Policy Goals

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="04cc8c01erkjxk.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B> DRAM</B></div> <div> <B>Demand Response </B><I><B>and</B></I><B> Advanced Metering </B><I><B>Coalition</B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demand Response and Advanced Metering Co"><U> Home</U></A>   </div> <div> <A HREF="members.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Executive Level Members: "><U>Executive Level Members:  </U></A>   |   Policy Goals   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Definitions"><U>Definitions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="regulatory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Regulatory"><U>Regulatory</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legislative"><U>Legislative</U></A>   |   <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Resources"><U>Other Resources</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Documents"><U>Documents</U></A>   |   <A HREF="webinars.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Webinars"><U>Webinars</U></A>   |   <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> Policy Goals</div> <bR> <div> The Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition (DRAM) is an ad hoc coalition of public interest groups, technology companies, metering companies, utilities, and other parties. It advocates increased use of advanced metering and communications technology to support demand response programs and to provide energy companies and energy consumers with time-of-day usage information they can use to efficiently and cost-effectively provide and use energy.</div> <bR> <div> <B>           </B><I><B> DRAM Supports:</B></I></div> <bR> <div>       1.     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >Giving Americans access to energy information that will </FONT></div> <div>               enable all consumers to:</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> make informed decisions about electricity usage.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> participate in demand response programs that can reduce the burden of electricity costs</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> save on electric bills by using electricity during off-peak periods,</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> receive the full value of alternative energy and energy efficiency products that reduce demand  during more expensive on-peak periods, </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> be rewarded for managing their energy usage in a way that contributes to the efficient use of generating resources, and</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> undertake informed energy efficiency actions in their homes and businesses and receive personal, timely feedback that reinforces and sustains these activities.</div> <bR> <div> 2.     Accelerating the capture of demand response and</div> <div>         advanced metering benefits through financial incentives</div> <div>         that help offset the cost of advanced meters and advanced</div> <div>         metering devices; such incentives could include </div> <div>         tax credits, accelerated depreciation or other mechanisms.</div> <bR> <div> 3.     Ensuring that implementation costs for investments in</div> <div>         advanced meters and advanced metering devices are</div> <div>         recoverable under regulatory policy.</div> <bR> <div> 4.     Using existing national technical standards and existing</div> <div>         data protocols to minimize equipment, data </div> <div>         communications, and data management costs.</div> <bR> <div> 5.     Promoting the development and implementation of, and</div> <div>         voluntary participation in, price-based demand response </div> <div>         programs that optimize electricity system planning and</div> <div>         operations and increase end-use energy   </div> <div>               efficiency.</div> <bR> <div> 6.     Requiring that Federal facilities be individually metered or</div> <div>         submetered using metering technology capable</div> <div>         of recording usage hourly and providing data daily.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>