China's First Demand Response Project to be Launched Under U.S.-China Smart Grid Cooperative
Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area, along with Honeywell, is implementing China's first Smart Grid Demand Response project. ...
Savings from TVA Energy Efficiency Programs Increase in 2011
Energy efficiency initiatives by TVA and local power distributors reduced electric power consumption by 559 gigawatt-hours in fiscal year 2011 — a 270 percent improvement in power savings over last year. ...
Virginia's Demand Response Program Reduces Energy Use
Agencies in Virginia's demand response program make money when they reduce energy use.
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NERC Releases 2011 Summer Reliability Assessment
The 2011 Summer Reliability Assessment provides an independent assessment of the reliability of
the bulk electricity supply and demand in North America for the period June 2011 through
September 2011.
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Demand-Side Management Benefits for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
In a new report prepared for the Saudi Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority, Brattle economists Ahmad Faruqui and Ryan Hledik demonstrate that the systematic application of demand-side management can help address the significant challenges currently facing the electric industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ...
New Report Catalogs State Policy Actions on Demand Response and Smart Grid
The Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS) has released its new report summarizing state policy activities in the area of demand response and smart grid....
National Action Plan Coalition Calls for Stronger Federal Vision for Demand Response Implementation
The National Action Plan Coalition last week decried the federal government for its "lack of a clear vision and strategy for implementing demand response" and urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and national policymakers to take a stronger leadership role and form a broad platform for communicating the benefits of demand response to the American public. ...
Bonneville Power Administration Testing New Energy Efficiency System
Nexant, Inc. has begun testing the new Energy Efficiency Central (EE Central) system that the company is developing for BPA....
U.S. Green Building Council Revises LEED Requirements to Encourage Automated Demand Response
The U.S. Green Building Council has updated the LEED Demand Response Pilot Creditto increase participation in automated demand response programs....
FERC Approves Market-Based Demand Response Compensation Rule
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has established a new rule intended to benefit customers and help improve the operation and competitiveness of organized wholesale energy markets by establishing the approach to compensation for demand response resources in those markets. ...
Demand-Response Program Averts Rolling Blackout
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) implemented the second stage of its emergency grid procedures following a sudden drop in the system...
Demand-Response Efforts Grow
Demand-response and advanced-metering programs have grown significantly over the past year, according to a recent report by the Federal Energy Regulatory...
Mega Load Management System Pays Dividends
In the early 1980s, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) mandated that Florida-based utilities implement demand-side management (DSM) programs...
