CHECKLIST

Critical Peaks: Year Round Peak Readiness Checklist

Peak demand used to be a summer-afternoon problem. It isn’t anymore. Shifting weather patterns, increased demand, and load growth is pushing baseline demand up everywhere, all year. The utilities managing this well aren’t the ones with the most DERs enrolled, they’re the ones whose forecasting, dispatch, and program design can flex to a peak on any day of the year. This checklist helps you find out, section by section, where your organization stands.