy Efficiency Policy Objectives
    • Affordability
    • Decarbonization
    • Challenges in our territory
    • Challenges for our customers
  • Cost Effectiveness & Affordability
  • Statewide Program Coordination
    • Updates/improvements/concerns/opinions on Statewide program coordination
  • H2 Blending
  • RNG

We concluded with optional tours of the Water Heater Technology Room and the Food Service/Commercial Kitchen.

2024 Forums

IOU Business Forums for CEDMC Members

The Council is pleased to announce that we will have in-person IOU Business Forums with three of the four IOUs. The purpose of these forums is to deepen our mutual understanding of how changes in the demand-side resource (EE, DR, DER) business environment are impacting each of the utilities, program administrators, our members, and the industry at large.

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PG&E-CEDMC Business Forum was held on Thursday, October 3, 2024

SoCalGas-CEDMC Business Forum was held on Thursday, September 5, 2024

SCE-CEDMC Business Forum was held on Thursday, September 12, 2024

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Link to CEDMC Member Survey on Solicitations and Contracting

Link to Notes about the Survey

About the Survey and Notes: The survey results were presented at the Council’s Spring Symposium on May 16 at the session Solicitations and Contracting – Recommendations for Reform. The following topics were discussed:

  • Recommendations for Improving Program Design and Implementation
  • Ongoing Challenges with Policy and Metrics
  • Challenges with avoided cost calculators and net-to-gross ratios
  • Additional challenges
  • Next steps and recommendations

Please note: These are free members-only events; as such, registration will be limited to CEDMC members. To facilitate a robust discussion, there is no online option, it is in-person only.

For questions please email admin@cedmc.org. 

2022 IOU Business Forum Presentations:

Please note: This is a members-only event; as such, please do not share outside your organization.

2021 Fall Business Forums:

The Council held virtual IOU Business Forums with each of the four IOUs. The purpose of these forums is to deepen our mutual understanding of how changes in the efficiency and demand response business environment are impacting each of the utilities, our members, and the industry at large. The topics addressed include:

  • Demand-side resource leadership and organizational structures
  • IOU vision and strategy for future of EE – ABAL and business plan updates
  • IOU decarbonization plans
  • IOU response to Governor’s emergency proclamation and the role of EE
  • Discussion

PG&E: September 8, 2021

SCE: September 15, 2021

SDG&E: September 22, 2021

SoCalGas: October 5, 2021

Presentations and transcripts are for Council member use only. Sorry, no recordings were made available.

2021 Spring Business Forums:

The Council hosted the following 3 DR Focus IOU Business Forums:

  • SCE – Tuesday, April 20, 2021
    • No slides or recording were made available
  • SDG&E – Thursday, April 29, 2021 
    • No slides or recording were made available
  • PG&E – Tuesday, May 4, 2021
    • No slides or recording were made available

SDG&E Future Solicitations Forum – March 11, 2021

  • Click Here for SDG&E Forum slides.
  • No video was made available.

2020 Business Forums:

The purpose of the IOU forums was to deepen our mutual understanding of how changes in the efficiency and demand response business environment are impacting each of the utilities, our members, and the industry at large.

We moderated an extensive Q&A session throughout the Forum.

PG&E Forum – Thursday September 24, 2020

  • Click Here for PG&E Forum slides.
  • Click Here for PG&E Forum video.

SCE Forum – Thursday October 1, 2020

  • Unfortunately no slides were made available to us.
  • Click Here for SCE Forum video.

SDG&E Forum – Thursday October 8, 2020

  • Click Here for SDG&E Forum slides.
  • Unfortunately no video was made available to us.

SoCalGas Forum – Thursday October 15, 2020

  • Click Here for SoCalGas Forum slides.
  • Unfortunately no video was made available to us.
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