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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
BESS & the Duck Curve: Leveraging DERs to Manage Peaks
The duck curve, the duck-shaped chart showing the difference between electric-demand and the amount of available photovoltaic solar available throughout […]
What Are Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS)?
A distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) is the software layer that lets a utility see, group, and dispatch thousands […]
What is Firm Load Shedding?
Firm load shedding is the deliberate, controlled disconnection of “firm” customer load, which is the electricity service utilities are contractually […]
How Much Can Demand Response Programs Save Utilities in Avoided Peak Costs?
Peak demand has always been expensive, and progressively more so every year. As electrification, increasingly common extreme and volatile weather, […]
Managing C&I Load Flexibility: How DERMS Extends Beyond Residential DERs
Demand flexibility programs often start with the residential customer: distributed energy resources (DERs) like smart thermostats, water heaters, and rooftop […]
What’s the ROI of a Virtual Power Plant Program? A Utility’s Guide to Calculating Savings
To meet rapidly rising demand, utilities evaluating demand flexibility programs are increasingly asking a straightforward question: does a virtual power […]
How Distributed Energy Resources Support Energy Affordability Efforts
As energy usage spikes, leading to $9.2 billion in rate increase requests that have driven higher customer bills, and operational […]
Addressing the Complexity Tax in Utility Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Portfolios
Utilities adding new device types, programs, or rate structures to its distributed energy resource (DER) portfolio pays a hidden price. […]
What is Data Center Load Shifting?
Data center load shifting is an effective demand flexibility strategy to minimize peak demand for data centers through aggregate conservation. […]