New Report Covers State Policy Actions on Demand Response and Smart Grid
WASHINGTON, June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) today announced the availability of a new report summarizing state policy activities in the area of demand response, smart meters and smart grid. The survey report, "Demand Response & Smart Grid — State Legislative and Regulatory Policy Action Review: October 2008 – May 2010," was produced by the DRCC as an update to its 2008 review of state and federal policy actions in the wake of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005).
The new report is a snapshot of state demand response and smart grid policy actions that have taken place in the period between October 2008 and May 2010. It represents an attempt to catalogue information on policy developments in both the legislative and regulatory arenas. It does not cover federal activity. The DRCC plans to publish later in the year a separate report on federal activity.
According to Dan Delurey, Executive Director of the DRCC, the new report, "Demand Response & Smart Grid — State Legislative and Regulatory Policy Action Review: October 2008 – May 2010," shows that a substantial amount of policymaking in support of demand response, smart metering, and the smart grid has happened recently or is presently underway. "State action has been fundamental to the growth of the demand response and smart grid space," said Delurey. "Without the interest of and efforts by state regulatory commissions, state legislatures, and governors, many customers would not yet know the benefits of having information about electricity consumption and the ability to be an active participant in making the electric grid cleaner, more reliable, and more cost-effective. This report also shows that there are many different effective approaches that states can take to enable customers to become smart electricity consumers."
The report is available on the DRCC Website at www.demandresponsecommittee.org.
The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2004 to develop information and content on demand response and smart grid and to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise between different regions of the country as well as among demand response practitioners and policy makers. Among the DRCC's many activities is its National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid, the country's premier event devoted to this policy and business issue area.
Members of the DRCC are Ameren, American Electric Power, Arizona Public Service, CPower, ISO New England, Itron, Landis+Gyr, Midwest ISO, National Grid, NYSERDA, Pacific Gas & Electric, PJM Interconnection, Progress Energy, Salt River Project, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, Southern Company, Tennessee Valley Authority, Viridity Energy and Wal-Mart.
More information on the DRCC can be found at www.demandresponsecommittee.org.
SOURCE Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC)
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