eMotorWerks Wins Contracts For Participation In CAISO’s Demand Response Auction Mechanism All 3 major investor-owned utility companies in California have awarded demand response contracts to the electric vehicle charging solutions company eMotorWerks, according to a new press release. The contracts regard participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM) — … Continue reading #eMotorWerks Wins Contracts For Participation In CAISO ’s Demand Response Auction Mechanism #DRAM→
WHY FERC 745 IS ABOUT MORE THAN DEMAND RESPONSE Ushering in January with a prediction for the top energy stories of the year might seem a bold move, especially in an industry changing more rapidly now than at any time in recent memory. I am confident, however, in eschewing the traditional “Top 10” list and … Continue reading WHY FERC 745 IS ABOUT MORE THAN DEMAND RESPONSE→
ISO-NE seeks delay of demand response integration over FERC Order 745 legal worries A decision by the Supreme Court is not expected until next year and so the grid operator in New England, along with the New England Power Pool Participants Committee, have asked to delay “full implementation” of demand response into the region’s wholesale … Continue reading ISO-NE seeks delay of demand response integration over FERC #Order_745 legal worries→
US Solar, Demand Response-Smart Grid Associations Merge The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid (ADS) on Nov. 10 said that they are merging into one organization. SEPA said the agreement to merge supports the organization’s recent decision to expand its mission from a focus on utility integration of … Continue reading US Solar, Demand Response-Smart Grid Associations Merge→
Report: Texas demand response issues mirrors FERC 745 debate They say that everything is bigger in Texas. And with the country’s only organized market without federal oversight – ERCOT exists totally within the state’s boundaries – one would think that developing a demand response market would also be simpler. Not so, according to SPEER’s new … Continue reading Report: #Texas demand response issues mirrors #FERC_745 debate→
ISO-NE and NEPOOL File with FERC for One-Year DR Delay The Independent System Operator – New England (ISO-NE) and New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Participants Committee jointly filed (Docket ER16-167-001) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on October 30 to delay by one year– from June 1, 2017, until June 1, 2018 – the … Continue reading ISO-NE and NEPOOL File with FERC for One-Year #DR Delay→
Demand Response Jockeys for Position in PJM Capacity Market Environmental and consumer advocates, along with Illinois’ regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, launched a project on October 6 designed to demonstrate how demand response – a non-generator resource that is now a participant in PJM’s capacity markets – can support grid reliability year-round as well … Continue reading Demand Response Jockeys for Position in PJM Capacity Market→
Can Smart Buildings Boost Demand Response In An Era Of Capacity Performance? Early January 2014, during the heart of the Polar Vortex, grid operator PJM had its finger on the switch ready to start rolling blackouts across 13 states and Washington, D.C. As temperatures plunged to 20- and 30-below zero, coal piles froze and conveyors … Continue reading Can Smart Buildings Boost Demand Response In An Era Of Capacity Performance?→
How Open Platforms And Demand Flexibility Offer Utilities New Revenue Opportunities The fastest-growing companies in America generate billions from platform business models that match suppliers directly with customers, free from the debt burden of ownership of physical assets. In spite of the success of such models, most electric utilities are heading in the opposite direction … Continue reading How Open Platforms And Demand Flexibility Offer Utilities New Revenue Opportunities→
ConEd finds load relief in demand response, efficiency trial One of the country’s oldest electric utilities, Consolidated Edison, is working with one of the country’s broadest initiatives to reinvent the electric utility industry, New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision, in a test project that could yield a blueprint for managing demand while significantly postponing … Continue reading #ConEd finds load relief in demand response, efficiency trial→
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