ISGI Meetings and Presentations

June 3, 2008

Organizational Meeting

• Meeting Agenda (PDF)
• Statement of support from FERC Commissoner Suedeen Kelly (PDF)
• Benefits and Issues Summary (PDF)
• What is a Smart Grid?, Joseph Miller Presentation (PDF)
• The End of Cheap Fossil Fuels, Robert Lieberman Presentation (PDF)
• IBM Report: Plugging in the Consumer

July 8, 2008

Introduction to the Smart Grid

• Understanding the Smart Grid: Features, Benefits, and Costs, Joe Miller, Modern Grid Strategy Team, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF)
  • Handout: What will the Smart Grid Look Like? (PDF)
• Consumer Uses of the Smart Grid, Lynne Kiesling, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (PDF)
  • Results of Small Group Break Out Sessions (PDF)
• Greening the Grid: A Smart Solution, Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress (PDF)

August 5, 2008

Dimensions of a Smart Grid Policy Plan

• Setting the Stage, Michele Tihami, IBM (PDF)
• Developing the Smart Grid: Utility Benefits and Costs, David Shpigler, The Shpigler Group (PDF)
• A Consumer Perspective on Smart Grid Issues, Nancy Brockway, NRRI (PDF)
• IIT-Galvin Perfect Power MicroGrid, Michael Meiners, Galvin Initiative (PDF)
• Will the Smart Grid Promote Wise Energy Choices?, Ahmad Faruqui, The Brattle Group (PDF)
• Social Benefits Attributable to Smart Metering Investments - A Methodology, Ross Hemphill, Black & Veatch (PDF)

October 14, 2008

Charting a Course to a 21st Century Electric System

• Meeting Agenda (PDF)
  
• Smart Grid Collaboration, Erich Gunther, EnerNex (PDF)
• Breakout Group Discussion Guides (PDF)
• Plenary Discussion of the ICC’s Smart Grid Orders, Greg Busch, ISGI (PDF)