Agenda

Microgrid 2019 Pre-Conference Workshop

Market & Policy Workshop: Tariffs, Tax Incentives, RECs or Something Else? What’s the Way Forward for Microgrids?

Sponsored by Microgrid Knowledge and Navigant

What incentives now support microgrids? What other options are — or should be — considered? What public benefits can microgrids offer in exchange for public funds? Should incentives be confined to specific customer groups that clearly serve the public, such as communities or hospitals?

The afternoon will include presentations, small group problem-solving sessions and participant polling. The goal is to produce guiding principles and next steps for microgrid adoption.

Agenda

Monday, May 13, 2-5 pm, Ballroom D

2-2:15 pm Welcome and Overview

Kevin Normandeau, Publisher, Microgrid Knowledge
Ken Horne, Director, Navigant and Workshop Moderator

2:15-2:30 pm The Landscape

Peter Asmus, Navigant Research, Associate Director: Five Principles to Guide Microgrid Policy Support

Brian Levite, Regulatory Affairs Director at S&C Electric: Three Takeaways on Microgrids & Utilities in the 50 States

2:30-3:45 pm Participants break into groups to workshop assignments

3:45-4:35 pm Groups present results. Ideas evaluated in group polling

4:35–4:5 pm Polling results announced

4:50-5 pm Synthesis and closing

5-6 pm Networking Reception

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Microgrid Morning Yoga

Sunset Terrace (4th Floor off Pool Deck)

Registration

Pacific Ballroom

Breakfast

Bayview Ballroom

MAINSTAGE PANELS, DISCUSSIONS & DEBATES

Welcome & Kickoff

• Elisa Wood, Editor & Chief of Microgrid Knowledge
• H.G. Chissell, Master of Ceremonies, CEO of Advanced Energy Group

Pacific A-C

Keynote Address

David Hochschild, Chairman, California Energy Commission (invited)

Pacific A-C

The Microgrid Wow Factor: Why Customers Said “Yes”

Microgrid developers describe some of their most successful projects and explain features that were particularly attractive to customers — the wow factor. From innovative contracting to unque engineering and design, what was the secret sauce that delivered what the customer wanted and more? Audience questions encouraged.

Moderator: David Chiesa, Senior Director – Global Business Development, Non-Wire Alternatives, S&C Electric

Panel:

• Mike Bakas, Executive Vice President, Distributed Energy Systems, Ameresco
• Gregg Morasca, Vice President, Strategic Customers, Schneider Electric N.A.

Pacific A-C

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Bayview Ballroom

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The Great Debate: Should Utilities in Restructured States Own & Operate Microgrids?

Thought leaders on both sides together explore what’s been a controversial issue before public utility commissions and try to find a meeting of the minds.

Moderator: Elisa Wood, Editor-in-Chief Microgrid Knowledge

Panel:

• • • • Asim Hussain, Vice President, Commercial Strategy & Customer Experience, Bloom Energy
      • Lola Infante, Senior Director, Edison Electric Institute
      • Jigar Shah, Co-Founder and President, Generate Capital
      • David Yanni, Chief Development Officer, GI Energy

Pacific A-C

Choosing What to Champion: Which Energy Policies, Rules and Programs Open the Way for More Microgrids?

From instituting microgrid tariffs to valuing reliability to brokering a Green New Deal, change is afoot in how energy is governed. What do these policies mean to microgrids? Which should the industry endorse? What should it discourage?

Note: This session includes discussion of results from the pre-conference policy workshop being held Monday. (See agenda May 13.)

Moderator Ken Horne, Director for Smart Grid in the Emerging Technology and Business Strategy, Navigant

Panel:

• Mike Gravely, Team Lead, Energy Technology Systems Integration, California Energy Commission
• Peter Klauer, Senior Advisor, Smart Grid Technology, California ISO
• Galen Nelson, Senior Director, Innovation and Industry Support, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
• Joseph Sullivan, Vice President Policy & Development, Concord Engineering, former Director Division of Economic Development, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Pacific A-C

Networking Lunch

Bayview Ballroom

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Utility Microgrids

Providing Public Benefits for Consumers, Business & Communities with Utility Microgrids

Moderator: Chris Evanich, Manager of Microgrid Business Development, S&C Electric

Presentations:

• Utility Formula for Microgrid Success, Jason Handley, Director – Smart Grid Technology and Operations at Duke Energy
• Microgrids as a Foundation for DERMS, Horizon Power, Australia, David Jeon, Technical Services Manager, PXiSE Energy Solutions, Sempra
• Utility Microgrids: Collaboration, Not Competition, Allan Schurr, Chief Commercial Officer, Enchanted Rock

Pacific A-C

Technology & Engineering

Building a Better Microgrid with Model-based System Engineering

Moderator: H.G. Chissell, CEO of Advanced Energy Group

How does model-based system engineering — in particular ultra-high-fidelity Hardware in the Loop (HIL) digital twins — significantly de-risk and accelerate projects, eliminate microgrid control integration and interoperability issues, and deliver improved functionality and resilience?

Join Typhoon HIL in a discussion with

• Scott Baron, Sr. Systems Engineer, Raytheon (invited)
• Ryan Smith, CTO, EPC Power
• Andy Haun, CTO Microgrids, Schneider Electric
• Scott Manson, Technology Director, SEL
• Qiang Fu, Technology Manager, Eaton

Pacific D

Networking Break

Bayview Ballroom

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Model Microgrids

Microgrids for the Greater Good

Presented by Elisa Wood, Editor-in-chief, Microgrid Knowledge

Moderated by Will Agate, Vice President for Microgrid Services, Ameresco

Awards & Project Presentations

• Greater Good Award for a Grid-Connected Microgrid
• Greater Good Award for a Remote Microgrid
• Highest Recognition for a Microgrid Serving the Greater Good

Pacific A-C

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Technology & Engineering

Special Technical Considerations for Microgrid Design and Operation

Derisking: What are the necesssary evaluations and steps to determine the feasibility of a microgrid?

Moderated by David Jones, Manager, ICF Consulting

• • • Syed Qaseem Ali, Team Leader T&D-DER Application eXpertise and Electrical Simulation (AXES) Division, Opal RT
    • Daniel Jones, Project Engineer, Power Engineers
    • Kati Sidwall, Simulation Specialist, RTDS Technologies

Pacific D

Interactive Leadership Session

Harnessing Forces: Solving the Day’s Big Question to Shape the New Grid

Keying on discussions of the day, panelists and audience members will discuss ideas and propose next steps needed to overcome obstacles and drive microgrid adoption. Here’s a chance to ask questions and propose ideas.

Moderator, H.G. Chissell, CEO of Advanced Energy Group

• • • Donal Gavagan, Director, Strategic Growth & Special Projects at Solar Turbines
    • Andrea Ruotolo, Senior Manager Smart & Distributed Energy Advisian (WorleyParsons Group)
    • Richard Sander, CEO, Rhombus Energy Solutions

Pacific A-C

Networking Reception

Bayview Ballroom and Terrace

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Microgrid Morning Yoga

Wellness Center (4th floor)

Breakfast

Bayview Ballroom

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Registration

Pacific Ballroom

MAINSTAGE PANELS, DISCUSSIONS & DEBATES

Pacific A-C

Welcome and Overview

• Kevin Normandeau, Microgrid Knowledge Publisher
• H.G. Chissell, Master of Ceremonies, CEO of Advanced Energy Group

Pacific A-C

Sen. Edward Markey, The Green New Deal (invited)

Pacific A-C

Microgrid Financing: How to Make your Microgrid a Reality

Financiers and developers describe innovations in financing they’ve employed to bring a microgrid project to fruition. This educational panel offers practical advice for businesses, communities and institutions that want to install a microgrid but are unsure how to fund it. Successful financing deals will be featured. Audience questions encouraged.

Moderator: Karen Morgan, President and CEO of Dynamic Energy Networks

Panel

• • • Mark Fisher, CEO, Electrical Midstream
    • Jerome Garciano, Attorney, Robinson & Cole
    • Ryan Goodman, CEO, Scale Microgrid Solutions

Pacific A-C

Networking Break with Exhibitors

Bayview Ballroom

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Beyond Islanding: The Well-Connected Microgrid

Electric reliability is a key microgrid benefit. But increasingly advanced microgrids also offer value by leveraging their connection to the utility grid — selling energy, capacity and services back to the grid, arbitraging prices, managing renewable attributes and participating in demand response. An expert panel explains how businesses, institutions and communities can benefit from a well-connected grid.

Moderator: Jacqueline DeRosa, Vice President Battery Energy Storage Systems at Ameresco

Panel:

• • • Sacha Fontaine, Siemens Digital Grid Marketing
    • Patrick Lee, President PXiSE Solutions, Sempra
    • Doug Sansom, Director, National Accounts and Wholesale Origination for NRG Curtailment Solutions, NRG Energy

Pacific A-C

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Microgrid Models

Microgrids in Healthcare

Clark Wiedetz, Director of Microgrids and Renewable Integration, Siemens Digital Grid

Presentations:

• Kaiser Permanente, Seth Baruch, National Director for Energy and Utilities
• Berkshire Medical Center Microgrid, Massachusetts, Maggie Clout, Microgrid Business Development Manager, Siemens Digital Grid

Pacific A-C

Microgrid Models

The Campus Microgrid

Moderator: Will Agate, Vice President for Microgrid Services, Ameresco

• Northeastern University, Maria Cimilluca, Vice President Facilities, Northeastern University
• How Fuel Cells Support Resiliency, Efficiency and Sustainability of the University of California at San Diego Microgrid
• Clark Crawford, Director of Business Development, FuelCell Energy
• Mississippi State University: How Challenging the Status Quo with Mixed-Use Microgrids can Realign Institutional Thinking, Benjamin S Parvey II, CEO, Blue Sky Power

Pacific D

Networking Lunch

Bayview Ballroom

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Tour 1: Microgrid at the University of California, San Diego

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Tour 2: Microgrid at the Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar (For Homeland Security reasons US Citizenship required for this tour)

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