A recent report demonstrated high levels of support among customers and market aggregators for a new delivery model for demand flexibility. California's statewide Market Access Program (MAP), which utilizes an open-market program design, posted...
There Will Never Be One DERMS to Rule Them All
…and it's only getting more complex, with no end in sight. It’s time to embrace the “distributed” in Distributed Energy Resources. "The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from." ― Andrew S. Tanenbaum Distributed Energy Resource...
Targeting for EE and DR Requires Two Flavors: Potential to Save and Propensity to Buy
The growth of energy efficiency (EE), demand response (DR), building electrification, electric vehicles (EVs), and other behind-the-meter energy technologies promises significant environmental benefits, substantial savings for consumers, and vital grid stability for...
How Targeting Can Transform Electrification Initiatives
Recurve's real time measurement of electrification's impacts on the grid and customer bills showed that the top 25% of targeted customers were delivering nearly all summer peak energy savings. Summer peak reductions are critical for reliability, greenhouse gas...
Virtual Power Plants Are Just Like the Grid
Demand response is like a peak power plant. Energy efficiency is load following. Virtual power plants include both. Effectively integrating distributed assets into the energy supply mix requires understanding how they are analogous to traditional supply. ...