1. Power Outages and Our Vulnerable Grid:Can Distributed Energy Resources Deliver Grid Reliability? Brought to you by #TECLive

2. About this WebinarHow you can share: Submit your questions in the GotoWebinar presentationwindow Follow along and share your thoughts on Twitter at #TECLive 3. About Todays PanelChristine Hertzog is a consultant and focused on navigating the electricity ecosystem ofemerging technologies and markets, and author of the Smart Grid Dictionary, whichexplains smart grid terminology used by utilities, regulators, manufacturers, and more.Christine is Managing Director of the Smart Grid Library.Vic Romero is the Director of Asset Management and Smart Grid Projects for San DiegoGas & Electric. Vic is responsible for Distribution Planning, T&D Asset ManagementTechnical Analysis, and implementing key SDG&E Smart Grid Projects, includingCondition Based Maintenance for Substations and the Borrego Springs Microgrid Project.Larisa Dobriansky is Senior Vice President, Legal, Regulatory & Energy Policy for GeneralMicroGrids. She supports the mission of General MicroGrids to provide end-to-end solutionsto the integration of renewable energy using microgrid systems. Previously, Larisa served asDeputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy.Jesse Jenkins, formerly Director of Energy and Climate Policy at the BreakthroughInstitute, is a leading energy and climate policy analyst and advocate. He is founder andchief editor of WattHead - Energy News and Commentary and a featured writer at TheEnergy Collective. Jesse is currently a graduate student at MIT.#TECLive 4. Definitions from the Smart Grid DictionarySmart Grid: Bi-directional electric grids and communication networksthat improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of the electricsystem for small- to large-scale generation, transmission, distribution,storage, and consumption. It includes software and hardwareapplications for dynamic, integrated, and interoperable optimization ofelectric system operations, maintenance, and planning; distributedenergy resources interconnection and integration; and feedback andcontrols at the consumer level.Microgrid: A small power system that integrates self-containedgeneration, distribution, sensors, energy storage, and energymanagement software with a seamless and synchronized connection toa utility power system, and can operate independently as an island fromthat system. Generation includes renewable energy sources and theability to sell back excess capacity to a utility. #TECLive 5. Definitions from the Smart Grid DictionaryReliability: In the context of the bulk power system, NERC(North American Electric Reliability Corporation) definesreliability as the ability to meet the electricity needs of end-usecustomers, even when unexpected equipment failures or otherfactors reduce the amount of available electricity. It is measuredby the frequency, duration, and magnitude of events likeoutages on customers. The two main characteristics ofreliability are adequacy and security.Resiliency: The fast recovery of an acceptable level ofelectricity services on a continuing basis despite disruptions tonormal operations. #TECLive 6. Definitions from the Smart Grid Dictionary Prosumer: A term coined by Alvin Toffler to describe a producing consumer. From a Smart Grid perspective, it would apply to distributed energy resource situations in which the owner of electricity production or storage assets may also have a consumer relationship with a utility, aggregator, or other energy services provider. Negawatt: Watts of energy saved through a reduction in energy use or increase in energy efficiency. It is the greenest form of energy. #TECLive 7. Definitions from the Smart Grid DictionaryRe-think Electricity Market Participation to enable Grid ResiliencyNegawattsKilowatts Demand ResponseDistributed Generation Energy EfficiencySmart Charging Microgrid IslandingEnergy Storage #TECLive 8. #TECLive 9. #TECLive 10. #TECLive 11. #TECLive 12. #TECLive 13. #TECLive 14. #TECLive 15. #TECLive 16. #TECLive 17. #TECLive 18. Thank You for Joining Us This webinar will be available on-demand atwww.TheEnergyCollective.com. Stop by tolearn more and share your comments. Connect with our panelists on The EnergyCollective