PLMA: Load Management Dialogues
This is "Load Management Dialogues" presented by PLMA (A Flexible Load Management Community). Here you’ll discover practitioner perspectives on flexible energy load management, demand response, distributed energy resources, and EV managed charging.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
9/11/2025 Load Management Dialogue: PLMA Awards Webinar: CPUC + Energy Solutions on the TECH Clean California Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Program
PLMA Awards Webinar: CPUC + Energy Solutions on the TECH Clean California Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Program
A 2025 PLMA Award of Excellence Winner, TECH Clean California, launched by the Californi…
8/14/2025 Load Management Dialogue: PLMA Excellence Award Winners SMUD + DNV for their Telematics-based Residential Managed EV Charging Program
PLMA Awards Webinar: SMUD + DNV for their Telematics-based Residential Managed EV Charging Program
A 2025 PLMA Award of Excellence Winner, DNV and SMUD excelled in load management through their innova…
7/17/2025 Load Management Dialogue: PLMA Excellence Award Winners APS & EnergyHub on "APS'
A 2025 PLMA Award of Excellence winner, APS marked five years of commitment to 100% clean electricity by 2050 and to date has achieved 54% clean energy. By collaborating with its customers, APS has s…
08/16/2022 Load Management Dialogue: Patty Durand on Understanding PSCs, PUCs
Enjoy this "fireside chat" with Patty Durand, Past President of the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative based in Atlanta, Georgia, in which we will discuss the role and significance of U.S. Public Se…
06-02-2022 Load Management Dialogue: Jill C Anderson on Driving Innovation
Enjoy this"fireside chat" with Jill Anderson, Executive Vice President of Operations at Southern California Edison, in which we will discuss the art of creating diverse, high performing teams that bu…
2/11/2021 HOT TOPIC Pricing Interest Group Con Ed's Demand Rate Pilots
Hosted by the Retail Pricing Interest Group
Con Edison’s Residential Demand Rate pilot program has been testing new rate structures made possible with the implementation of Advanced Metering Infrastru…
2021 HOT TOPIC: Exploring Electric Transportation and its Role in DR and LM
For this conversation, Joyce Bodoh, Director of Energy Solutions and Clean Energy at Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC), will present REC's survey results and load data on electric vehicles from…
6/12/2025 PLMA Awards of Excellence 2025 : BGE and WeaveGrid for BGE's Smart Charge Program
A 2025 PLMA Award of Excellence winner, BGE has also emerged as a national leader in EV load management with its Smart Charge Management program (SCM), demonstrating significant results through innov…
4/24/2025 HOT TOPIC: Electric Transportation - EVs Behaving Badly
In 2023, Apex Analytics conducted research for the Regional Technical Forum (RTF) to characterize the electric vehicle (EV) market. The study’s goal was to assess the EV market, determine “competitio…
04/23/2025 Load Management Dialogue: All About Distribution Systems Operator (DSO) Models and How They Support DER Integration and Flexibility
Industry expert, Doug Houseman, joins PLMA for a deep dive into the critical role to be played in the energy industry by Distribution Systems Operators (DSOs). We’ll explore how DSOs enable DERs, and…
01/23/2025 Looking Ahead to 2025 Trends in Flexible Load Management
Industry experts, Olivia Patterson and Peter Kelly-Detwiler, joined PLMA to look out over 2025's potential opportunities and challenges ahead, including:
1. A review of our 2024 predictions and what …
10/17/2024 Evergy and Oracle: A TOU Transition for 550,000 Customers
Learn how Evergy created and implemented a strategic plan to transition 550,000 Missouri residential customers to time-based plans in less than one year's time. Evergy had just six months to develop,…
09/13/2024 Ontario IESO with EnergyHub, ecobee, and Renew Home: "Save on Energy Peak Perks Program"
In October 2022, the government of Ontario in Canada issued a directive to its Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to increase investments in energy efficiency and demand management; the l…
08/22/2024 Bidgely’s UtilityAI Platform Implemented at Avista Utilities
Avista used Bidgely’s UtilityAI Platform to validate expectations about their EV customers, helping to drive equitable electrification for all, including low income communities. Join us to learn more…
08/14/2024 PLMA EV Symposium 2024: Keynote Presentation by Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Keynote presentation by Energy Expert and Author Peter Kelly-Detwiler addressing today's EV managed charging EV challenges and opportunities.
07/ 31/2024 Designing Managed Charging Programs for Cost Effective Energy Orchestration
This panel will explore the intricacies of orchestrating electric vehicle managed charging programs and how automakers, electric vehicle supply equipment manufacturers, software providers, and utilit…
05/16/2024 ESG Reporting: Are You Ready for the SEC Deadline?
The pending deadline for the SEC’s new reporting requirements around Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals adds a new layer of complexity for all publicly traded organizations, including …
04/29/2024 Bridging the Gap Barriers and Opportunities at Car Dealerships
Delivering a successful utility EV program, whether focused on adoption or managed charging, requires coordination across several different stakeholders, including the utility, utility vendors, and O…
04/10/2024 Among the World's Largest Smart Charging Fleets - Meet the Next Gigawatt Utility Resource
The way customers use energy is changing in fundamental ways. Home energy technology - electric vehicles, air conditioners, solar and storage - can be a headache for utilities and grids, but active …
02/15/2024 HOT TOPIC: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program - Implementation for Virginia and Maine
A discussion about the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program and how it's being implemented in two states.
Erin Belt with VDOT will share how Virginia has developed their NEVI Deploy…