ISOs and Demand Response

ISO New England Dispatches Demand Response Network to Keep Grid in Balance

Jan 12, 2012

EnerNOC's DemandSMART demand response network was dispatched on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, to address a capacity shortage in New England....

First 'Small Scale' Demand-side Projects in PJM Providing Frequency Regulation

Nov 30, 2011

PJM Interconnection has received the first frequency regulation services from small-scale demand resources under new rules allowing smaller projects to participate in PJM's Regulation Market. The two western Pennsylvania projects use diverse technologies. ...

ConEdison Solutions and Viridity Energy Join Forces to Expand Beyond Demand Response

Nov 2, 2011

ConEdison Solutions and Viridity Energy, Inc. are working together on a major, new energy demand response offering through the introduction of "energy optimization," a first-to-market, automated, revenue-generating, energy management offering. ...

ISO New England Proposal Includes Continued Participation of Behind-the-Meter Generation in Electricity Markets

Sep 21, 2011

In compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 745 on demand-response compensation in competitive markets, ISO New England has filed proposed market rules that will result in full integration of demand resources into system operations and energy markets by June 2015. ...

Alberta Electric System Operator to Implement New Demand Response Application

Sep 15, 2011

EnerNOC has been selected by the Alberta Electric System Operator to provide 150 megawatts of automated demand response through its DemandSMART comprehensive demand response application....

Storage: The Silver Bullet

Sep 1, 2011, By Terry Boston, PJM Interconnection

Storage changes everything. That's the anthem we hear more often in the electric industry today as we face an evolving energy policy and a variety of...

Brattle Group Study Finds PJM Interconnection's Capacity Market Achieves Its Objectives and Recommends Design Enhancements

Sep 1, 2011

Consultants at The Brattle Group have completed a second triennial performance assessment of PJM Interconnection's capacity market, the Reliability Pricing Model (RPM). ...

FERC 745 – The Genie’s Out of the Bottle

Jul 20, 2011, Paul Mauldin, Editor, Customer Solutions Center of Excellence

The utility industry’s attention has been caught by the clamor and shine of smart grid technology, particularly as to how it relates to dispatching distributed renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind. Smart grid enablement of demand management at the residential level – controlling thermostats, water heaters etc. – also appeals to consumer imagination, although a little more difficult to visualize....