"Tag Day" – Understanding Electricity Capacity Markets

Friday, July 13, 2007 at the Sheraton Boston*
39 Dalton Street, Boston - (617) 236-2000

Meeting Agenda

8:00-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks by Ann Berwick, Mass. Undersecretary for Energy

9:00-9:30 Capacity 101
Why do we have a capacity market? How does the forward capacity market work? Where does the money go? Bob Laurita, Supervisor, Demand Response, ISO New England (View presentation)

9:30-10:00 Your Tag
When does your tag get set, and by whom? How can you find out what your tag is and how much it will cost you? How does it appear on your bill? Tim Roughan, Director of Distributed Resources, National Grid (View presentation)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:00 Tag Reduction
Where and how can you cut back on your demand? Ideas for both operational and capital strategies. Panel:
Mary Smith     Manager, Energy Supply, Harvard University
(View presentation)
Dan Beaudoin Manager of Operations, Energy and Utilities, Harvard School of Public Health
(View presentation)
David Ellis Sr. V.P. Business Development, Enerwise
(View presentation)
Gordon King Sr. Director, Facilities Planning and Mgmt., Suffolk University
(View presentation)
Frank Gundal Manager, Products & Services, NSTAR
(View presentation)

11:00-12:15 The New Demand Response Market
Can you make money in the new demand response market? What do you have to do to participate? Panel:
Gregg Dixon     Sr. V.P. Marketing, EnerNOC
(View presentation)
Mark Nelson Deputy Commissioner, DCAM
(View presentation)
Betsy Isenstein Energy Manager, Tufts University
(View presentation)
Frank Magnotti President and COO, Comverge
(View presentation)

If you have any questions, please call Carter Wall at 617-737-8480 or via email at cwall@mhefa.org.

*Directions to Sheraton Boston are available at http://www.poweroptions.org/events/tagday2007/directions.html.