The document summarizes the GridEdge conference held on June 24-25, 2014 in San Diego, CA. Over 400 attendees from utilities and vendors participated, making it one of the most diverse grid-centric conferences. Speakers from startups to large companies discussed the most pressing issues at the grid edge. The GridEdge Executive Council identified the top 5 disruptors to the grid as rapid distributed generation adoption, customer-sited storage, regulatory changes leading to new utility business models, the Internet of Things, and increasing grid defection. The document promotes upcoming GTM research, council meetings, and conferences on related topics.

1. June 24-25, 2014
San Diego, CA

2. # GridEdge
• ~400 attendees from ALL segments of the market
• Over 120 utility professionals from over 40 utilities worldwide
• The most diverse group of vendors EVER at a grid-centric conference
• Hand-picked speakers from the newest startups to the industry’s
bellwethers
• Sessions curated specific to the industry’s most pressing topics at the
‘grid edge’
• Fantastic espresso thanks to C3 Energy!
Welcome to Grid Edge Live 2014

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Thank You to our Sponsors
Host Utility Platinum SponsorSignature Sponsor
Diamond Sponsor Roundtable Sponsor Utility Sponsor Gold Sponsors
ENERGY
ViZn
Bronze Sponsor Supporting Organizations Presented By:

4. # GridEdge
• All presentation materials will be made available after the conference
• The full agenda is available on the back of your badges
• Lunch tables will be set up in the Banyan Court and Lawn
• We will break into two tracks after lunch this afternoon
• The networking reception will take place tonight with live music
• GTM published its first ebook; don’t miss tomorrow morning
• Tom Siebel, an industry visionary, will provide the keynote address
• Many of GTM’s 5.0M+ annual visitors will be watching over livestream
Before We Get Started…

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The Grid Edge Executive Council

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We Started With 10 Potential Disruptions…

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How Did The Council Vote?

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The Top 5 Disruptors, In Order

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Barrier: Rapid DG Adoption

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Barrier: Rapid Customer-Sited
Storage Adoption

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Barrier: Regulatory Overhaul Leading
to New Utility Business Models

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Barrier: Internet of Things

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Barrier: Increasing Grid Defection

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Disruptive Forces: Magnitude and
Proximity

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• New Research
– Advanced Grid Power Electronics for High Penetration PV Integration 2014
– North American Microgrids 2014: The Evolution of Localized Energy Optimization
– Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems 2014: Technologies, Deployments
and Opportunities
– The Landscape of Grid Edge Analytics, 2015 – 2020
• Upcoming Grid Edge Executive Council Meetings:
– Grid Edge Data and Analytics
– Future Utility Business Models
• Conferences
– The Soft Grid: Data, Analytics and Intelligent Efficiency (Sep 10-11, Menlo Park, CA)
– US Solar Market Insight Conference (Dec 9-10, San Diego, CA)
Stay Connected With GTM…

16. # GridEdge
On To the Fireside Chat!