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PG&E Automated Demand Response Program Webinar 2008 Program Summary and Participant Forum October 14, 2008. Webinar Agenda. Welcome (Albert Chiu, PG&E) Review and summary of 2008 Auto-DR program (Greg Wikler, GEP) DRAS technology update (Dan Hennage, Akuacom)

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  1. PG&E Automated Demand Response Program Webinar2008 Program Summary and Participant ForumOctober 14, 2008

  2. Webinar Agenda • Welcome (Albert Chiu, PG&E) • Review and summary of 2008 Auto-DR program (Greg Wikler, GEP) • DRAS technology update (Dan Hennage, Akuacom) • New technologies on the horizon for Auto-DR (Mary Ann Piette, LBNL) • Participant Forum

  3. Auto-DR Program – Core Team • Program management and incentive program administration • Program administration, customer recruitment, prime contractor to technical coordinators, engineering and validation, and incentive processing • Primary research, technical advisor, training, quality assurance, system validation and evaluation • Auto-DR system architecture and hardware design and production

  4. Auto-DR Program – Technical Coordinator Team for 2008 • APT* – Building Automation • The Energy Coalition* – BEC Program Administrator • C&C – Building Automation • EPS – Industrial Process • PowerIT Solutions* – Building Automation • SCG* – Technical Services • Site Controls* – Building Automation • Syserco* – Building Automation * denotes new TC for 2008

  5. What is Auto-DR? • Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) is a communication and technology platform designed to: • Provide customers with automated, electronic price and reliability signals • Provide customers with the capability to identify and automate site specific demand response strategies • Improve the reliability of demand response programs so they can achieve the same operational status as conventional generation resources at a fraction of the cost • Auto-DR can support all DR and pricing options • Auto-DR is not a program but rather a platform for enabling existing and proven technologies

  6. Auto-DR System Architecture

  7. Auto-DR 2008 Program Summary • Program Goals: • Ensure that approximately 22.9 MW of Auto-DR from 2007 is available for DR events in 2008 • Enable additional 7-8 MW of Auto-DR to bring total capability from 2007-08 efforts to 30 MW • Commercialize Auto-DR program delivery • 2008 Auto-DR program open to customers on Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) and/or Demand Bidding (DBP) programs

  8. Accomplishments in 2008 • Approximately 7.5 MW recruited with over 1.1 MW now tested and ready for program deployment • Remaining 6.4 MW currently in the enablement process • A total of 11 CPP events held this summer (between 5/15/08 and 9/4/08) • One DBP test event (4 hours) held on 7/9/08 • Training and technical transfer • Technical coordinators • Auto-DR system operations • Load assessment and settlement • Refinement of program procedures

  9. A total of 30 PG&E service accounts Baseline peak demand representing over 30 MW Estimated reduction amounts nearly 7.5 MW Average reduction of 29% (mainly driven by large industrial participants) Average facility reduction of 21% (for non-industrial participants) New Auto-DR Customers for 2008

  10. Makeup of New Auto-DR Participants

  11. Auto-DR Participant Makeup (cont.)

  12. Auto-DR Participant Makeup (cont.)

  13. Auto-DR Participant Makeup (cont.)

  14. 2008 Results – CPP Events • 29 facilities participated in all 11 CPP events in 2008 • 1.7 MW of actual shed from 3-6PM using the CPP Morning Adjustment baseline method for the 11 CPP events • That reduction represents 70% of the automated load shed capability

  15. Cumulative Auto-DR Shed for CPP Customers on 7/9/08

  16. 2008 Results – DBP Events • 54 facilities participated in 1 test event (2PM-6PM) on 7/9/08 • Average 12.45 MW of bids received by 3:30PM day-before for the event • 11.1 MW provided load reductions for at least 2 hours (drawing upon the CPUC-approved 3/10 baseline method) • The achieved reduction represents 85% of the bid amounts

  17. Cumulative Auto-DR Shed for DBP Customers on 7/9/08

  18. Program Planning for 2009-11 • Customer support for current program participants to ensure continued functionality of automation systems • Continue offering enablement incentives (up to $250/kW) for new participants who adopt Auto-DR measures • Expand automation into other emerging DR program options • Emphasis on distribution and feeder congestion management through Auto-DR

  19. The Future of the DRAS • Client Feedback • Shed Potential: What the facility is capable of shedding (at all times) • Shed Performance: Facility kW reduction vs. baseline (during events) • Location Based Auto-DR • Event constraints based upon grid and geographic locations • Shed Potential and Performance for groups of clients defined by their grid and geographic location

  20. Projects at the DR Research Center Supporting Auto-DR EmbeddingAuto-DR Clients in control systems Piloting small commercial Auto-DR systems using low-cost communicating thermostats Developing large commercial pre-cooling field studies and simulation tools Testing dimmable lighting systems, designs to provide efficiency and DR Evaluating industrial processes - case studies on refrigerated warehouses, wastewater, controls Planning implementation of OpenADR in Title 24

  21. Linking Energy Efficiency and DR

  22. Participant’s Forum – Potential Topics for Discussion • Results of the end-of-year participant survey showed that all current Auto-DR customers plan to continue in Auto-DR in 2009. What is your primary reason for continuing with Auto-DR? • Savings? • Ease of participating in DR events? • Employment of advanced technology? • What can be done to improve Auto-DR for you? • Additional shed performance information? • An updated technical audit of your site(s) for additional load shed opportunities? • A review of your manual sheds to assess their potential for automation? • We’re thinking of a doing a webinar prior to the beginning of the 2009 DR season to bring you updated Auto-DR information. Would you be interested in attending and participating?

  23. Thank You!www.auto-dr.com Global Energy Partners, LLC 3569 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 200 Lafayette, CA 94549 Tel: 925-284-3780 Fax: 925-284-3147 Email: gwikler@gepllc.com

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