The Demand Response Coordinating Committee
The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 to increase the knowledge base in the U.S. on demand response and facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among demand response practitioners and policy makers.
DRCC News
Save the Date!
The DRCC’s 2010 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid will be held in Washington, DC, June 23 – 24, 2010. The Wednesday – Thursday event will be located at the Mayflower Hotel in the heart of downtown Washington, blocks away from the White House.
Last year, over 400 members of the demand response and smart grid community gathered for open roundtable discussion on all of the latest business and policy developments and for in-depth presentations on case studies and technology deployments.
The 2010 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid promises to continue to be the national forum for engagement for demand response and smart grid stakeholders. Registration opens March 15th!
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"Smart Grid Addresses Energy Efficiency, Power Quality and Reliability Issues” (December 2009)
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"Green Grid Initiative OK’d to Take Google, Whirlpool to Copenhagen" (November 25, 2009)
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“Need for Public Acceptance of DR Drives Discussion at FERC Event: Wellinghoff, Delurey, Hess, Wal-Mart, Others Converge” (November 20, 2009)
This SmartGridToday article reviews the first day of FERC’s two-day Technical Conference for the National Act Plan on Demand Response (11/19 – 11/20/09). It heavily quotes the DRCC’s Executive Director, Dan Delurey. To read the article, click here.
ELECTRICITY: FERC Proposal Would Promote 'Smart Grid' Education Effort (November 5, 2009)
This Greenwire article about FERC’s draft National Action Plan on Demand Response quotes the Demand Response Coordinating Committee at length. To read the article, click here.
DR Group Heads to Copenhagen to Promote ‘Green Grid’ Initiative (October 20, 2009)
This SmartGridToday article reports on the DRCC’s support for the Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI), a new nonprofit coalition that focuses on developing and disseminating information about how the smart grid can support attainment of climate-change goals. As part of its educational efforts, SGGI will be an official UN-approved participant in the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15) in Copenhagen in December 2009. To read the story, click here.
The 2009 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid
Held on July 13th and 14th in Washington, DC, over 350 members of the demand responds and smart grid community gatheres at the National Town Meeting, including representatives of utilities, technology companies, ISOs, congress, federal and state agencies, environmental groups, and research and consulting firms.
To see what happened at the Town Meeting, click here.
New Report Details Policy Actions on Demand Response and Smart Grid Technologies Since 2005
(Washington – December 8, 2008) The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) today announced the availability of a new Report on state and federal policies that have been enacted or are under development in recent years in the area of demand response, smart meters and smart grid technologies. The Report was produced by the DRCC for the National Council on Electricity Policy, a coalition of several organizations representing policy makers, including the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the National Governors Association, and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The report is a snapshot of State and Federal demand response and smart grid technology policy actions that have taken place in the period between 2005 and September 1, 2008. It represents an attempt to catalogue information on policy developments in both the legislative and regulatory arenas and at both the federal and state levels. The report includes a special focus on State implementation of the demand response and smart metering provisions—Section 1252—of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). To read the full report, click here.
The Fifth National Town Meeting on Demand Response
The DRCC recently held its Fifth National Town Meeting on Demand Response in Washington, DC. This event is considered the premier national event for those in the demand response community and this year brought together federal and state policy makers, utilities, RTO/ISOs, technology companies and various stakeholders from around the country. To see what happened at the Town Meeting, click here.
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