A Perspective on Energy Challenges in California

Ron Hofmann
Friday, November 20, 2009, 12:00 pm, Engineering 2 Room 506
Hosted by UCSC CITRIS

Abstract

In 1996, California deregulated its wholesale electricity market and
left it up to the regulated investor-owned utilities to manage retail
electricity costs for consumers.  Four years later, this paradigm fell
apart in large measure because consumers had no incentive and timely
mechanisms to reduce load when electricity supply prices began to rise.

Mr. Hofmann will provide a brief overview of the California electricity
crisis of 2000-2001, a history of what the PIER program has been funding
in demand response over the past 8 years, and a perspective on
California's energy challenges going forward.

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