WPS iCanConserve and National Grid’s EV Program Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 Union South (room TBA) 1308 W. Dayton St. 10am-­‐3:00pm iCanConserve's Discussion Covers: •
What happened when over 5,000 customers were defaulted to a Time-­‐of-­‐Use and Inclining Block Rate design? •
The benefits of involving local leaders up front, testimonials, and using a separate brand name/microsite for launching the pilot. •
The power of your logo for increasing opportunities to connect with your customers. •
Whether or not there is value in providing customers with detailed (near real-­‐time) energy usage information. •
What happened to savings when customers changed their rate and used a device (smart thermostat or energy display)? •
An unbiased first-­‐hand report on the real maturity of advanced metering technology. •
Key lessons learned when working with a 3rd party vendor (Google) for customer usage information. AGENDA 10:00 -­‐ 11:00am Cheri Salmon, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation The iCanConserve project 11:00 -­‐ 11:45am Ben Dickson, Focus on Energy Representative Complementary programs from Focus 11:45am -­‐ 12:15pm Lunch 12:15 -­‐ 1:00pm Joe Kramer, Energy Center of WI An evaluation of the meters and other tools used in iCanConserve-­‐-­‐what works and what does not work for in-­‐home meters? 1:00 -­‐ 2:00pm Lisa Stefanik, DNV GL What did the iCanConserve program deliver? Report on an evaluation of costs and benefits. 2:00pm -­‐ 3:00pm John Gilbrook, National Grid Electric Vehicles-­‐Taking it to the streets with 150 Stations National Grid's efforts to jumpstart the EV market in the Northeast. John Gilbrook is the Alternative Transportation lead for National Grid US. National Grid is an electric and gas utility operating in MA, NY and RI and has recently deployed more than 150 EV charging stations in an effort to jump start the market, break down barriers of misconception and provide their customers with more choice and control in the way they use energy to get around. John will provide information surrounding what compelled National Grid to pursue this initiative and the various markers of success they have reached so far. 3:00pm -­‐ Adjourn