September 4, 2025, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET
FEMP IACET: 0.4 CEU
Level: Introductory
Type: Hybrid
The Utility Open Houses for Federal Customers initiative serves as a platform for facilitating connections and informed discussions between federal agencies and utility providers, as well as raising awareness and educating federal agencies about utility programs to advance key federal energy objectives. By working with utilities, federal agencies can access cost-effective energy solutions, optimize operations, and strengthen energy infrastructure. These partnerships help agencies navigate the evolving energy landscape while maximizing savings and operational reliability.
This open house features Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). These events are open to the public, but recommended for those federal agencies within the respective utility's service territory.
Learning Objectives
Utility Open Houses are events co-hosted by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and utilities that provide federal agencies with insights into utility offerings and incentive programs, focusing on key pathways to achieving federal energy goals, including:
- Lowering energy costs through utility programs: Learn how to take advantage of programs designed to reduce costs and optimize energy consumption, including demand response, time-variable pricing, energy incentives, and technology rebates.
- Optimizing energy procurement and utility rates: Evaluate utility rate options and tariff structures to identify cost savings opportunities and explore off-site energy procurement options that can improve energy reliability and price stability.
- Improving energy efficiency with utility energy service contracts (UESC): Discover how UESC programs enable agencies to finance and implement energy conservation measures that drive long-term operational savings.
- Enhancing resilience: Explore programs designed to enhance energy security, harden infrastructure, and ensure continuity of operations.
- Streamlining utility procurement with U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) areawide contract (AWC) services: Understand how AWCs simplify access to energy management services, UESCs, and other utility programs.
Instructors
- Tracy Niro, FEMP
- Rick Mears, FEMP
- Jeff Gingrich, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- Chandra Shah, NREL
- Andrew Grejda
About FEMP Training
The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) provides live and on-demand training to foster and maintain a high-performance workforce that constructs, operates, and maintains cost-effective federal facilities. Choose from topics like project financing, facility and fleet optimization, fleet management, resilience, sustainable product procurement, and more.
FEMP is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and awards IACET continuing education units (CEUs) upon the successful completion of select courses. FEMP training is provided through the National Institute of Building Sciences' Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) learning management system.