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2012 National Town Meeting
Find out more about the National Town Meeting, including location, speaker, and agenda updates here.
ADS Announces new officers
Association for DR & Smart Grid Announces New Board Officers
(Washington, DC – March 29, 2012) The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) announced today that new Officers had been elected by the organization’s Board of Directors. ADS is a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, that focuses on development and exchange of information among policymakers, utilities, technology companies, and other stakeholders. It includes as members companies and organizations, as well as individuals who consider themselves to be DR and smart grid professionals.
The new Officers are:
- Chairman: Rick Voytas (Ameren)
- Vice Chairman: Larry Oliva (Southern California Edison)
- Secretary: Steve George (Freeman, Sullivan & Co.)
- Treasurer: Susan Covino (PJM)
Read the press release here.
National Town Meeting "Call for Creative"
National Town Meeting on DR & SG Issues "Call for Creative"
(Washington, DC – February 22, 2012) The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) today announced a "Call for Creative" as a follow on to its recently issued Call for Papers. Both of the issuances are in conjunction with the 9th annual National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid occurring from June 26-28 in Washington, DC.
Read the press release here.
ADS Newsletter
The Latest in Demand Response & Smart Grid
Read the April 2012 ADS Newsletter here.
All About ADS
Welcome to ADS!
Over the past 10 years, there has been tremendous growth in the number of individuals that consider themselves to be demand response and smart grid professionals, yet there has been no organization for these people to join as individuals.
The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) was a 501 c (3) non-profit organization whose mission has been to increase the knowledge base in the U.S. on demand response and to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among demand response practitioners and policy makers. It later adopted smart grid as part of its charter as it recognized early that demand response and smart grid were necessarily intertwined, and that demand response was one of the primary ways that the smart grid would be “put into action.” Since the DRCC formed in 2004, it offered only corporate and organizational memberships.
As of March 14, 2011, the DRCC has been known as the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS). Technology companies, utilities, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and other entities are welcome, but ADS is now also a membership association for demand response and smart grid professionals.
Learn how to become a member of ADS here.
