A G R I O N E V E N T A N N O U N C E M E N T

TIME SCHEDULE:

9:00 AM - 9:30 AMNetworking / Brunch

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Panel Discussion/Q&A

11:30 AM - 12:00 PMNetworking

FORMAT AGRION is a membership based, international business network for energy and sustainability. We organize roundtables, webinars and international conventions to enhance idea-sharing and business lead generation through high-level industry discussion and the promotion ofemerging technologies.

Our roundtables consist of an hour and half panel discussion with 4-6 speakers, a moderator and a roundtable of between 25-35 participants in the room. Speakers and attendees are seated at the same table to facilitate interactive and intimate discussion.

For this event, our audience will consist of :• Utilities • Regulators• Suppliers • Investors• Technology & Service Providers

AGENDAProliferation of physical infrastructure and data sources in the grid - including distributed generation assets, microgrid systems, energy storage, demand response enabled smart meters and appliances and more – has put pressure on the energy system to move away from a central utility or grid operator controlled model. Instead, focus has recently turned to transactive energy. Enabled by software, these interwoven and interconnected devices and systems would be parsed and managed by a flexible “free-market” based exchange, which would not only account for physical assets but also be pegged to economic relations. In other words, it will entail “a set of economic and control mechanisms that allows the dynamic balance of supply and demand across the entire electrical infrastructure using value as a key operational parameter (link). Defined as “a software-defined grid managed through market-based incentives to ensure grid reliability and resiliency,” a process that is “done with software applications that use economic signals and operational information to coordinate and manage devices’ production and/or consumption of electricity in the grid”, transactive energy is the amalgamation of “technologies, policies and financial drivers in an active prosumer market where prosumers are buildings, EVs, microgrids, VPPs or other assets” (Smart Grid Dictionary). Though currently existing largely in theory and discussions, TE is poised to become a lynchpin concept in a new, distributed, and resilient energy model.

TRANSACTIVE ENERGY: NEXT STEP IN A NEW ENERGY FUTURE?

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014

Given the breadth required by such a complex system of transactions, and its variable system sizes – a transactive energy system may exist within a smart building, campus, microgrid, or a larger grid -there are many pieces of the puzzle to be considered. For example, clear definition of key terms and concepts (e.g. “value”, which roughly equates to prices of generation, maintenance, operation etc.), is one such issue tackled by the GWAC’s recently released transactive energy framework. Transparent and comprehensive categorization will allow for a more integrated and better coordinated approach towards commercialization of these technologies. GWAC also outlines the need for informational interoperability across the different parties and systems, as well as the “cyber-physical” infrastructure to realize such a complex system. This will require physical grids, wireless networks, data analytics and storage capabilities; whether current “soft grid” capacities can meet these requirements has yet to be fully flushed out. In this meeting, experts will discuss a technological framework for transactive energy, and address some of the regulatory hurdles. Sample Discussion Points:• What kind of valuation process is needed and who are the stakeholders involved in this process?• To what extent is TE different from a classic smart grid system and what is the additional value-added?• What kind of regulation process is involved?• What are the different technologies involved in a TE system?• What kind of “cyber infrastructure” would be needed to manage and parse the information exchange? Are these capabilities existent today?• What markets are most ready for TE?

SPEAKERSROB RUYAK, BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON, Senior Associate, Strategic Innovations Group

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A G R I O N E V E N T A N N O U N C E M E N T

ABOUT AGRIONAGRION hosts more than 400 events per year across our office locations in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Brussels, and Beijing that include webinars to intimate roundtable discussions to large multi-day international conventions. Membership allows companies access to all events, recordings and reports and gives them the opportunity to collaborate on a tailored program to promote new technologies, projects and partnerships. AGRION currently has close to 200 member companiesspanning a wide spectrum of industries and sectors.Through weekly events held online and on-site, AGRION reaches over 200,000 professionals globally.

To find out more about membership, please contact Qurban.Walia@agrion.org

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