| The need to operate and manage a cleaner, smarter, more dynamic power grid while reliably integrating intermittent renewable resources and reducing carbon emissions is placing an increasing premium on the value of energy storage of all types. While there is no question that storage is needed and has been embraced by the industry, figuring out how to value it alongside existing system resources represents a more complex proposition for utilities. As utility companies examine ways to both increase system reliability and manage peak load challenges in light of increased pressure to engage consumer demand side programs, the potential of distributed energy storage as a solution for both reliability and peak load management has gained significant traction. Join us for this very special webcast that explores the business case behind implementing utility scale distributed energy storage and introduces a method for quantifying the economic, environmental and system efficiency benefits of wide-scale deployment. YOU WILL LEARN: Gone are the days when utilities will deploy a solution based on features and capabilities alone; today’s more demanding utilities are seeking solutions that have broader and more diverse impacts and engage consumers. As always, it is crucial to translate the features and functionality of any technology solution into hard dollars and cents that can be deliberately quantified and clearly communicated. By participating in this webcast, you will begin to understand: -
The economic, operational, and environmental impact that utilities can expect to recognize from a grid-scale distributed energy storage deployment of 50-100 MW's or more. -
How to use the source-equivalent multiplier, a geography-, time- and weather-specific value that captures the real impact that a demand-side energy storage resource, operating on-peak, has on upstream generation capacity requirements. -
How to evaluate and quantify the key elements of the economics associated with distributed energy storage, including: -
Operating cost reductions -
Projected service enhancements -
Capital expenditure impact -
Network reliability impacts -
Budgetary impact -
Valuation metrics -
Environmental Benefits -
Regulatory Cost Effectiveness Tests | Date: | Wednesday, December 9th | | Time: | 12:00-1:00pm Eastern | | Register: | Click Here | WHO SHOULD ATTEND The information covered in this hour-long webcast is critical to senior utility management considering the future deployment of energy storage technologies. Specifically, the Webcast is intended for: -
Utility Senior Executives -
Integrated Resource Planners -
Transmission & Distribution System Planners -
Generation Portfolio Managers -
Renewable Portfolio Managers -
System Operations Executives -
Load Management Executives -
Regulatory Staff and Commissioners Makes plans now to attend: "Making the Business Case for Utility-Scale
Distributed Energy Storage"
Wednesday | 12/9/09 | 12:00-1:00pm Eastern This Free WebCast Brought to you by:
 About Ice Energy Ice Energy delivers distributed energy storage and smart grid solutions for optimizing energy system efficiency. The company's smart grid platform integrates revolutionary distributed energy storage technology with an advanced software infrastructure and intelligent two-way control to provide utilities with a powerful, cost-effective solution that fundamentally changes peak load management, and improves integration of intermittent, renewable resources onto the grid. By leveraging the higher efficiencies associated with generating and transmitting power off-peak, storing it at thousands of distributed locations, and dispatching it during times of peak demand, Ice Energy's grid-scale distributed energy storage systems represent a transformational new energy solution equivalent to hundreds of megawatts of clean peaking power for utilities. For more information, visit www.ice-energy.com | |
About the Speakers: | |
David Shpigler
President
The Shpigler Group David Shpigler is President of The Shpigler Group, a strategy management-consulting firm focused on the utility sector. The Shpigler Group works with a variety of utilities in solving complex issues involving strategic assessment, market analysis, business case development, economic evaluation of network design, and industry benchmarking. The Shpigler Group has been heavily involved in the utility market, publishing research studies with such industry associations as EEI, UTC, APPA, NRECA, and NRTC. In addition, The Shpigler Group has developed detailed business plans for over 200 clients in the United States, Canada, and Japan.  Joel Swisher
Director of Technical Services
Camco, North America Joel Swisher, PhD, PE, is Director of Technical Services and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Camco North America. Joel has 30 years' experience in many areas of clean energy technology. Starting in 1989, he performed some of the seminal research into carbon offset baselines and project analysis, helped develop offset projects in forestry, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and authored emission inventories, baseline studies and monitoring and verification plans for various offset buyers.  Chris Hickman
Senior Vice President, Utility Solutions
Ice Energy With nearly 2 decades of utility industry experience, Chris Hickman has dedicated his career to finding ways to modernize the electric grid and leverage new technologies to increase its capacity and reliability. Prior to joining Ice Energy in 2008 as Senior Vice President, Utility Solutions, Hickman served as President of Energy Services for Site Controls, responsible for the strategic vision and direction of its innovative, carbon-negative advanced energy and demand response initiatives. Prior to joining Site controls, Hickman worked at Cellnet Technology, where he not only led the alignment of corporate strategy with regulatory involvement at the state and federal level, but also was instrumental in driving policy to enable smart grid technologies throughout the industry.  Warren B. Causey
Vice President
Sierra Energy Group, Energy Central's Research & Analysis Divisions A researcher, writer and technology consultant for more than 30 years, Warren Causey has specialized in the utility industry since 1992. He has worked as principal-in-charge for a variety of major utility projects, including IT Performance evaluation and gap analyses for Florida Power & Light, Nstar, Xcel Energy and others. And he has headed research/consulting projects for numerous utilities and vendors. He merged it with Energy Central in 2005. | | | | |
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