National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

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National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC)
Lou Cedrone Summer Meeting July 15, 2007
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CON EDISON

• WHO WE ARE

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Regulated Business Service Area
Con Edison of New York

• 3.2 million electric customers
• 1.1 million gas customers
• 1,800 steam customers
• 13,575 MW summer system peak
• 36,000 miles of overhead transmission and
  distribution lines
• 93,000 miles of underground transmission and
  distribution lines
• 4,300 miles of gas mains
• 105 miles of steam mains and lines

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Service Area Peak Load Forecasts 2007
MW
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NYC Growth
NEW YANKEE STADIUM
7 LINE EXTENSION
CITIFIELD NEW YORK METS
HUDSON YARDS DEVELOPMENT
2ND AVE SUBWAY
ATLANTIC YARDS / DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
HOWLAND HOOK MARINE TERMINAL STATEN ISLAND
WORLD TRADE CENTER
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Customer Usage Patterns

• Personal Home Computers
• About 77 of households have a home computer
• From 2002 to 2006, the number of computers has
  grown by more than 275,000
• The number of computers is expected to grow by
  400,000 units by 2011

Personal Computer Home Entertainment Center
Plasma TV PDA Devices Cell
Phones
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Customer Usage Patterns

• Air conditioners
• 90 of households have air conditioning
• From 2002 to 2006, the number of room air
  conditioners has grown by more than 900,000
• The number of room units is expected to increase
  by 875,000 units by 2011
• The number of central air conditioners has grown
  by 50,000 units
• The number of central units is expected to
  increase by 40,000 units by 2011

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Times Square
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Demand Response Programs

• Design
• Cost-effective
• Verifiable (Summer Peak)
• Acceptable to customers

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Demand Response Programs

• NYISO Programs
• Installed Capacity Program (ICAP) (Mandatory)
• Emergency Demand Response Program (EDRP)
  (Voluntary)
• Targeted Demand Response Program
• Con Edison Programs
• Distribution Load Relief Program (DLRP)
  (Voluntary)
• Enhanced DLRP with Summer Reservation Payment
  (Mandatory)
• Direct Load Control (DLC)

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Demand Response
Program Customers Enrolled MW
ICAP 1092 321.9 MW
EDRP 127 126.2 MW
DLRP 135 85 MW
DLC 16,740 27 MW
NYISO registration
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Demand Response Programs

• Why we are successful?
• New Technology
• Education/Awareness
• Relationships
• Customers
• Trade Allies
• Government Associations
• New York City
• Westchester
• NYSERDA

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Demand Response Programs

• New Technology
• Stepping into the Future
• Direct Load Control
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• Energy Management Software
• EPRI

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Demand Response Programs

• Education/Awareness

• Con Edison investing in New Yorks future
• Conserve energy - Go Green

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Demand Response Programs

• Education/Awareness

• Customer literature
• Advertising, print, and radio

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Education/Awareness
Demand Response Programs

• Community meetings
• Press coverage
• Summer conferences

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Demand Response Programs

• NYSERDA
• Con Edison Systemwide Program
• Metering
• Enabling technology
• Joint Marketing
• Seminars
• Brochures
• Web