Demand Response is evolving and, as markets continue to change across the United States, it will evolve from a resource of last resort to one with market value, just like generation. In the past, demand response has been used as an emergency response for reliability by electric utilities. Today, though, it has the ability to Continue reading →
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FERC issued its “2011 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering” on 11/7/11. Its top-line results are: “The penetration of advanced meters is up from 8.7 percent in 2009 to 13.4 percent” “Demand response potential in organized markets operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators Continue reading →
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has begun full-scale tests of smart grid and related smart-community technologies at the company’s production sites in Japan. The aim of the project is to develop and test products including commercial systems, equipment and solutions for annual sales worth 1.3 trillion yen (about 17 billion USD) Continue reading →
Not able to adequately handle peak load demand this afternoon, Con Edison is — at the moment — trying to avoid a blackout by resorting to emergency measures. The company has resorted to calling customers multiple times (automated calls were placed at 4:28 p.m. and again at 6:39 p.m.) asking customers to reduce demand (i.e., Continue reading →
