AESP Academy - Incorporating Customer-Sited Resources into Integrated Resource Planning

When:  Dec 16, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 04:00 PM (ET)

Incorporating Customer-Sided Resources into Integrated Resource Planning

Presented by Kenneth A. Cottrell, M.A.

Online, LIVE Instructor-Led Training Course


Date: October 21, 2025

Time: 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Instructor: Kenneth A. Cottrell, M.A.

Platform: Webex

Earnable CEUs: 0.4

Earnable PDHs: 4

Fee: $395 or group points for members, $499 for non-members

*To register with Group Member Points, email elearning@aesp.org

Course Description: Energy demand is growing fast, with data centers, electrification, and distributed energy adoption all shaping the future of our grid. This virtual course helps you build the skills and confidence to bring customer-sited resources, such as Automated Demand Response (ADR), Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and battery storage, into Integrated Resource Planning (IRP).

Together with your instructor and peers, you will explore best practices, modeling techniques, and policy tools that improve reliability, reduce costs, and support decarbonization. Through interactive discussions and activities, you will leave ready to apply practical strategies in your own work.


You’ll leave this session able to:

  • Describe how customer-sited resources, including ADR, DERs, and battery storage, fit into Integrated Resource Planning.
  • Differentiate among best practices, modeling techniques, and policy tools that influence reliability, cost, and decarbonization.
  • Apply IRP frameworks to evaluate scenarios that incorporate customer-sited resources.
  • Analyze the role of policy and market drivers in shaping IRP outcomes.
  • Evaluate strategies for integrating DERs and other flexible resources to achieve system and organizational goals.

*You’ll earn 0.4 CEUs for this course by attending the full session and passing the final quiz with a score of 70% or higher.

*We want everyone to feel welcome and supported. If you need any ADA accommodations, just let us know — we’re happy to help. Email us at elearning@aesp.org.

Cancellations received no later than 14 days prior to the training date will receive a refund, minus a 5% processing fee if paid with a credit card. Cancellations received after the cutoff date and no-shows will not receive a refund (cash or points). AESP reserves the right to cancel a training course at any time with reasonable notice given to all participants.

AESP is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). AESP complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, AESP is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. AESP instructors disclose in advance that they have no interest in any product, service, or material discussed during the course. This information is stated orally and in the training course handbook.