Industry Quotes

Jim Rogers, CEO, Duke Energy - "Rogers Calls for 'Paradigm Shift' to Realize Full Potential of Energy Efficiency," EEI press release - Feb. 2007

• "Efficiency programs can deliver at a lower cost than new power plants, we can deploy them faster than new power plants and they can provide savings over relatively short periods of one to three years, as well as over the longer term. From an environmental perspective, we should view energy efficiency as a basic building block in reducing the industry's emissions profile. In 2004 alone, efficiency programs in place saved more than 29 million metric tons of carbon equivalent greenhouse gas emissions."

Dan Delurey, Executive Director, Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition (DRAM) - Testimony to Senate Finance Committee - Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Subcommittee - May 2007

• "The difference between demand response and load management is that new technologies in the area of metering, communications and control means that many new types of demand response options are available to customers. These options are smarter and allow customers to maintain and share control of appliances and equipment or to employ automated controls that can respond to price and other signals."
• "With demand response and smart grid technologies, customers will get information on their energy usage that they have never had before and get it in a timely manner such that it acts as a feedback to reinforce their energy management efforts. Furthermore, they will have price and rate options that will stimulate them to be more efficient energy customers. Studies have shown that even when customers are not on time-differentiated rates, they may reduce their energy usage by 11% just as a result of being more informed and understanding better how and when they are using electricity."

Steve Saenz, Program Coordinator, Austin DSM Energy Services Unit - "Demand Response, The Case for Innovation," EnergyBiz - Jan. 2006

• "The portfolio approach, including a broad range of strategic conservation, load shifting, and peak clipping resources, made sense for us. The programs provide real value to our participants while at the same time allowing us to cut peak procurement costs and keep electricity prices low for everyone."

Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz, Director, AMI/MDM and Demand Response - "Demand Response Changing AMI Requirements," UtiliPoint International, Inc. - May 2007

• "Demand response offers an opportunity to mitigate price increases by reducing demand when wholesale prices are high, which has been shown to provide significant savings to all customers, not just those that opt to participate."