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The
Ninth IASTED International Conference on
POWER AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
~ PES 2007 ~
January 3 – 5, 2007
Clearwater, Florida, USA
Panel
Session
Ensuring
Efficiency, Supporting Customers Today, and Meeting the
Challenges of the Future
John
Masiello
Demand
Side Management and Alternative Energy Strategies for Progress
Energy Florida, USA
Description
of the Panel Session
Utility power systems are undergoing significant changes
due to load growth, emerging technologies, environmental
concerns, and customer requirements. Additional generation,
transmission, substation, and distribution capacity will
be necessary to support this growth. The first step in addressing
these capacity problems is to optimize the utilization of
existing facilities. Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management
programs not only address the capacity issue, but also environmental,
reliability, and customer concerns. In this panel session,
experts from several leading utilities will discuss new
Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management programs that
utilize state-of-the-art technologies to control system
loading and help customers operate more efficiently
Please contact
Christopher Gillman at Christopher.Gillman@pgnmail.com
if you are interested in participating in this Panel Session.
Panel
Members
John
Masiello is Manager of Demand Side Management and
Alternative Energy Strategies for Progress Energy Florida.
John leads a team responsible for researching and developing
the company’s energy-efficiency and alternative-energy
programs. His focus is on designing energy-management solutions
that reduce operating costs and maximize efficiencies.
John has a long
history of pioneering energy-efficiency and alternative-energy
solutions throughout Progress Energy’s service territory.
Under his leadership, Progress Energy has received several
awards from environmental and state agencies, including
the following:
• EPA’s
2000 Energy Star Homes Ally of the Year Award
• EPA’s 2004 Energy Star for Homes Award
• 2003 and 2006 Sustainable Florida Award
Currently, John’s
team is pioneering fuel-cell vehicle and hydrogen electric
production technology in Central Florida, in partnership
with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
Chevron, British Petroleum, Stuart Energy and Ford Motor
Company.
Prior to joining
Progress Energy in 1991, John operated a successful energy-services
company recognized by former President Carter as a model
program for all states to emulate.
John holds a
Bachelor degree in Business Administration and a Masters
in Business Administration from University of Central Florida.
John is a Certified Energy Manager, a Certified Cogeneration
Professional, a Distributed Generation Certified Professional,
and a Certified Business Energy Professional. He has a teacher
certification in vocational education and has served as
an adjunct professor at Seminole Community College.
Dennis
Brandt
is employed by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) as
Director of Products and Services. His is responsible for
managing products and services relating to demand side management,
billing and payment options and value added products offered
to FPL’s residential and business customers.
Mr. Brandt received
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from
the University of Miami in 1978 and a Masters Degree in
Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami in 1984.
He is a certified Professional Engineer in the State of
Florida. Mr. Brandt joined FPL in 1979 in the Materials
Management department and has worked in positions of increasing
responsibility in the areas of Load Management, Commercial
and Industrial Marketing, Residential and General Business
Marketing, and Product Management and Operations.
David
Eggart has been with Gulf Power Company since 1983.
He has vast experience in residential marketing and market
research. David has first-hand knowledge of customer expectations,
serving extensively as both a field marketing representative
and front line supervisor. He was the GoodCents Select Program
Manager and Team Leader eight years, responsible for the
development and implementation of this Price Response Load
Management Program. David is currently the Economic Evaluation
and Marketing Reporting Team Leader, responsible for the
cost-effectiveness of the Company’s energy conservation
programs.
Tim Richardson
has over 36 years of utility experience. He began his career
at Tampa Electric in Customer Service and transitioned into
Demand Side Management (DSM) with the implementation of
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act in 1981. He has
been involved in the research, design, implementation and
modification of Tampa Electric’s DSM programs, and
works as a liaison with Tampa Electric and Florida’s
Public Service Commission on regulatory issues regarding
DSM.
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