DERVOS 2024
This year we've cranked up the voltage on the most engaging energy event out there.
Buckle up because it’s going to be a big day of DERs. Check out the overview and then read below for details on some epic panels.
And of course, if you don’t have tickets yet, be sure to scoop them. They’ll be sold out very soon!
If you’re interested in a press pass, fill out this form.
Logistics
DERVOS 2024 will be on October 25th at New Lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Plan to arrive at 9am to check in for a 9:30 start.
Schedule
Agenda:
9:00 - 9:30am Check-In + Coffee
9:30 - 10:00am Welcome & Kick-off
10:00 - 11:00am Load Growth Panel
11:00 - 12:00pm Policy Panel
12:00 - 12:30pm Demo Day Part 1
12:30 - 1:45pm Lunch and Showcase
1:45 - 2:30pm Circuit Breaker Session
2:30 - 3:30pm Tech Panel
3:30 - 4:00pm Demo Day Part 2
4:00 - 5:00pm Power Markets Panel
5:00 - 5:30pm Wrap-up
5:30 - 7:30pm Drinks
Speakers & Participants
Agenda Details
9:00 - 9:30am: Check-In + Coffee
We are expecting around double the number of attendees from last year and will be utilizing a new space at NewLab so make sure to arrive on time.
9:30 - 10:00am: Welcome & Kick-off
Kick-off will start with the DER Task Force leadership team. They’ll fill us in on what we’ve got planned for the day and the year ahead. We’ll also get a keynote welcome from one of our favorite humans, Tim Hade, co-founder of Scale Microgrids.
10:00 - 11:00am: Load Growth Panel
Demand growth has returned to the US electricity sector for the first time in two decades and the cracks are showing in the system. Reindustrialization, electrification, and the AI juggernaut have catapulted us into a new era. New loads are suddenly having trouble getting grid connections, interconnection times for new generation keep growing with no end in sight, and transmission and distribution costs are escalating faster than ever. And yet, technology costs continue to plummet. Will the demand growth story of the 2020s look radically different than that of the 1950s?
Speakers: Ari Matusiak (Rewiring America), Astrid Atkinson (Camus), Jesse Pelton (Type 1), Andy Lubershane (EIP), Duncan Campbell (Scale)
11:00 - 12:00pm: Policy Panel
New energy technologies can thrive or die due to regulatory policy. This unbelievable policy panel will feature regulators who have actually supported new technologies and advocates who have successfully fought for paradigm-shifting policies. We know we have great technologies--this panel will explore how we get them to scale.
Speakers: Allison Clements (FERC), Angela Navarro (Virginia), Marissa Gillett (CT PURA), Arushi Sharma Frank (Luminary Strategies) and Allison Bates Wannop (DER TF)
12:00 - 12:30pm: Demo Day
10-15 minute product demos from some of our favorite companies that have new stuff to share.
Participants: Impulse Labs, Westinghouse eVinci, Paces AI, Electric Era
12:30 - 1:45pm: Lunch & Showcase
Enjoy complimentary lunch and mosey around the floor to talk to hang with other attendees and chat up the Demo Day participants plus some additional interesting companies and organizations who will be set up in the main room.
1:45 - 2:30pm: Circuit Breaker Session
David Roberts (Volts podcast) and Mary Powell (CEO of Sunrun and DER legend) will sit down in a “fireside chat” style session to review the past year and chart a course for the future of DERs as two giants in our space.
Speakers: David Roberts (Volts) and Mary Powell (Sunrun)
2:30 - 3:30pm: Tech Panel
GridTech has arrived (RIP “ClimateTech”). Hardware startups are back. AI is transforming software. There is a whole new frontier in Gridtech that wasn’t here even 5 years ago. We’ll hear from DERTF’s favorite tech thinkers and doers in the space to learn about the exciting future to come: everything from consumer hardware to grid infrastructure and device connectivity.
Speakers: Henrik Langeland (Enode), Quincy Lee (Electric Era), Kiran Bhatraju (Arcadia), Sam D’Amico (Impulse) and Nick van Osdol (Climate Capital)
3:30 - 4:00pm: Demo Day Part 2
4:00 - 5:00pm: Power Markets Panel
Renewables have been breaking a lot of the mechanisms in our power markets, irrespective of structure. Across energy only, IRP, and capacity markets, we have been seeing "weirdness" in price action and regulatory responses as solar and wind continue to dominate new installs. It’ll be an acronym stew: from PCM and RUC buying in ERCOT, adjusting ELCCs in PJM leading to capacity prices 10x'ing, to NEM 3.0 in CAISO. We want to contend with what this means today and then try to map a path into where it all leads tomorrow. Will these existing structures adapt, or will something new emerge?
Speakers: Jacob Mays (Cornell), Brian Bartholomew (REV Renewables), Eric Goff (Goff Policy), Andy Reger (PA Consulting) and James McGinniss (David Energy)
5:00 - 5:30pm: Wrap-up
Final words from the DERTF crew and others.
5:30 - 7:30pm: Drinks & Food
We’ll end the day with networking, drinks, and a food truck or two. We anticipate some additional chances to spend time together after at nearby bars or restaurants to be arranged ad hoc as well.
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