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Demand Response (DR) technologies allow utilities to talk to devices inside the customer premise. They include such things as load control devices, smart thermostats and home energy consoles. They are essential to allow customers to reduce or shift their power use during peak demand periods. Demand response solutions play a key role in several areas: pricing, emergency response, grid reliability, infrastructure planning and design, operations, and deferral.


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Smart Grid Demand Response Action Plan Could Use a Response from YOU
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is asking for public comment on the latest draft of its National Demand Response Action Plan. The plan would guide the development of DR resources and implementation and provide for a customer education program.

Draft for Comment of the National Action Plan for Demand Response
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is required to develop the National Action Plan on Demand Response (National Action Plan) as outlined in section 529 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), entitled “Electricity Sector Demand Response.” This draft was prepared after soliciting and reviewing many ideas that reflect the diverse views of a broad range of entities. The draft is now being offered for a final round of comments.

DR Market Ready for Auctions?
World Energy Solutions, Inc., an online exchange operator for energy and green commodities, has jumped into the DR market with its new online auction platform. It could upset the status quo for DR pioneers.

National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid to be Held in Washington, DC
The U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) today announced that a National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid will be held in Washington, DC, on June 23-24.

It's Smart Grid Payback Time: EnerNOC DR Pays Store Chain $250,000
A southern California grocery store chain has earned $250,000 annually for its participation in energy solutions provider EnerNOC's demand response program. We've got to wonder if DR companies are going to find themselves in some tough bargaining sessions once word gets out.

Stater Bros. Markets Earns $250,000 Annually by Participating in EnerNOC Demand Response
EnerNOC, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), a leading provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions, today announced that Stater Bros. Markets, the largest privately-owned supermarket chain in southern California, has earned payments of approximately $250,000 annually for reducing non-essential electricity usage during periods of peak demand, high electricity prices, and other system needs. As part of EnerNOC's demand response (DR) program, Stater Bros. stores throughout the San Diego region and Southern California Edison service territory can leverage free basic access to PowerTrak®, EnerNOC's web-based energy management software, to identify additional cost-saving opportunities through better energy management.

Big Opportunity for ESCOs in Demand Response Market
With a number of significant market growth drivers, Pike Research is forecasting that the Demand Response market will expand to comprise 62,500MW under management by 2015. Pike analyst Jevan Fox says that while there are market leaders well positioned to penetrate vertical markets, the real opportunity is for energy services companies. Find out why.

Smart Grid Coalition Presents Views to House Democratic Caucus on Job Creation and Support for Economic Recovery
Earlier today, at the invitation of the House Democratic Caucus, representatives of the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition(DRSG) presented their views on smart grid development, job creation, and economic recovery to over 200 Members of the House at the body’s annual Issues Retreat.

New NanoMarkets Report Sees Big Opportunities from Smart Grids for Sensors
According to a new report from NanoMarkets, a Virginia-based industry analyst firm, the rollout of the Smart Grid will create significant new opportunities for sensor manufacturers. The report, "Sensors for the Smart Grid: Market Opportunities 2010-2017," claims that building the new Smart Grid infrastructure will generate $11.4 billion revenue for sensors and related products.

CPower Poised to Make Next Generation of Smart Grid a Reality
CPower, a leading energy management firm, today announced that it has been selected as a winner of the first Innovation Competition at GreenBeat 2009, the seminal conference on the Smart Grid. With its demand response and energy efficiency programs, CPower is playing a critical role in ensuring electricity consumers, utility providers and energy efficiency product and services vendors are able to realize the full value of their investments in Smart Grid infrastructure and technology

EnergyConnect Exceeds 2009 Emergency Load Response Expectations and Launches 2010 Enrollment
EnergyConnect, Inc. (OTCBB:ECNG), a leading provider of smart grid demand response services and technologies, today announced that it has begun enrolling electricity consumers located in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest-based PJM market in its 2010 EventConnect ILR Program. EventConnect ILR integrates into PJM’s Interruptible Load Response program (ILR) which is designed to help ease the pressure on the nation’s largest electricity grid during times of peak demand.

Comverge Upgrades Energy Management Software
Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV) a leading provider of smart grid, demand management and energy efficiency solutions, today released the latest version of their first generation demand response management system, Apollo® Version 1.2. Promoting greater customer access to information and enhancements for all customer classes, Version 1.2 is a more extensive and feature-rich demand response platform for utilities and their customers, empowering them to better understand their energy usage, control costs and promote grid reliability.

ABB wins $75 million SVC power order in Canada
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $75 million (USD) from Hydro-Québec for static VAr compensators (SVCs) - equipment which enables quick responses to electrical disturbances in the grid and contributes to restoring its stability.

EnerNOC Records First Profitable Quarter as Public Company
EnerNOC has reported its first profitable quarter as a public company and yet another record quarter. That’s good news for EnerNOC, a demand response company, and a hopeful sign for the sector as a whole.

Survey: Demand Response Increasingly Driving Smart Grid Spending
What's driving Smart Grid expenditures? Industry leaders participating in the Pacific Crest Mosaic Smart Grid Survey ranked grid reliability at No. 1, but demand response and peak shaving are rising as motivators. See what else made the list.

FERC Schedules Nov. 19-20 Demand Response Technical Conference
FERC released a discussion draft report on possible components of its demand response national action plan and scheduled a technical conference to discuss it for Nov. 19-20 in Washington, D.C.

Unlocking the €53 Billion Savings from Smart Meters in the EU
A recent report from the Brattle Group estimates that EU policymakers could potentially save an additional €53 billion over the next 20 years through the increased deployment of smart meters. Vital to implementation is finding effective ways to stimulate customer participation in demand response programs. These serious economists suggest some methodologies that work.

FERC Postpones Demand Response Conferences
The Federal Energy Regulatory Energy Commission has postponed two technical conferences on its National Action Plan on Demand Response scheduled for later this month. No new dates have been announced.

Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
This report is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff’s fourth annual report on demand response and advanced metering. It fulfills a requirement of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that the Commission prepare and publish an annual report, by appropriate region, that assesses electricity demand response
resources, including those available from all consumer classes. The Assessment estimates the potential for demand response, both nationally and for each state, through 2019 under four scenarios.

Virtual Power Generation Company Viridity Energy Partners With Recovery Act Grant Hopefuls
Virtual power generation company Viridity Energy announced that it has joined forces with a wide range of Recovery Act stimulus grant applicants, including Con Edison, the state of New Mexico, PECO Energy Company, the University of California and Drexel and Penn State universities.

FERC releases study on DR... Is the Smart Grid just a bubble?... Areva teams up with UISOL
FERC study projects big savings from demand response... VC warns of clean tech bubble... Areva’s new alliance adds back office expertise to Smart Grid offerings... Congress hears the downside of federal transmission siting authority... NIST publishes interim Smart Grid standards document

National Assessment of Demand Response Potential
The Energy Independent and Security Act of 2007 required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct a National Assessment of Demand Response Potential and report the result to Congress on: 1) The estimated nationwide demand response potential in 5 and 10 year horizons; 2) Barriers to demand response programs, and 3) Recommendations for overcoming barriers to more use of demand response. “This study takes a flexible, real-world approach to gathering information on the potential for demand response,” FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said. “It also makes available to the public an easy-to-use spreadsheet model, complete with data inputs and assumptions, so that states, utilities and other interested parties can make updates or modifications based on their own data and policy priorities.”

How Well do Pricing Pilot Impacts Predict Actual Program Impacts?
This is a three-page summary of performed by Freeman, Sullivan consultants. It concerns 10,000 customers who signed up for PG&E's residential SmartRate critical peak pricing tariff in 2008. It compares the load impact estimates with estimates based on the demand models developed for California's Statewide Pricing Pilot (SPP). The demand models estimated from the SPP pilot allow load impact estimates to be made that adjust for the differences between different customers in different geographies. Differences in the two estimates were quite similar in each hour. These findings should provide confidence that load impact estimates based on pricing pilots will in fact be realized if similar tariffs are actually deployed.

Enterprise Automates Utility Demand Response
NetApp saw an opportunity to significantly reduce energy consumption at its headquarters, which has 1.2 million square feet of space in 10 buildings.

GridPoint: A Competitive Product and Lots of Competitors
Virginia-based GridPoint has a competitive product, a seasoned team and good backing. But it also has a long list of competitors.

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