1. Energy Efficiency & DSM Why the cheapest kWh is the one you do not use? UIA Workshop Buenos Aires, Argentina 20 April 2011 Perry Sioshansi, Ph.D. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS E-mail fpsioshansi@aol.comfpsioshansi@aol.com www.menloenergy.com

2. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Preliminaries  Focus of workshop  Outcome  Objectives  Outline  Schedule  Introductions

3. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Energy Efficiency & DSM Why the cheapest kWh is the one you do not use?  Share relevant experiences from elsewhere  Highlight what appears to work & why  What are “best practices”  Compare & contrast to Argentina’s case  Encourage stepping “outside the box”  Generate discussion/debate within experts  Come up with “to-do-list”

4. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS What this workshop is NOT  Here is how you run EE/DSM programs  Let me tell you what you need to know  Here is how CA (or what ever) does it Every case/country is different  If it works in CA, it must work in Argentina

5. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Why focus on California?  The most populous state  Presently ONLY state with climate bill  Engaged in EE for 3 decades  Accounts for 1/3 rd US EE budget  Ambitious mandatory RPS  Leader in dynamic pricing & standards  Considered successful despite the flaws

6. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Workshop objectives Rather modest  I would be pleased if every one of you were to walk out of this workshop with at least 1 new idea Be able to discuss with your colleagues, spouse, neighbor Be able to concisely say what you learned from workshop Be able to implement one or more ideas? Remember a thing or two 6 months from now

7. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Outline  Organized into 3 sessions  Session 1 Principles, potential & barriers to implementation  Session 2 Financing, implementation & measurement  Session 3 Smart meters, smart prices, smart devices  Discussion What makes sense for Argentina?

8. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS Schedule Session 12:20 – 3:45 pm Coffee break Session 24:00 – 5:15 pm Coffee break Session 35:30 – 6:45 pm Discussion6:45 – 7:00 pm Adjourn7:00 pm

9. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS About me Perry Sioshansi is President of Menlo Energy Economics, a consulting firm based in San Francisco, California, specializing in the economics of the electric power sector. His professional experience includes working at Southern California Edison Company (SCE), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), National Economic Research Associates (NERA), and most recently, Global Energy Decisions Dr. Sioshansi provides consulting services to the industry, policy makers and regulators on a wide range of topics. Dr. Sioshansi has authored numerous reports, books, book chapters & articles. He is the editor and publisher of EEnergy Informer, a monthly newsletter founded in 1990. He is a frequent contributor to The Electricity Journal and Energy Policy and is on the editorial board of Utilities Policy. He has degrees in Engineering and Economics, including an MS and Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University.

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11. Sequel book

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13. In print, April 2011 Smart Grid forthcoming in Nov 2011

14. MENLO ENERGY ECONOMICS About you  Introductions Name Job title Affiliation Expectations