Sentences with phrase «of demand response»

This brings into consideration the role of demand response in other markets where the resource has an even greater presence.

The paper provides an overview of the development of demand response programs in developed countries before detailing four typical types of programs.

That total was 24 percent less than the amount of demand response cleared last year.

The basic premise of demand response — utilities charge large energy users a lower rate year - round in exchange for powering down during peak hours — has existed for decades.

In this role, he is responsible for managing approximately 600 MW of Demand Response resources ranging from a residential direct load control air conditioning program to a number of commercial and industrial interruptible tariffs.

Results of PJM's capacity auction in May yielded 10,975 MW of demand response resources and the operator noted that there was a shift to types of resources that have more flexibility and a greater contribution to reliability.

The situation was compounded when First Energy filed a court challenge to PJM's use of demand response in capacity markets as well.

California does have hundreds of megawatts of demand response, of course.

Nolan, Sheila and Devine, Mel and Lynch, Muireann and O'Malley, Mark (2016): Impact of Demand Response Participation in Energy, Reserve and Capacity Markets.

EnerNOC is a leading provider of demand response software solutions, and FirstEnergy's court filing attacking capacity markets represents a significant threat to the company.

EnerNOC is a leading provider of demand response software solutions, and has been vocal in its opposition to FirstEnergy's complaint.

In 2010, EPA started allowing backup generators to operate for 15 hours a year without being subject to emissions regulations as a part of demand response programs implemented during times of extreme load or emergency conditions that could trigger blackouts.

At the present time, Howard is on the Advisory Board for the new Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) which is the merged Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Association of Demand Response and Smart Grid (ADS) associations.

«It's not just planning but how we operate the grid and also how we develop types of demand response programs and tariffs to monetize those resources,» she explained.

David Banks, a former lobbyist for Exelon and now a special advisor to Trump, authored a report in 2014 that was critical of demand response, renewable energy, and natural gas in wholesale markets because «non-subsidized plants — including nuclear and coal units — are disadvantaged.»

In support of the demand response (DR) auction, the demand response pre-auction report provides existing and future demand response auction participants with the information they would need to qualify their DR capacity, and subsequently submit offers for the demand response auction.

Uncertainty over the future of demand response has been the rule ever since the D.C. Circuit Court vacated Order 745 last year, wiping out FERC jurisdiction over demand response in wholesale energy markets, at least temporarily.

She is also involved in furthering the development of demand response in the region.

And as the CPUC moves forward toward the implementation of demand response direct participation, the California ISO (CAISO) simultaneously moved forward in adopting tariffs and business requirement specifications that enable demand response providers to integrate into the energy market.

The system is connected to the San Diego Gas and Electric grid and is the utility's biggest source of demand response.

«Clearly if you're going from a pilot program to a program that you're deploying to your entire service territory, you would file it as part of a demand response filing.

Power providers looking to leverage the benefits of demand response face a big challenge — only about 5 % of U.S. households participate in demand response programs.

He is also past - Chair of the Demand Response and Smart Grid coalition (DRSG).

In other notable recent developments, Simply Energy, the Australian retail arm for Engie, said in late March that it will aggregate 6MW of Tesla household batteries together with 2MW of demand response at commercial premises in Adelaide in a virtual power plant project supported by the government - backed Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Christopher Gillman is the Director of Demand Response Operations for Duke Energy.

Upon charter renewal (anticipated summer 2018), the DRAC will likely shift focus to more technical aspects of demand response, leading to supporting the Council in development of the supply curves for the Eighth Power Plan.

This will help the region develop a common understanding of demand response and what will be required to implement the Seventh Plan.

The tussle over prices in a decentralized electricity market continued last week, as David Roberts deconstructed the arcane world of demand response, in which utilities pay customers to cut their power use during times of peak demand.

provides for the exchange of information between supplier or provider and the customer's electric meter in support of time - based rates or other forms of demand response,

In all, only 7,821.4 MW of demand response cleared in this year's auction.

While some research questions the efficacy of demand response calls absent a price signal, Opower has managed to consistently show a 3 % reduction (the 5 % peak reduction goes along with a peak savings rebate program).

The utility applications would have to be balanced against «the technical and regulatory requirements for the integration of demand response into the CAISO energy market.»

Capacity and real - time energy exchange markets are expected to open in 2020, increasing the value of demand response and flexibility services, in which storage could play a role, while the government's goal is to raise renewable energy's proportion of the energy mix to 24 % by 2030, from 15 % today, Vlachopoulos said.

The untapped potential of demand response (DR) in the state was identified years ago, and in 2014 the California Energy Commission issued a report saying that despite the potential benefits of DR «there has been insufficient progress toward meeting demand response goals set in the early 2000s.»

«We recognize the need to move forward with third party direct participation in anticipation of a demand response auction mechanism pilot,» wrote Administrative Law Judge Kelly Hymes in a proposed decision.

Organized markets help boost the profitability of demand response, as well as making the resource easier to expand.

«The decision is likely to take a few years to take full effect if reversed as the vast majority of revenue and volume of demand response that participates in capacity markets are contracted years in advance,» Kellison noted.

FERC's decision was not unanimous, and Commissioner Tony Clark filed a dissent saying the rejection «unnecessarily delays action and perpetuates system inefficiencies created by the overcompensation of demand response products in wholesale electricity markets.»

Similar rates of demand response are probably available in the UK.

Even in a situation where the EPSA ruling is upheld by the Supreme Court, «unless the FERC were to direct removal of demand response resources from the organized capacity markets, presumably there will be further litigation at FERC concerning those markets,» Fagan told Utility Dive.

The court in January 2016 rejected EPSA's challenge to FERC Order 745, upholding the FERC's jurisdiction over wholesale market operators» compensation of demand response.

There are a variety of demand response programs offered in New York, and companies known as Curtailment Service Providers can assist customers and provide the tools and expertise for maximum participation in New York State's demand response market.

Grid operators are planning now for how to replace coal with natural gas, along with a side of demand response and a dash of renewables.

He is currently the lead technical advisor for the National Efficiency Screening Coalition, and he recently co-chaired a working group to prepare a study addressing the cost - effectiveness of demand response programs around the country on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The development plans include 200MW of Solar PV, a 100MW / 100MWh battery, 100MW of demand response, a 120MW / 600MWh pumped hydro storage facility and 480MW of solar capacity which will be installed later to support the expansion of industrial capacity.

In May, a three - judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voided the order, finding that regulation of demand response resources are the realm of the states, not federal agencies.

Along with new gas resources, the capacity auction procured nearly 15,000 megawatts of demand response and energy efficiency.

He has been a board member of the GridWise Alliance, the Association of Demand Response and Smart Grid, the Smart Meter Manufacturers Association of America, as well as the Company representative on the Advanced Energy Economy's Business Council.