About The Meeting
Tour
Jersey Central Power & Light, a FirstEnergy company, Integrated Distributed Energy Resources Pilot review and tour of the Regional Dispatch Office
Tuesday, October 28, 3pm -5pm
331 Newman Springs Road
Red Bank,
New Jersey 07701
Through the Integrated Distributed Energy Resources Pilot, FirstEnergy is developing expertise and resources needed to integrate customers and their electric equipment with smart grid utility operations.
Transportation will be provided to and from The Molly Pitcher Inn. Please meet in the main lobby of the Molly Pitcher Inn at 2:45pm and a shuttle will take you over to the facility.
Dinner
No-Host Dinner at Buona Sera Ristorante
Tuesday, October 28.
Join your colleagues for a no-host dinner at a local restaurant before the start of the meeting. We'll meet at the Buono Sera Italian Restaurant at 6:30pm. Each pays own. Restaurant is within walking distance of the hotel.
Buona Sera Ristorante
50 Maple Avenue
Red Bank, NJ 07711
Phone: 732-530-5858
http://www.buona-sera.com/
This meeting is a peer review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI) Program, which resides within the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. The event is open to the public and will bring together leaders from the U.S. and abroad who are involved in the research and development of Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems. FirstEnergy is sponsoring the peer review
Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration (RDSI) focuses on integrating renewable energy, distributed generation, energy storage, thermally activated technologies, and demand response into the electric distribution and transmission system. This integration is aimed toward managing peak loads, offering new value-added services such as differentiated power quality to meet individual user needs, and enhancing asset use.
In April 2008, DOE announced plans to invest up to $50 million over five years (Fiscal Years 2008 - 2012), subject to appropriations from Congress, in nine demonstration projects competitively selected to increase efficiency in the nation's electricity grid. The RDSI technologies demonstrated in these projects aim to reduce peak load electricity demand by at least 15 percent at distribution feeders—the power lines delivering electricity to consumers—and are part of the Bush Administration's ongoing efforts to enhance the efficiency and reliability of our nation's energy infrastructure to ensure a reliable supply of energy to all Americans. This forum gives the RDSI community an opportunity to learn about these and additional ongoing integration activities.
About Peer Reviews
A peer review is a documented, critical evaluation performed by technical experts who are independent of the work being reviewed. The peer review process is an important tool for assessing the U.S. Department of Energy's portfolio of projects by evaluating its goals, objectives, strategy, productivity, and leadership. In addition, it affords an opportunity for industry, national laboratories, and the academic community to network, share best practices, and seek areas of synergy.
The peer review provides program managers with high-quality technical input that can be used to make decisions, set priorities, and allocate resources. It also improves project management and productivity. The peer review process provides:
- The project team with an expert, unbiased assessment of strengths, weaknesses, and specific changes that would improve the project
- Public accountability for use of public funds
- A forum for interested parties to learn about the program's status and plans
- A forum for program participants to learn aspects of other participants' work that is not otherwise available
- A basis for identifying the most outstanding projects for potential recognition
- A basis for identifying the weakest projects so they can be improved or ended before the completion of the R&D cycle
Proceedings from previous RDSI peer reviews are available.
Suggested Attire
Suggested attire is business casual.