Informing Innovation: Research and Evaluation in a Changing Energy Landscape
The 2019 IEPEC Planning Committee is seeking abstracts on a wide range of energy evaluation topics. Abstracts are invited for three presentation formats: papers, panels, and posters. We are also seeking proposals for full- or half-day pre-conference evaluation training workshops.
The energy industry is in the midst of a dramatic shift, which is affecting utility business models, grid resources, energy program technologies, program design and delivery, planning and forecasting. Energy program evaluation plays a critical role in informing the innovations. Research is an important component. Energy efficiency, demand response, distributed energy resources, and renewables are growing portions of energy procurements and non-wires alternatives are becoming more prominent components of the grid infrastructure. Planning efforts are increasingly incorporating these changes. Evaluations and assessments of current and past initiatives will help inform future innovations in our industry and enable us to face challenges, adapt and add value. Key current and emerging issues include:
- Distributed Resources: integrating evaluation, and adapting to new opportunities
- Time & Location: grid impacts, load shapes, and price signals to understand value
- Actionable Intelligence: embedded EM&V, and program design for faster feedback
- Data and Applications: leveraging big data, using data science to support evolution of methods
We encourage submissions that inform innovation by addressing the themes identified above, but also recognize that innovation is happening across the evaluation spectrum. The examples of several other topics listed below are also relevant. We accept papers, posters and panel ideas from across the market sectors (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial) as well as any type of analysis (e.g., financial or feasibility assessments, impact evaluations, process reviews market studies or other). Given the changing landscape, we welcome suggestions for topics that may not have made this list.
Peer-Reviewed Presentations
The industry recognizes IEPEC as the leading conference on evaluating energy products, services, and programs. The 2019 conference continues the organization’s strong commitment to presenting peer-reviewed rigorous evaluation research and useful research results.
Important Dates to Place on Your Calendar
- Abstracts are due on or before Monday, November 5, 11:59 pm. PST
- Jan 28 Authors and presenters are notified.
- February 15 Authors are confirmed and their instruction packets are sent.
- March 20 and 22 Moderator training.
- May 1 Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations due.
- May 31 Moderator comments are sent back to the authors and presenters.
- June 3 Authors submit revised papers to the moderators.
- June 17 Moderators send their final comments to the authors.
- July 12 Register and pay for the conference. Deadline for the final paper and payment of all applicable fees (late paper or over page limit fees).
- July 24 Make hotel reservations early to ensure locking in our conference rate. On July 29, any unreserved rooms in our block will be lost.
- August 19 Pre-conference workshops.
- August 20-22 Conference
FEE NOTE: We want to keep this conference affordable! Therefore, every author that accepts our offer to present is required to register and pay registration fees to attend the conference. If the registration fee is not received by the deadline date of July 12, 2019, the author’s paper will not be scheduled for presentation or published in the proceedings.