1. Demand Response Barriers and Opportunities at PSE
Elaine Markham, PE, CEM, CMVP
Senior Market Analyst
Energy Efficiency New Program Development
September 28, 2016

2. Who We Are Washington state’s oldest local energy company
Employees: 2,700
Customers:
More than 1 million electric
More than 790,000 natural gas
Service area:
6,000 square miles
Service-area population: Approximately 4 million

3. Demand Response at PSE Recent DR history
Schedule 93 Voluntary Curtailment (2001)
Manual and AutoDR C&I pilot ( )
Bainbridge Island residential pilot ( )
Fast DR assessment (2015)
2015 IRP
Capacity shortfall by 2021
121 MW of cost-effective winter peaking DR by 2021
RFPs released for

4. Barriers and Opportunities
Lack of experience with DR in the Northwest (customers and operators)
Structure of cost recovery
Organizational structure
Opportunities
Customer engagement
Enhance participation in CAISO EIM
Price-based programs
Behavioral DR programs
Deferred infrastructure investment