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Page 2: Using DR to manage off-grid loads >> By Peter Gardett
Managing Editor, AOL Energy
Power companies are training their customers to see electricity supply in a new way,
"Demand response is creating business intelligence" in which companies can understand their exposure to time of use as well as overall volume of use when it comes to electricity, Constellation Energy Senior Vice President for Demand Response Gary Fromer told AOL Energy recently.
With automated demand response technology like that offered by Constellation and the increased automation of systems within buildings themselves, demand response can grow from an occasional emergency process to one designed to fit a customer's individual needs. It also give utilities the ability to segment their customers into those who care most about reliability, like data center operators, and those more sensitive to price. Demand response technology integrated into buildings can provide more than a one-to-one benefit when operational, Fromer said. The technology reliance of large institutions means that reliability is key, so that a customer requiring near-100% reliability would have a different approach and pricing model than one requiring 80% reliability of supply. Page 2: Using DR to manage off-grid loads >>
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