Breakfast & Panel Discussion
November 12, 2018 | Orlando, FL
Modernizing Integrated Resource Planning
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Southern Current are convening a panel discussion the morning of Monday, November 12, 2018. The breakfast event will be held on-site at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Timor Sea Room 2.
In order for utilities to plan for meeting future energy demand in a cost-effective, risk-minimizing manner, many states require utilities to file integrated resource plans with their state public utility commissions. Disruptive new technologies, aging infrastructure, and lower-cost renewables and energy storage are changing the way utilities traditionally plan for long-term investments. This breakfast will explore the ways utilities should evaluate the benefits of solar and paired storage to meet future resource needs, increase grid flexibility, and avoid redundant investments.
The breakfast will run from 7:00 - 8:30am, with the panel discussion beginning at 7:45am.
Speakers:
Topics will include:
• Properly evaluating solar and storage economics
• The role of Solar + storage in deferring peaker plants
• Implementation of modernized IRP planning rules through proceedings such as the Consumers Energy IRP and the recent Colorado Electric Resource Plan
• Improving stakeholder processes
For additional information about the panel discussion, please contact Heather Whitpan of SEIA at [email protected].
This event is not sponsored by NARUC nor is it a part of the meeting agenda
