Demand response (DR) programs at last are making the kind of headway at the regulatory and public policy levels that will allow them to play a major industry role in constraining the need for additional capacity and addressing other goals such as reducing carbon and other emissions. Technical advances such as the development of standards, introduction of the virtual power plant concept, and “smarter” devices are accelerating progress towards these goals.

This conference will be a forum in which:

• Policy experts provide up-to-date assessments of the markets
• Utilities provide case studies of what has and has not worked
• Technical specialists describe the emerging products, services, and approaches that are gaining traction in the market