Presentations and Bios

Below are presentations and bios from the CPUC's Dec. 11 and 12, 2017, Electric Rate Forum to discuss innovative rate design concepts to facilitate better integration of renewable energy, lower costs for electricity consumers, and more efficient use of storage and other demand management technologies. 

 

Day 1: Cost Drivers in the Electric Industry and the Use of Demand Charges for Non-Residential Customers

Economic Fundamentals of Electricity Rate Design for Commercial & Industrial Customers - Severin Borenstein (UC Berkeley) 

Review of Current Commercial and Industrial Rate Structures and the Rates and Tariff Elements of the DER Action Plan - Bob Levin (CPUC) 

Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) Whitepaper on Commercial Rate Design - Smart Non-Residential Rate Design Presentation - Carl Linvill & Jim Lazar (RAP) 

Panel 1: Recovering System Level Capacity Costs: Generation and Transmission

• Moderator: Paul Phillips (CPUC)
• Severin Borenstein (UC Berkeley)
• Presentation - Cathy Yap (CLECA)
• Demand Charges and Dynamic Pricing are Complements, Not Substitutes - Ahmad Faruqui (Brattle)
• Presentation - Russ Garwacki (SCE)
• Presentation - Tom Beach (Crossborder Energy)

 

Panel 2: Deep Dive into Transmission Rates: To What Extent is Transmission Capacity Determined by Peak Load?

• Exploring Transmission Access Charge Issues - Neil Millar (CAISO)
• Exploring Transmission Access Charge Issues - Chris Devon (CAISO)
• CLECA Comments on Rate Design for Recovery of Transmission Costs - Barbara Barkovich (CLECA)
• Transmission Rate Design in California - Tom Beach (Crossborder Energy)
• Margot Everett (PG&E)

Panel 3: Distribution Cost Recovery: how do Cost Drivers Change at Different Levels of the System and How Should Geographically Diverse Time-Varying Costs Be Recovered with Uniform Tariffs?

• Distribution Cost Recovery based on Cost Causality - Javier Reneses (IIT/LBNL)
• Distribution Cost Recovery: Recovering Geographically Diverse Time-Varying Costs with Geographically Uniform Tariffs - Cyndee Fang (SDG&E)
• Advanced Rate Design for Distribution Services - Dan Cross-Call (RMI)
• Presentation - Lon Huber (Strategen Consulting)

Panel 4: Distributed Energy Resource Providers' and Customers' Perspectives

• Presentation - Jim Baak (Stem)
• Presentation - Doug Ledbetter (Opterra Energy)
• Presentation - Marc Kolb (Tesla)
• Electric Bus Fleets as a Distributed Energy Resource - Andrew Papson (Foothill Transit)

Day 2: Real-Time Pricing, Other Advanced Rates, and Load Management Technologies

  

 Panel 1: Design and Implementation of Real-Time Pricing and Other Advanced Dynamic Rates

• Presentation - Chris King (Siemens)
• Presentation - Snuller Price (E3) 
• Presentation - Jamie Fine (EDF) 
• Presentation - Cyndee Fang (SDG&E)
• Presentation - Rob Thomas (SCE)

Panel 2: "Prices to Devices" and Other Load Management Technologies: Interaction with Dynamic and Real-Time Rates

• Aaron Berndt (NEST)
• Presentation - David Schlosberg (eMotorWerks)
• Presentation - Tyler Rogers (EnergyHub)
• Jennifer Chamberlin (CPower Energy Management)
• Presentation - Sam Harper (Gerdau Steel)

Panel 3: Experience with Advanced Dynamic Rates in Other Jurisdictions

• Presentation - Ahmad Faruqui (Brattle Group)
• Presentation - Javier Reneses (IIT/LBNL)
• Presentation - David Kolata (Citizens Utility Board)
• Presentation - Doug Staker (Demand Energy)