Meeting/Event Information
Demand Response Programs
September 2021 - Demand Response Programs
Thursday, September 9th at 4:30PM - Zoom Meeting
The electrical grid has to be sized to meet peak loads. For New England, the problem with this is that we only get up to these high peak loads for a few hours each year. If we can reduce electricity use at these peak times, the size of the grid - from generation to power lines - can be reduced. This is called Demand Response.
Join us for this virtual meeting to learn what demand response programs are available for residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, etc. customers in MA, RI, CT, and NH today, and how these programs may evolve over time to prepare for the day when most (if not all) of our power is supplied by intermittent renewable generation and the demand of electricity will need to be continuously controlled to match supply and demand.
Speaker Bios
Paul Wassink is the Distributed Energy Resources Program Manager at National Grid. He develops and manages a portfolio of distributed energy resource (DER) programs that make the grid more sustainable. Current programs include commercial and industrial demand response, thermostats, batteries, electric vehicles, and solar inverters. He works with customers, installers, policy stakeholders, and grid operators to expand participation in the DER programs and evolve the programs to fully utilize DERs which lowers pollution, lowers cost, and increases equitability.
Tickets
$20.00 *ALL WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, UNDER-EMPLOYED, OR STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE/REDUCED ADMISSION. PLEASE EMAIL US AT [email protected] FOR DETAILS.* Zoom meeting details will be emailed to all who register.
