Perspective

“We work with our utility partner’s organizations, and understand, is this a technology that is going to move the needle around growth, or around reducing O&M costs?”

The purpose is to demonstrate capacity of grid-interactive efficient buildings to improve energy intensity of homes and businesses, and to validate buildings’ potential to provide flexibility and resilience to the energy system as a whole.

The AUC asked PUF for help engaging all of you, our readers, to help understand what the employee of tomorrow will look like and what that means for the employee of today.

Modern electric system capabilities are rendering demand charges obsolete, with a few narrow exceptions.

The new normal of COVID-19 and pandemic-related health requirements has coincided with the new reality of increasing severe weather events and fires.

“We have to clean electricity. There will be more coal to gas. There will be more renewables, but we need to make sure the largest source of clean energy, nuclear, stays online.”

Moderated by Sheryl Carter, director, power sector, climate & clean energy program, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), on the panel were Agustin Cabrera, director, RePower LA, LAANE, and Martha Guzman Aceves, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission.

Moderated by Rob Chapman, EPRI's VP of electrification, sustainability, and environment, the panel included Alex Fitzsimmons, deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency, DOE, Diane Huis, senior VP of innovation and business development, North Carolina Electric Membership Corp., and Natalia Mathura, principal, utility business models, SEPA.

Moderated by EPRI's Mark Duvall, director, electrification and customer solutions, on the panel were Chelsea Sexton, electric vehicle advisor, Tony Posawatz, CEO, Invictus iCAR LLC, and Ed Kjaer, CEO, CMK Consulting LLC.

Moderated by Neva Espinoza, EPRI's director of research and development, the panel included Bo Cerup-Simonsen, executive technical advisor, fleet management & technology, Maersk, Paul Browning, CEO, Mitsubishi Power Americas, and Michael Berube, acting deputy assistant secretary, sustainable transportation, energy efficiency and renewable energy, DOE.