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Smart Water Heaters & Demand Flexibility: What Utilities Should Know Before Launching a Program

Smart Water Heaters & Demand Flexibility: What Utilities Should Know Before Launching a Program

Water heaters are quietly becoming one of the most valuable tools in a utility’s demand flexibility toolkit. Because they store […]

Virtual Peaker Team
Virtual Peaker Team
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What is a Virtual Power Plant?

A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of distributed energy resources (DERs) including rooftop solar, home batteries, electric vehicles, […]

Greg Ledva, R&D Engineer
Greg Ledva
R&D Engineer
What is Firm Load Shedding?

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 […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
How Much Can Demand Response Programs Save Utilities in Avoided Peak Costs?

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, […]

Syd Bishop 1
Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
4 Things You Know About Critical Peaks (And 1 You Probably Don't)

4 Things You Know About Critical Peaks (And 1 You Probably Don’t)

Every hot summer day or cold winter morning, utilities watch the same number climb: system demand. Most of that demand […]

Virtual Peaker Team
Virtual Peaker Team
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The Quiet Grid Crisis: Why Your Neighbors’ Smart Thermostats Aren’t Doing Enough

In 2025, electricity demand in the lower 48 states broke its all-time peak record twice in consecutive days, reaching over 759,000 […]

Team Q&A: Juliann Major - Client Success Manager Sustainability

Team Q&A: Juliann Major – Client Success Manager

For our new Client Success Manager, sustainability efforts take a community to realize. That’s everything from taking responsibility for your […]

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Bill Burke
Founder & CEO
Smart Thermostats & Demand Flexibility: What Utilities Should Know Before Launching a Program

Smart Thermostats & Demand Flexibility: What Utilities Should Know Before Launching a Program

Smart thermostats are one of the most accessible entry points into demand flexibility programs like demand response or virtual power […]

Virtual Peaker Team
Virtual Peaker Team

Team Q&A: Sierra Milosh – Client Success IT Implementation Lead

Connecting with the energy sector through the lens of renewable energy during college, Sierra Milosh went to work to make […]

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Bill Burke
Founder & CEO

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