TRACK DESCRIPTION: *New for 2011* The nine sessions within this new series offering will examine the impact of utility infrastructure and services on energy programs. Learn how federal agencies can maintain best-in-class infrastructure at the lowest cost.
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Outside the Fence: Understanding Regulated Utilities and Negotiating Services and Rate Agreements PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Discover topics and associated techniques to get the best deal from your utilities. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Depending on the type of service, you may interface with your utilities on a variety of fronts, including rates, new services, interconnections, and reliability. This session will define a variety of utility interface topics and demonstrate scenarios and techniques for ensuring the most favorable outcome within current state and federal regulations. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Outside the Fence: Negotiating Commodity and Utility Service Contracts in Deregulated Markets PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Analyze approaches for purchasing utility services in competitive markets. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Competitive energy markets create a complex quagmire for agencies to navigate. We will evaluate agency and industry tips for successful negotiations with various utility counterparties in deregulated energy markets. Topics will include commodity contracts, transportation tariffs, and energy efficiency and other rebates. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Monday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Demand Response Programs and Utility Non-Firm Rate Options PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Acquire the skills to understand the costs and benefits and negotiate participation in demand-response programs and non-firm rate options. SESSION DESCRIPTION: There are a variety of demand-response programs and non-firm rate options offered around the country. This session will define the logic behind these service options and examine the rules for participation, the associated risks, and the costs and benefits of allowing the end-user to make an educated decision on whether to pursue one of these offerings. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Assessing Utility Infrastructure PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Identify the key areas that affect reliability, safety and efficiency of your electric, gas, water, wastewater and steam utility systems. Identify the processes, tools and resources available to evaluate your systems. SESSION DESCRIPTION: This session will describe the key areas of utlity systems by highlighting the value of maintaining quality infrastructure and the impact of infrastructure failure. It will discuss how to operate and maintain a reliable, safe and efficient system with a limited budget. It will identify and discuss evaluation tools, training venues and other resources available to assist in the system evaluation. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Funding Infrastructure Upgrades: From Utilities Privatization to Appropriated Funds PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Identify the range of utility capital investment avenues available to federal agency managers and examine the benefits and drawbacks of each, as well as possible selection strategies. SESSION DESCRIPTION: This session will introduce the full spectrum of investment options, outline the pros and cons of each, and present key considerations. It will also include an examination of a federal agency case study. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE:Case Studies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Determine what has and has not worked with utility infrastructure projects. SESSION DESCRIPTION: You will gather valuable insight from successes and pitfalls encountered by agencies as they assessed and attempted to mitigate infrastructure vulnerabilities and inefficiencies. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Tuesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure: Getting Ready for the Perfect Electrical Storm PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Examine the potential impacts of EVs on infrastructure and the need to plan and budget for the future. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Understand the many impacts EVs can have on facilities and installation so you can begin planning and programming projects accordingly. Create processes and procedures to account for electrical energy consumed by EVs so that facility energy intensity is accurately recorded and reported. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Strategies for Infrastructure Reliability PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Discover how to build reliability into your utility infrastructure and appreciate the value it creates. SESSION DESCRIPTION: Infrastructure resilience and reliability are paramount in today's electronics-based and uncertain world. Discover strategies for improving your systems' reliability, including back-up systems, multiple or loop feeds, and energy storage options. Included will be discussions on options for implementing reliability-based projects through your serving utility. |
| SESSION TIME & LOCATION: Wednesday, Room: 205 | SESSION TITLE: Integrating Energy and Master Planning Using an Enterprise Approach PRESENTERS:
| TRACK: Utility Infrastructure SESSION INTENT: Develop an enterprise approach to infrastructure and energy planning. SESSION DESCRIPTION: U.S. Department of Defense installations have embraced new principles and are implementing base planning practices that are sustainable and energy efficient. This workshop will discuss how to use installation planning techniques to integrate principles of sustainability and energy efficiency. We will review installation case studies that have applied this integrative approach. |