Energy Efficiency Markets Podcast

In Part One of this interview, Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Josh Schellenberg, senior analyst, Freeman, Sullivan and Co.--who specializes in demand-side program evaluation--about the role of DSM in integrating wind into the grid.

Lisa Cohn from Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Tom Twist, sustainability educator for the Chewonki Foundation in Maine about replacing home heating oil with heat pumps. He talks about the quick payback and why more residents don't take advantage of the technology.

Lisa Cohn from EE Markets interviews Audrey Zibelman, Viridity Energy’s president and CEO and a former CEO of the regional transmission organization PJM. She describes efforts to establish market rules that will allow demand response providers to receive the same compensation as generators.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Ujjwal Bhattacharjee, a principal consultant with PA Consulting Group who specializes in renewable energy and energy efficiency. He evaluates energy efficiency in Massachusetts green buildings from 2004 - 2007.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Meetesh Patel, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies, which develops next-generation alternative energy technologies. He describes a technology called MotionPower, which harnesses the untapped potential generated from the kinetic energy of moving vehicles. It's being developed to be installed anywhere vehicles slow down--outside fast-food drive-ups, for example.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Mike Lang, executive vice president of Numerex, a network service and solution company. He discusses the security issues surrounding the smart grid and its two-way communication system. He also addresses some of the ways to prevent security leaks.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets continues her interview with Larry Owens, manager of customer services for Silicon Valley Power, which is creating a smart metering system. He describes his project, talks about the challenges of keeping up with smart grid applications and describes future technologies, such as appliances that will be operated remotely.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Larry Owens, manager of customer services for Silicon Valley Power, which is creating a smart metering system. He describes his project, talks about the challenges of keeping up with smart grid applications and describes future technologies, such as appliances that will be operated remotely.

Lisa Cohn of EE Markets interviews Field Pickering, managing director, North America, of CoolNRG, which is a project development company that operates in energy efficiency and carbon markets. He explains why the company pulled out of Connecticut’s EE market: The state didn’t provide enough economic incentives for CoolNRG to operate its programs there. In Part 2, he explains why the state made it so difficult for CoolNRG to work there and talks about what other options will be available for CoolNRG and similar companies in the future.

Lisa Cohn from Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Field Pickering, managing director, North America, of CoolNRG, which is a project development company that operates in energy efficiency and carbon markets. He explains why the company pulled out of Connecticut’s EE market: The state didn’t provide enough economic incentives for CoolNRG to operate its programs there. In Part 2, he explains why the state made it so difficult for CoolNRG to work there and talks about what other options will be available for CoolNRG and similar companies in the future.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Tony Erickson, global utilities industry director for EDS, a Hewlett Packard company, about privacy issues and the Smart Grid.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews James McClelland, senior director of utilities and energy, global marketing for SAP, which is a software provider for utilities and energy companies, about privacy issues and the Smart Grid.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Jack Parchesky, application specialist for Onset Computer. He talks about the growth in the EE market, what’s driving it, and how the growth affects the need to accurately measure energy savings.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets continues her interview with Dick DeBlasio, life senior member of IEEE and principal laboratory program manager for electricity programs at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. DeBlasio is developing a guide for smart grid standards. In part one, he explains how the guide will bring together different entities to establish standards for the smart grid. In part two, he discusses the smart grid pilot program, which has received $4.5 billion from the federal government for demonstration projects.

Lisa Cohn of Energy Efficiency Markets interviews Dick DeBlasio, life senior member of IEEE and principal laboratory program manager for electricity programs at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, who is developing a guide for developing smart grid standards. In Part One, he discusses how this guide will bring together different entities to establish standards for the smart grid. In Part Two, he discusses the smart grid pilot program, which has received $4.5 billion from the federal government for demonstration projects.