2014 Topics

• Utility Strategies: Innovative DR and Variable Pricing Programs
• Energy Engagement: Getting Consumers Interested in Energy Management
• Standards and Interoperability: Solutions that Bring It All Together
• Partnerships and New Business Opportunities for Service Providers, Utilities, Manufacturers and Retailers
• Evolution of Energy Markets
• The Dying Utility Business Model
• New Business Models and Capabilities for Home Controls
• Big Data and Analytics
• Expanding Energy Management Solutions through Connected Appliances and Thermostats
• Consumer Engagement Methods and Adoption Success Stories for the Smart Home

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What You Will Learn...

• All perspectives on the market for residential energy management products and services
  • Consumers: price points, service bundles, perceived value
  • Utilities: AMI deployments, interfaces to third-party solutions, partnerships
  • Telecom and cable operators: value of home services within their offerings, unique value propositions
  • Security channel: strategies to integrate energy services, unique value propositions
  • Retail channel: selling home controls to the mass market
  • OEMs: adding connectivity to devices, new value propositions
  • Policy: impact of local, state, and federal policies and initiatives
  • Independent System Operator (ISO)/Regional Transmission Operator (RTO): changes in the demand response market
• Standards and interoperability: solutions that bring it all together
• New solutions: products, applications, and services that are creating value and innovative monetization opportunities
• Data analytics and cloud-based products and services
• The impact of factors like CE ownership on consumer energy preferences
• Specific features on energy management solutions and bundled services preferred by consumers
• Value propositions that resonate among consumer segments
• New business models for distribution channels: security, cable, telecom, utility, retail, HVAC