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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
Winter Is the New Summer: How Utilities Can Use Demand Flexibility to Manage Winter Peaks
Since electric utilities began, utility planners have known when to brace for trouble: the hottest weekday afternoons during the summer. […]
Energy Arbitrage for the Masses: How Small Utilities Can Win in Big Markets
Wholesale power on America’s largest grid averaged $136.53 per megawatt-hour in the first quarter of 2026, up from $77.78 a […]
Water Heaters Aren’t Just a Demand Flexibility Resource, They’re a Portfolio Multiplier
Smart water heaters represent an underused opportunity for use in demand flexibility programs. Since water heater tanks store heat for […]
Distribution Constraint Management Made Easy: What is Localized Dispatch?
Distribution constraint management is the practice of keeping feeders, transformers, and substations within their thermal and voltage limits by coordinating […]
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) 2026: Why OEM-Agnostic Demand Flexibility Programs Are Winning
According to ICF, U.S. electric demand is projected to increase by 39% by 2035. Driven by AI data center developments, […]
What is a Distributed Energy Resource (DER)?
Distributed energy resources (DERs) are small-scale, decentralized power and storage technologies like rooftop solar, batteries, and smart home devices like […]
What is EV Telematics?
Globally, electric vehicles account for around 25% of all new car sales; those very same electric vehicles provide challenges and […]
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 […]