June 24-25, 2014San Diego, CA

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• ~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

Bronze Sponsor Supporting Organizations Presented By:

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• 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…

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On To the Fireside Chat!