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Addressing the Complexity Tax in Utility Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Portfolios

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. […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
How To Keep Virtual Power Plant Enrollment Momentum In 2026

How To Keep Virtual Power Plant Enrollment Momentum In 2026

Through demand flexibility initiatives like virtual power plants and demand response, utilities have proven that distributed energy resources (DERs) including […]

Virtual Peaker Team
Virtual Peaker Team
What is Data Center Load Shifting?

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. […]

Syd Bishop 1
Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Finding Virtual Capacity: How DERMS Resolves Grid Congestion Without New Infrastructure

Finding Virtual Capacity: How DERMS Resolves Grid Congestion Without New Infrastructure

Grid congestion is intensifying. As of late-June 2026, the interconnection queue holds 1.74 TW of waiting projects. Upgrading the entire […]

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Stacia Secreriat
Digital Marketing Manager
What To Look For in Energy Management & Utility Software

What To Look For in Energy Management & Utility Software

The U.S. energy sector is in the middle of a transformation that makes earlier grid modernization efforts look modest by […]

Syd Bishop 1
Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
What Bad Demand Forecasting Accuracy Actually Costs an Electric Utility

What Bad Demand Forecasting Accuracy Actually Costs an Electric Utility

Demand forecasting is one of the most consequential functions a utility performs — and one of the least scrutinized until […]

Syd Bishop 1
Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Who's Building the Grid Edge? A Utility Operator's Guide to What To Look For In Leading Grid-Edge DERMS Companies

Who’s Building the Grid Edge? A Utility Operator’s Guide to What To Look For In Leading Grid-Edge DERMS Companies

What does a genuinely capable Grid-Edge DERMS platform need to do, and what separates the companies building toward the hard […]

Syd Bishop 1
Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Types of Demand Flexibility Program Incentives & Why They Matter

How Demand Flexibility Incentive Programs Help Electric Utilities Scale Grid Resiliency

The Grid Stress Problem Facing Electric Utilities Today Electric utilities are navigating one of the most complex operating environments in […]

Amber Mullaney
Vice President of Marketing
From Mandates to Megawatts: How New Legislation is Unlocking the Virtual Power Plant Market

U.S. Virtual Power Plant Regulations: Every Major State Policy Explained

Virtual Power Plants & Grid Policy Virtual power plants have moved from pilot programs to statewide regulatory mandates. Here is […]

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Stacia Secreriat
Digital Marketing Manager
Feeder-Level Dispatch & Grid-Edge DERMS: Get Relief Where Your Grid Needs It Most

Feeder-Level Dispatch & Grid-Edge DERMS: Get Relief Where Your Grid Needs It Most

To meet rising demand and effect feeder-level dispatch, Grid-Edge distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) provide ops teams the localized […]

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Syd Bishop
Senior Content Specialist
Non-Wires Alternatives: The Cheapest Megawatt Is the One You Never Have to Build

Non-Wires Alternatives: The Cheapest Megawatt Is the One You Never Have to Build

How forward-thinking utilities are deferring billions in infrastructure costs — without sacrificing reliability. With material costs up and supply chain […]

Amber Mullaney
Vice President of Marketing
Grid-Edge DERMS

Grid DERMS vs. Grid-Edge DERMS: A Complete Utility Guide

Distributed Energy Resources As distributed energy resources (DERs) proliferate, utilities need purpose-built management systems to harness them. But not all […]

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Stacia Secreriat
Digital Marketing Manager

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