B2E Webinar: How Demand Response Can Support Electrification

In an ever-changing climate, there is a trend towards more building electrification. BC Hydro has responded to the rising forecasted demand by issuing a Call for Power. While building new electricity resources is necessary, it is not the only strategy.

This 1-hour webinar will focus on demand response, load shifting, generation and energy storage systems. Hear from BC Hydro’s Paul Seo and Shantanav Bhowmick, as they share cost-effective solutions that organizations can implement to enable more electrification in their commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings. Learn about how demand response and self generation provides an opportunity for consumers to play a role in better utilizing the electricity grid and managing their buildings during peak periods. You’ll learn about the resilience, cost saving, power quality and reliability benefits associated with energy storage. Also, did we mention that we’ll also be discussing the details of a new rebate offer?

Join B2E’s Program Manager Mariko Michasiw and B2E Technical Committee Chair Jordan Fisher to learn more about why peak demand and load management strategies are important to the transition to electrification. This session will be interactive, so please bring questions for the speakers.

Who should attend?

• Commercial, institutional and industrial building owners,

• Building managers,

• Energy consultants,

• Design professionals, and

• Anyone interested in the topic.

Speakers

Paul Seo, Senior Product Manager

Paul Seo has been in the utility industry for over 30 years, working in both the electric and gas utility side as well as in the private energy management consulting industry. He has worked in demand side management, customer service, regulatory and rates. He has previously worked on energy efficiency solutions for the commercial sector, managed the business call centre team and worked on both net metering and launched the residential Optional Time Of Use rate. In his current capacity as the Senior Product Manager for demand response for the C&I sector, his portfolio includes both battery energy storage system and behavioural component solutions.

Shantanav Bhowmick, Program Manager

Shantanav Bhowmick is a Program Manager in the Industrial and Large Commercial Product Management team. He manages the Integrated Energy Audit program as well as work with customers for feasibility studies and custom projects, mostly related to solar PV, other load displacement technologies and energy efficiency. Prior to joining BC Hydro, Shantanav worked for 9 years in the pulp & paper industry, at different roles – an electrical reliability engineer, project manager and BC Hydro funded Industrial Energy Manager. Shantanav is a registered Professional Engineer in BC as well as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Hosts

• B2E – Building to Electrification Coalition

• BC Hydro