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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
Changing DERMS Vendors Isn’t As Hard As You Think
To meet rapidly increasing demand, utilities rely upon demand flexibility programs like virtual power plants (VPPs), demand response, and EV […]
The Difference Between System Load & DER Event Energy Forecasting
Last week, we wrote about what we’ve termed “the lights-on crisis,” which is simpler to explain than ameliorate: between increasing […]
Top 5 Blogs of 2025: Grid-Edge DERMS, Demand Flexibility, & Energy Arbitrage
New Year’s Eve is an ideal time for reflection, be that in assessing the successes or challenges of a year, […]
6 Ways Climate Change Is Reshaping the Utility Playbook—and How Forward-Thinking Utilities Are Responding
A recent study found that Americans are paying as much as $900 a year in costs directly related to climate […]
Unlocking the Full Value of C+I Customers in Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Programs
Commercial and industrial (C+I) customers represent one of the most powerful—and often underestimated—opportunities for utilities building next-generation distributed energy resource […]
How Batteries Yield More Grid Capacity
Looking to save on operational costs and defray peak energy market expenses? Grid operators can add up to 126 GW […]
Phantom Data Centers, Zombie Plants, & Rising Costs for Ratepayers: How Demand Flexibility Can Help
There are plenty of things to be scared of this Halloween season. Right now, electric utilities are busy working to […]
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, […]