{"id":459,"date":"2011-04-04T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T16:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2011-04-04T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T16:16:27","slug":"restructuring-roundtable-smart-power-and-the-future-of-electric-utilities-and-transforming-the-electric-grid-with-storage-and-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/event\/restructuring-roundtable-smart-power-and-the-future-of-electric-utilities-and-transforming-the-electric-grid-with-storage-and-electric-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Restructuring Roundtable: Smart Power and the  Future of Electric Utilities and Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raab Assocates&#8217; ongoing Electric Restructuring Roundtable series continues on <strong>Friday, April 15th<\/strong> with two timely topics on potential transformational change for utilities and electric power:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart Power and the  Future of Electric Utilities<\/li>\n<li>Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details for the session (from the session announcement):<\/p>\n<p>Our keynote speaker is <strong>Dr. Peter Fox-Penner<\/strong>, author of a new  and provocative book entitled Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of the Electric Utilities.  Currently a principal at the Brattle Group, Peter worked in top-level positions in energy policy at U.S. DOE and the White House, and is also quite familiar with New England, having spent many years at Charles River Associates in Boston.   <\/p>\n<p>In keeping with our &#8220;Restructuring&#8221; focus, Peter&#8217;s new book envisions the need for a very different utility industry and regulatory structure if we are to succeed in transforming the electricity system to meet climate and other public policy objectives.     <\/p>\n<p>Next, following our customary networking break, we will hear from our <strong>panel on Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and Electric Vehicles<\/strong>. On the electricity storage side, major advancements in technologies &#8211; from batteries to ice storage to flywheels &#8211; combined with regulatory changes in states (such as California&#8217;s setting utility targets for storage) and new FERC rules, make this a very timely topic. And on the electric vehicle side, 2011 is already a banner year, with the roll-out of all-electric vehicles (Nissan Leaf) and various electric\/gas combination vehicles (such as Chevy Volt and the plug-in Prius). Down the road, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), will blur the line between storage and electric vehicles &#8212; while potentially revolutionizing the electric grid.   <\/p>\n<p>Panelists:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ron Minsk<\/b>, Sr. VP Policy, Securing America&#8217;s Future\/Electrification Coalition<\/li>\n<li><b>John O&#8217;Brien<\/b>, Senior VP Gov&#8217;t\/Regulatory Affairs, NRG Energy<\/li>\n<li><b>Watson Collins<\/b>, Mgr. of Business Development, Northeast Utilities<\/li>\n<li><b>Judith Judson<\/b>, VP Market Development, Beacon Power Corporation<\/li>\n<li><b>Andy Chu<\/b>, VP Marketing and Engineering, A123<\/li>\n<li><b>Mike Jacobs<\/b>, Director, Market Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Xtreme Power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Registration is not required for this session, but it&#8217;s best to be on time as the sessions are very well-attended.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raab Assocates&#8217; ongoing Electric Restructuring Roundtable series continues on Friday, April 15th with two timely topics on potential transformational change for utilities and electric power: Smart Power and the Future of Electric Utilities Transforming the Electric Grid with Storage and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[119],"class_list":["post-459","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-uncategorized","cat_uncategorized","","tg-column-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/459\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}