Tech Innovation to Accelerate the
Clean Energy Future
2023 Thought Leaders Include:
“CUSTOMER AND THE GRID”
“DATA WILL DEMYSTIFY”
PEER EXCHANGE
dialogue with your
peers across the nation
INFLUENCE
insights that guide the
roadmap of UtilityAI™
NETWORKING
Day 1: Tuesday, April 4, 2023
| START | END | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | 12:30pm | ETS Conference | Hotel ZaZa; Various Rooms |
| 12:30pm | 1:30pm | Lunch (Optional) | Stage Fright Board Room Located in Group Therapy Lounge |
| 1:30pm | 3:30pm | Roundtable 1: Customer and the Grid |
Stage Fright Board Room Located in Group Therapy Lounge |
| 3:30pm | 5:30pm | ETS Conference | Hotel ZaZa; Various Rooms |
| 6:00pm | 9:30pm | Exclusive Networking and Dinner Event |
Downtown Austin |
Day 2: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
| START | END | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | 12:30pm | ETS Conference | Hotel ZaZa; Various Rooms |
| 12:30pm | 1:30pm | Lunch (Optional) | Stage Fright Board Room Located in Group Therapy Lounge |
| 1:30pm | 3:30pm | Roundtable 2: Data Will Demystify |
Stage Fright Board Room Located in Group Therapy Lounge |
| 3:30pm | 5:30pm | ETS Conference | Hotel ZaZa; Various Rooms |
The best way to predictthe future is to invent it. — Alan Kay
The best way to predict
the future is to invent it.
— Alan Kay 
Future Ready Energy Insights
Four Phases to Scale Transportation Electrification
What can utilities do to support the waves of incoming EVs? For utilities in the U.S., where EV penetration varies significantly by geographic region, it is important to first understand the utility’s current position on the EV-adoption spectrum. With that, utilities can then determine the level of sophistication needed for upcoming strategies and investments. Maria Kretzing, Head of Innovation, walks through the phases of scaling transportation electrification in this short video.
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Demand Flexibility
The presence of new distributed energy resources like
solar, batteries and electric vehicles has the same
impact on DSM programs as they have on grid planning.
The focus of DSM programs used to be primarily energy
efficiency, with an average energy saving goal of 2%.
However now, as consumers install solar on their roof
and become producers of their own energy, energy
savings may no longer be a motivating factor. The DSM
paradigm will shift from reducing consumption to
flexible demand and influencing when consumers use
energy.
Bidgely’s CEO, Abhay Gupta, shares more in this
1-minute video.
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Take DSM Targeting from 1% to 99%
Strong DSM programs are rooted in knowing your
customer. While legacy programs were dependent on
polls or active customer input to inform design, the
power of analytics now gives utilities the ability to
understand specific appliance usage frictionlessly and
at an unprecedented scale. Now, rather than designing
programs based on 1% of customer inputs, utilities can
confidently design by accounting for a majority of
their customer base.
Bidgely Co-founder and CTO, Vivek Garud, explains how
in this 1-minute video.
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Know Your Customers to Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast
Knowing that no two customers are the same, utilities
have to avoid the trap of playing whack-a-mole by
offering undifferentiated programs and hoping for
effective outcomes. Driving meaningful programmatic
ROI requires knowing the load and appliance use of
each household, and achieving this is more accessible
than one might think.
In this video, Chief Revenue Officer of Bidgely,
Gautam Aggarwal, discusses how to think big, start
small, and scale fast to achieve stronger results.
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EV Behavioral Opt-Out to Managed Charging Opt-In
Bidgely Director of Innovation Maria Kretzing describes how one utility has introduced a behavioral managed charging program for all EV owners that leads to an opt-in, telematics-based managed charging program. The program is designed to maximize the total kilowatt hour shift to off-peak times.
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The Danger of Making Big Utility Decisions From Small Customer Data Samples
When it comes to CX, utilities are competing with tech
giants like Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify that use big
data to iterate and refine customer interactions.
Thanks to advancements in analytics, utilities can
break away from limited data sets and legacy systems
to emulate a gold standard of customer experience
using their existing data.
Bidgely Co-founder and CTO, Vivek Garud, explains how
in this 1-minute video.