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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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Light control manufacturer Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., is pleased to announce its association with The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) to develop compatible products and help raise awareness of how lighting demand response activities can easily stabilize the grid. The DRSG communicates the opportunities in building the Smart Grid infrastructure and practices that will update the national electricity system and change the way customers best use electricity. |
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Starview Technology and Logica have teamed up on a new demand response program to help utilities control ever-changing demand on the electric grid. The program, built on Starview's Smart Enterprise Platform, has been installed in Logica's UK Innovation Centre. |
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SureGrid - the leading energy solutions provider of automated, cloud-based, demand-response Intelligent Load Management technology - today announced the release of PowerCommand 2.0®. |
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A recent US & UK ‘smart home energy management’ consumer survey from IMS Research split respondents by attitude to demand-response programs . A demand-response program consists of ‘smart’ (communications network-enabled) in-home devices that react to signals from electricity providers, to reduce electricity consumption in times of peak-demand. |
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Federal officials were briefed today on the results of the PowerCents DC Program, a pilot project considered the first in the electric utility industry to test an integrated Smart Grid combination of dynamic pricing, multi-faceted consumer energy information feedback and smart appliance control. |
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In this thoughtful commentary by Echelon CTO Bob Dolin we start at the world’s first Smart Grid project in Italy - and then follow a path that takes us past two-way communications and remote meter reading towards Smart Grid 2.0 and the benefits of intelligent energy management. How do we get there? What are the requirements? Dolin offers his point of view inside. |
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Conservation Resource Solutions, Inc. (CRS), a leading provider of Smart Grid and Clean Tech energy demand management technology solutions, announced today that it successfully responded to ISO New England’s call for Emergency Demand Response on Thursday afternoon, June 24. CRS responded to emergency conditions by dispatching 175 megawatts of targeted electricity demand reductions at more than 500 consuming assets in New England. ISO New England, the regional bulk power system operator for the six-state New England region, was facing a need for additional power resources due to unforeseen events affecting the power grid. |
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GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, announced today that its load management solution is being utilized by Hoosier Energy to reduce peak demand, make more efficient use of power supply resources and better control energy costs for its member electric distribution cooperatives. GridPoint’s centralized solution enables Hoosier Energy to aggregate and manage commercial and residential load served by its cooperatives, and provides individual co-ops the ability to execute targeted demand response events. |
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published its National Action Plan on Demand Response. The plan calls for the formation of a public-private coalition to develop and implement successful demand response programs for states, local areas and regions. |
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The Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon today announced plans to conduct a study of the communications and information technology requirements of the nation’s utilities. The first-of-its-kind study will identify the unique requirements of the utility industry to ensure safe, reliable and cost-effective energy grids for the 21st century. |
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Honeywell took a major leap forward when it announced earlier this month it will acquire Akuacom, a California DR technology and services firm. Lux Research senior analyst Michael LoCascio says the move marks the beginning of an industry consolidation that will see a handful of winners emerge from the DR segment. He offers some insights on who they will be. |
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Wait! Before you click inside to see which Smart Grid trends Jesse Berst thinks are most important right now, think about what you’d put on your own list. If Jesse’s got it right, the top trends he’s identified ought to be pretty close to yours. Find out why. |
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Honeywell has acquired demand response technology and Smart Grid services leader Akuacom, which will be integrated into Honeywell Building Solutions. The transaction substantially complements Honeywell's experience in utility DR programs. |
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Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced the acquisition of San Rafael, Calif.-based Akuacom, a leader in automated demand response technology and services for the smart grid. The Akuacom Demand Response Automation Server provides utilities and independent system operators (ISOs) two-way communication with energy management systems at commercial and industrial sites. This gives utilities and ISOs the ability to automate the delivery of price and reliability signals to these facilities, and more effectively trim peak demand, adding to Honeywell’s energy management and smart grid portfolio. |
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What will the next generation of demand response look like – and will today’s leaders be tomorrow’s followers? Jesse Berst cautions that today's DR 1.0 stalwarts may not be nimble enough – or rich enough – to stay the course as the industry transitions to DR 2.0. Find out why – and which Smart Grid company he thinks is the DR change agent du jour. |
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The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) said it appreciates the recognition given in the order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopting a series of electricity demand response standards developed by NAESB. |
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More than half of the residential customers in a recent Smart Grid market survey said they're willing to change how they use electricity if it will save them money, according to a Frost & Sullivan survey on demand response. |
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Company execs told Jesse Berst they were able to save 1 1/2 cents per kilowatt hour when they applied their new demand response initiative to NYC’s Rockefeller Center. Now Schneider Electric is targeting 200 of Chicago’s biggest buildings and expects to pull 150 MW out of the current demand of 800 MW. But energy efficiency is just part of this intriguing story. Jesse explains how if you follow the money you’ll see that Schneider may be onto something big. |
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) demonstrated the integration of its SEEload Demand Response Management solution with Oracle Utilities Network Management System today at Distributech 2010 in Tampa, Fla. The integration of these powerful Smart Grid software products provides utility system operators with greater flexibility and allows them to request demand response events from within the distribution management system to help resolve localized grid disturbances. |
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Now that the technology basics are out of the way, the challenge for demand response is getting customers to participate. Jesse Berst is at DistribuTECH, where he's finding more than one opinion on the best way to do that. |
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Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, announced today the launch of its new Distribution Management System (DMS), the most advanced network operations and planning tool on the market. As utilities mobilize to meet increasing customer demand and environmental obligations, Telvent DMS provides a wide range of real-time and simulation mode functions for optimal operational and financial performance. |
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Ventyx®, the world's largest private software, data and advisory services provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced that the successful implementation of its Smart Grid Operations solution at Xcel Energy has been recognized by leading industry analyst firm IDC Energy Insights as one of the few Virtual Power Plant (VPP) projects currently being deployed around the world. The Ventyx solution is an integral component of the utility's SmartGridCity™ initiative in Boulder, CO, designed to turn complex meter-level data into the actionable intelligence required to deploy and effectively manage the Boulder Smart Grid. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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