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Wednesday 2015

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Empowering Consumers, Reinventing Infrastructure

The impact of microgrids, energy storage and other disruptive technologies

8:45 – 9:30

Keynote
Jeff Fleeman, Director of Advanced Transmission Studies and Technologies, American Electric Power

9:30 – 10:15

Speaker
Brewster McCracken, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Street Inc

10:15 – 11:00

Speaker
“Rechargeable Batteries Old and New”
John Goodenough, Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin • Click to view PDF slides

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11:15 – 12:30

How Smartgrids Enable Consumers
Moderator: Kurt Stogdill, Distributed Energy Services Group, Austin Energy
Featured panelists:
Paul Wattles, Senior Market Design Analyst, ERCOT • Click to view PDF slides
Bernardo Mendez, Product Manager, Active Power • Click to view PDF slides
Emmanuel Monnerie, Landis Gyr • Click to view PDF slides
Anna Lising, Opower • Click to view PDF slides

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12:30 – 2:00

Lunch – Keynote
Rebecca Klein, Chair, Power Across Texas; former Chair, Public Utility Commission of Texas • Click to view PDF slides.

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2:00 – 2:45

Speaker
Edward Buck, Specialist Engineer EATON Corp

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2:45 – 3:30

Speaker
Lance Spross, Director, Engineering Standards and Maintenance Strategy, Oncor • Click to view PDF slides

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3:45 – 5:00

Policy implications of increasing energy storage on the grid
Moderator: Paul Hudson, Managing Partner, Stratus Energy Group; former Chair, Texas Public Utilities Commission
Featured panelists:
Darren Hammell, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Princeton Power Systems • Click to view PDF slides
Matt Roberts, Executive Director, Energy Storage Association
Evan Ture, Senior Sales Application Engineer, Younicos Inc
Bob King, President of Good Company Associates • Click to view PDF slides

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Evening Sessions and Events

5:15 – 6:00

UT Power Plant Tour
UT’s Austin campus generates its own electricity in one of the most efficient combined heat and power plants in the US and distributes it on campus via the nation’s largest microgrid.

6:30

Banquet and presentation of awards for energy startup competition and research poster competition

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Other Energy Week Events
All day Continuing Legal Education Seminar: Renewable Energy Law (Day 2)
Energy Technology Open Competition
Start-up competition pitches presented in the Alumni Center Legends Room and San Jacinto Meeting Room 208. Winners announced at the Energy Week Banquet.

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