New Report Catalogues State Policy Actions on Demand Response and Smart Grid

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In anticipation of its National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid taking place on July 12 – 14 in Washington, D.C., the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) announced today the release of its new report summarizing state policy activities in the area of demand response and smart grid. The survey report, "Demand Response & Smart Grid—State Legislative and Regulatory Policy Action Review: May 2010 – June 2011," catalogues efforts undertaken by state regulatory commissions, state legislatures, state agencies, and governors. The report builds off two previous reports similar in scope, published in June 2010 and December 2008, respectively, and prepared by the ADS under its previous name, the Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC).

According to Dan Delurey, Executive Director of the ADS, the new report tallies how far state policymaking in support of demand response and smart grid has come over the past few years. "It is possible to say that things have reached or gone beyond a tipping point, where DR and smart grid are on almost everyone's plate and on almost every state's agenda."

While the new report, "Demand Response & Smart Grid—State Legislative and Regulatory Policy Action Review: May 2010 – June 2011," does not directly cover any federal activity, it does discuss FERC, DOE, and NIST actions as they relate to and affect state policy efforts. It also covers state actions in response to the two smart grid PURPA Standards established by the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 (EISA) and the DOE Smart Grid Grants funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The report is available on the ADS Website at http://www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org/reports-research/ads-reports.

About the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS)

The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) is a nonprofit organization, originally formed as the Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) in 2004. ADS is an organization consisting of DR and smart grid organizations as well as individuals who consider themselves to be demand response and smart grid professionals. It provides services to meet the needs of its members that help them in the conduct of their work and in the attainment of their personal, corporate, and governmental objectives. ADS seeks to establish and grow a demand response "community" of policymakers, utilities, system operators, technology companies, consumers, and other stakeholders.

Organization Members of ADS are Ameren; American Electric Power; Arizona Public Service; Com Ed; ENBALA; Exelon; Freeman, Sullivan & Co.; ISO New England; Midwest ISO; National Grid; Navigant Energy Practice; NYSERDA; Pacific Gas & Electric; PECO; PJM Interconnection; Progress Energy; Salt River Project; San Diego Gas & Electric; Southern California Edison; Southern Company; Tennessee Valley Authority; and Walmart.

More information on ADS can be found at: www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org .

About the National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid

The 2011 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid will be held on July 12 – 14, 2011, in Washington, D.C., at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. It is presented by ADS and is considered by many to be the premier demand response and smart grid event in the U.S., bringing together stakeholders from utilities, technology companies, ISOs, Congress, federal and state agencies, environmental groups, and research and consulting firms. New for the 2011 National Town Meeting is the NAP Day Pre-Conference Workshop. This is an extra day dedicated to the effort of implementing FERC and DOE's National Action Plan on Demand Response and Smart Grid (NAP). 

More information on the National Town Meeting can be found at www.demandresponsetownmeeting.com.

SOURCE Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid