Association for DR & Smart Grid Announces New Board Officers
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) announced today that new Officers had been elected by the organization's Board of Directors. ADS is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, that focuses on development and exchange of information among policymakers, utilities, technology companies, and other stakeholders. It includes as members companies and organizations, as well as individuals who consider themselves to be DR and smart grid professionals.
The new Officers are:
- Chairman: Rick Voytas (Ameren)
- Vice Chairman: Larry Oliva (Southern California Edison)
- Secretary: Steve George (Freeman, Sullivan & Co.)
- Treasurer: Susan Covino (PJM)
"On behalf of all the ADS membership, we are excited about the leadership this slate of officers will bring to the organization," said Dan Delurey, Executive Director of ADS. "As we are gearing up for the upcoming National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid, and as we continue to partner with DOE on developing case studies and other informational work projects, I look forward to working with these four individuals to help ADS grow and allow it to continue to meet the needs DR and smart grid practitioners and policymakers across the country."
ADS has already had a positive impact on the development of demand response and smart grid in the U.S., but there is still much to do. "I am honored to have been elected to lead an organization that has been so crucial to the growth of the DR and smart grid community," said Chairman, Rick Voytas, Manager of Energy Efficiency and Demand Response at Ameren. ADS will continue its efforts and looks forward to welcoming new members who will join in doing that.
To become a member or learn more about ADS, visit www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org
About the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid
The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) is a nonprofit organization, originally formed as the Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) in 2004. ADS is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization consisting of professionals and organizations involved in demand response and smart grid. It provides services to meet the needs of its members that help them in the conduct of their work and in the attainment of their personal, corporate and governmental objectives. ADS seeks to establish and grow a demand response "community" of policymakers, utilities, system operators, technology companies, consumers, and other stakeholders.
Group Members of ADS are Ameren, American Public Power Association, Arizona Public Service, ComEd, Conservation Services Group, ENBALA, Energate, Exelon, Freeman, Sullivan & Co, ISO New England, MISO, National Grid, Navigant Energy Practice, NYSERDA, OPower, Pacific Gas & Electric, PECO, PJM Interconnection, Progress Energy, Salt River Project, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, Southern Company, and Tennessee Valley Authority. ADS also has many members in its individual membership class.
More information on ADS can be found at: www.demandresponsesmartgrid.org
SOURCE Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS)
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