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Oregon Public Utility Commission
Main Hearing Room
September 9, 2009
9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
- Chairman Lee Beyer – Welcome and introductions
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- Roger Levy, lead consultant, Smart Grid Technical Advisory Project - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- What is smart grid? What would a fully smart grid look like from end to end?
- What are the potential benefits?
- What technical and regulatory issues must be resolved along the way?
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Lisa Schwartz, Regulatory Assistance Project
- What smart grid projects are underway and proposed?
- What smart grid-related policies are state legislatures and Commissions adopting?
- a.m. to noon
- Utility panel moderated by Steve Hawke, Portland General Electric
With Doug Marx, PacifiCorp, and Dave Angell, Idaho Power
- Advanced metering infrastructure and other smart grid investments by the utility
- Research and demonstration projects
- Utility vision for the future and near- and long-term steps toward achieving it
Wrap-up
- Lisa Schwartz, Regulatory Assistance Project
- Commission’s role in setting smart grid principles, objectives and policies
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