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Utility Planning for Electrification

Live Streaming Online April 25-26, 2023

An EUCI Program

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If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all registrants for three business days after the event

Energy intensive customers in transportation, buildings, and industrial processing are turning to electrification or beneficial electrification to achieve sustainability and resiliency goals, operational savings, while also improving product quality or user experience.

Utilities play a pivotal role in electrification which requires much planning on their part. It necessitates the switch from traditional energy resources to renewables, system upgrades, new rates and program offerings, customer engagement and education. It’s a tall order but customer demand, revenue potential, and new regulations make it impossible to ignore.

Attend EUCI’s virtual course, Utility Planning for Electrification, to get ahead of the wave. Hear from CenterPoint Energy, US Green Buildings Council -Los Angeles, West Monroe Partners, Burns Engineering, and a former program manager at County of Los Angeles on best practices and lessons learned in transportation, buildings, and industrial electrification.

Learning Outcomes

This virtual course will provide attendees an opportunity to:

  • Review the elements of utility electrification programs and planning
  • Define and assess market segments:
    • Transportation
    • Buildings
    • Industrial processes
  • Identify key economic & sustainability drivers:
    • Total cost of ownership (TCO)
    • Emissions reductions contributions
  • Improve grid planning, load forecasting, and cost-benefit analysis
  • Improve customer engagement, education and project management
  • Get the latest information on trends in electrification
  • Receive case studies on all market segments
  • Hear lessons learned on retrofits vs. new builds, and how to scale
  • Hear best practices on promoting and enabling electrification

Agenda

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Central Time

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. :: Elements of Utility Electrification Programs and Planning

  • The electrification opportunity for utilities and their stakeholders
  • Utility trends driving and enabling electrification
  • Electrification benefits to utilities – is it always beneficial?
  • How utilities approach advancing electrification in various markets
  • Utility Electrification Programs in perspective

Andrew Dillon, Director, West Monroe Partners

Shelly Hagerman, Principal – EV/DER Strategy, West Monroe Partners

10:00 – 10:45 a.m. :: Defining the Utility Electrification Market: Vehicles, Buildings & Industrial Processes

  • How electrification transforms transportation, buildings & industrial processes
  • Widespread adoption of electric vehicles is upon us and accelerating
  • Buildings, campuses, and airports are shifting to electric
  • Energy intensive industries are converting processes from fossil fuel to electric
  • Utility implications, challenges, and opportunities from electrification

David J. Smith, Director, Energy Services, Burns Engineering

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. :: Morning Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Key Economic & Sustainability Drivers for Electrification

  • How the economics of electrification are evolving
  • Total Cost of Ownership to measure Transportation & Building Electrification benefits
  • Key factors in performing Total Cost of Ownership
  • Case Study for commercial fleet electrification conversion
  • Case Study for commercial building electrification conversion

Shwetha Bhat, Senior Consultant, West Monroe Partners

Margaret Oloriz, Manager, West Monroe Partners

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. :: Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. :: Planning for the Grid Impact of Electrification: New Load Hot Spots

  • How increased electrification impacts utility grid networks
  • Methods and tools for forecasting electrification load across multiple sectors
  • Aggregating multiple sources of electrified load for grid planning

Andrew Dillon, Director, West Monroe Partners

Giovanni Maronati, Consultant, West Monroe Partners

2:00 – 2:45 p.m. :: Utility Coordination with Commercial & Industrial Customers on Electrification

  • Enabling and engaging with commercial customers on electrification needs
  • Customer education lifecycle – what do customers need to know?
  • Impact of customer engagement on growing electrification programs
  • Sample customer electrification scenario

Andrew Dillon, Director, West Monroe Partners

David Owen, Manager | Clean Air Technologies, CenterPoint Energy

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. :: Afternoon Break

3:00 – 3:45 p.m. :: Case Study: Transportation Electrification

  • CARB regulations driving fleet adoption
  • Impacted fleets: Airports, transit, TNCs (Uber, Lyft, taxis), and fleets of 50 or more Class 2b through Class 8 trucks and buses
  • Identifying applications and planning for fleet conversions
  • Fleet and grid benefits of managed charging
  • Evaluating storage, renewables, and V2X

Rick Teebay, EV Consultant, County of Los Angeles (Retired)

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. :: Case Study: Electrification of Industrial Processes

  • Electric boilers, industrial heat pumps and river cooling for a large municipal district
  • Leveraging existing infrastructure and new technology to pave way for electrification
  • What happens when a large power generator becomes a large new load?
  • Implications for unprecedented resilience and reliability requirements

David J. Smith, Director, Energy Services, Burns Engineering

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. :: Panel Discussion: Trends in Electrification

  • Top trends emerging in EV, building heat pumps, industrial processes
  • Bus transit – going from pilots to full roll outs
  • Airports – ground support equipment, rental car facilities, shuttles, and more
  • Campuses – going from buildings to central plant to full campus
  • Impact of Federal funding – IIJA, IRA
  • Logistics and distribution – large, Class 8 (over-the-road tractor trailer) vehicles

Moderated by: Andrew Dillon, Director, West Monroe Partners

Panelists:

David J. Smith, Director, Energy Services, Burns Engineering

Rick Teebay, EV Consultant, County of Los Angeles (Retired)

5:00 p.m. :: Day 1 Adjourns

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Central Time

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. :: The Utility’s Role in Promoting and Enabling Electrification

  • How utilities are educating customers and preparing infrastructure upgrades
  • Performing fleet advisory and building electrification advisory studies
  • Designing utility programs to engage and meet the needs of customers

Jay Robertson, Manager, West Monroe Partners

Carolyn Weiner, Senior Manager, West Monroe Partners

9:45 – 10:45 a.m. :: Retrofit Versus New Build: Electrifying Residential Dwellings & Commercial Buildings

  • How technology and policy converge to justify new electrification opportunities
  • New York City Policies – Local Law 97 & Innovative Heat Pump Technology
    • NYC Housing Authority replacing oil and gas boilers with heat pumps
      • ~400,000 residents, ~162,000 units
    • College Campuses, Local Law 97 and Electrified Central Plants
      • Johns, Manhattan College, Pratt, and others

David J. Smith, Director, Energy Services, Burns Engineering

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. :: Morning Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. :: Future State: Can Electrification Reduce GHG Emissions to meet Sustainability Goals?

Can we electrify fast enough to mitigate extreme climate impacts?

Moderated by: Andrew Dillon, Director, West Monroe Partners

Panelists:

David J. Smith, Director, Energy Services, Burns Engineering

Ben Stapleton, Executive Director, US Green Buildings Council-Los Angeles

Rick Teebay, EV Consultant, County of Los Angeles (Retired)

12:00 p.m. :: Day 2 Adjourns

 
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