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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: PWPENS <pwpens@socrates.Berkeley.EDU< X-To: (Recipient list suppressed) X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Steven_Kean_June2001_4\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: KEAN-S X-FileName: skean.nsf THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001 Three special events sponsored by the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ENERGY FORUM, 3-5PM "Re-De-Regulation: Planning, Learning, Blundering and the Future of Electricity in California" a panel discussion with Dr. Severin Borenstein, Professor of Business Administration, Director of the U.C. Energy Institute and a member of the governing board of the California Power Exchange. Matthew Freedman, Staff Attorney, The Utility Reform Network (TURN). Juona Jonas, General Manager, Alameda Power and Telecom, City of Alameda, Former President of Utility.com, Former Vice President of Electric and Gas Supply (PG&E), Former Board Member, California Power Exchange. Dr. Anjali Sheffrin, Director, Market Analysis at California Independent System Operator (CAISO), Former Manager of the Power Systems Planning and Evaluation Department at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. Moderator: Dr. Richard Norgaard, holds a joint professorship in the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics. for further information: 510-642-1640 * http://socrates.berkeley.edu/erg ------------------------------------------------------------------ 9th ANNUAL LECTURE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 6PM "Easing California's Electricity Shortage with Buildings that Respond to Real Time Prices" Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Ph.D. , State of California Energy Commissioner Currently, California utilities must buy their marginal electricity from merchant power plants at prices that range from 10 c/kWh on a cool summer morning to $1.00/kWh on a hot, stressed afternoon. Yet "retail" rates, frozen since 1988, require them to re-sell to customers at 13c/kWh, all afternoon, independent of scarcity. On a hot day, California peak demand is ~50 GW, of which 29% is for a/c (air conditioning) and 11% is for lighting in commercial buildings. This summer supply may fall short by 2-5 GW (4-10%). If commercial customers see an incentive to curtail their use (via real-time prices and real-time rewards) they can set up their thermostats by 4 deg. F and dim their lights to 1/2 (almost nobody notices) for a total ("no sweat") saving of 15%. Buildings use 2/3 of all electricity. Dr. Rosenfeld will discuss short- and long-term strategies to make them more efficient and price responsive, and some other topics covered in a recent Wall Street Journal story at http://www.energy.ca.gov/commission/rosenfeld.html Thursday, April 19, 2001 * Forum 3-5 PM * Lecture 6 PM * Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center Free and open to the public * Limited first-come seating * Information for further information: 510-642-1640 * http://socrates.berkeley.edu/erg ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd ANNUAL HAAS EARTH DAY LECTURE ON BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT 12:45-2PM Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute "Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution" 12:45-2:00 PM * Cheit Hall 230 * Haas School of Business contact Eric Strand (strand@haas.berkeley.edu) for further information regarding this lecture __________________________________________________________________ for campus map and parking information: http://www.berkeley.edu/visitors/parking.html
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