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Women in Energy: Celebrating International Women’s Day
…Commission (FERC), and was nominated by President Barack Obama. During her tenure, Honorable worked to provide strategic counsel to utility, renewable energy, and green technology companies focusing on reliability, security,…
BlogWhy Utilities Have Struggled to Hit Decarbonization Goals
…networks of water heater batteries, and smart thermostats are becoming more and more commonplace. Freedom of Choice In many cases, there’s a void between the new technologies consumers are demanding…
BlogDistribution Constraint Management Made Easy: What is Localized Dispatch?
The U.S. electric grid is an ad hoc creation with no singular oversight. As such, utility companies and energy markets are, by and large, the stewards of the modern grid,…
BlogWhy Your Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) Supports Multiple Utility Teams
…that the right people get the right access as needed, which can be managed quickly and efficiently by IT personnel to mitigate internal cybersecurity challenges. The right DERMS will allow…
BlogThe Past, Present, & Future of Battery Storage
…manipulating and managing the potential of a stored electrochemical charge. Now, a few common storage types are: Compressed air energy storage – A battery that uses compressed air to store…
BlogTypes of Messaging For Your Demand Response Program
…while providing low rates and reliable service. Fortunately, with more DERs in every community, program managers have a variety of demand flexibility options from conservation efforts like EV managed charging…
BlogWhy Accuracy In Reporting Demand Flexibility Outcomes Matters
…outage events; electric meter testing reports, consumer complaint reporting, and a breakdown of cogeneration and alternate energy producers, to cite a few examples. Required by Commission order – These reports…
BlogRecap: The Virtual Peaker Empower Innovation Forum 2022
…accomplish in helping our utility partners existing or soon-to-be to stop. After setup on Tuesday and a unique opening reception at a fascinating local speakeasy that evening, we kicked off…
BlogWhat Are Non-Wires Alternatives?
…to better plot where and when it’s happening. In many cases, enhancing grid resiliency may come with high infrastructure costs like replacing or updating transformers and lines. Fortunately, non-wires alternatives…
BlogThe Difference Between Demand Response & Energy Efficiency
…benefits to utility companies, including improved grid reliability, cost savings, market efficiency, and regulatory compliance. What is Demand Response? Demand response is a conservation approach that provides utility companies the…
BlogHow Utility Customer Engagement Helps
…SMUD could access real-time, cloud-based technology designed to adjust water heaters that create maximum efficiency without giving up comfort; customers are often unaware that the program is active, leading to…
BlogDemand Response in Winter? Here’s What Americans Think.
…they were enrolled in a program, and respondents overwhelmingly preferred energy providers as the sources compared with thermostat manufacturers or other third-party companies. Sixty-one percent of consumers want to receive…