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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
About Syd
Syd is a senior content specialist and all-around word nerd for Virtual Peaker. Syd believes in the inevitability of renewable energies and in implementing a diverse energy portfolio and is excited to use his skills to help spread that message far and wide. In his scant free time, Syd is a father of two, husband of an awesome wife, a musician, and a lover of comic books, and all things sci-fi.
Syd beyond Virtual Peaker
What Are Agrovoltaics?
What Are Non-Wires Alternatives?
Utility Program Marketing 101: The Challenges of Climate Change Misinformation
Carbon Neutrality, Net Zero Emissions, & Energy Decarbonization
How Demand Flexibility Can Alleviate Grid Congestion
Utility Program Marketing 101: The Challenges of Climate Change Misinformation
The History of Demand-Side Management
Demand Response Program Management: Outsourcing vs. in-house
Written By Syd
Demand Flexibility, Manufacturing Demand, & Tariff Uncertainty
For approximately the last decade, U.S. electric consumption has remained relatively consistent. That changed in 2024 as energy demand spiked, […]
Virtual Power Plants vs. Gas Turbines
Gas power is undergoing an unexpected resurgence, driven by rapidly growing electricity demand. Over the last five years or so, […]
Weighing Solutions to Increase Grid Flexibility – Excerpts from Grid Forward Forum
What does grid flexibility even mean, and how can it improve how we advance and manage the electric grid? The […]
Legacy Load Control vs. Grid-Edge DERMS
The majority of the U.S. grid and accompanying energy infrastructure is old, which is a significant factor in the retirement […]
The High Costs of Fossil Fuels: The Case For Virtual Power Plants
In 2023, the Department of Energy called for between 80 – 160 GW of aggregate virtual power plant capacity by […]
How Demand Flexibility Supports Grid Capacity Planning
Open any article about the electric industry, and you’ll read immediately that energy demand is on the rise. But that […]
What is Gas Demand Response?
In June, New England experienced a heatwave that threatened the region’s grid stability. To meet demand, grid operators aggregated rooftop […]
Using Virtual Power Plants To Meet Demand During Heat Waves
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the recent heat waves plaguing the northern hemisphere this summer have caused a […]
Demand Flexibility & Energy Independence
In 2007, the Bush administration enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act to help increase the production of renewable energy […]