Control4 continues its full-court press as a leader in IP-based home control systems. The company will team with Silver Spring Networks to offer a HAN solution that's interoperable with utility smart grid and demand response systems. It also announced its selection by AEP Ohio to pilot customer experiences in home energy management for AEP's smart grid demonsration project.
We asked readers to nominate the companies that should be on our radar in 2011 and you came through with a long list of compelling suggestions. In today's post we highlight our third installment of your 11 in 2011 nominations, along with observations on each of them from Jesse Berst.
As we enter the era of Demand Response 2.0, the electric power industry is going to require powerful analytical engines. But that's a requirement many are overlooking, which is why Jesse Berst kicks off our new Discovery Showcase series with a look at software that could be the "balancing engine" DR 2.0 requires.
The demand response category is about to get more competitive and more challenging for at least three reasons. It has Jesse Berst thinking EnerNOC will have a real battle on its hands to maintain its lead. Click to the site where he explains what he sees coming in this all-important space (and offers you a chance to weigh in via quick poll).
The 2011 National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid will be held July 13-14, 2011 in Washington, D.C., the Demand Response Coordinating Committee announced Monday.
The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition took the smart grid message to the UN climate change convention in Cancun, Mexico, this week. The coalition's mission was to educate convention delegates on the critical role of the smart grid and demand response in achieving climate policy goals.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff spent time with Smart Grid News when he was in Portland, Oregon, for the Smart Grid RoadShow last week. He shared some thoughts on the National Demand Response Action Plan and transmission and grid security issues.
A new coalition of key smart grid players will put its considerable weight behind promoting adoption of an Open Automated Demand Response standard. The OpenADR Alliance says the standard will reduce cost, enhance reliability and boost demand response and smart grid deployments.
Silver Spring Networks is offering two new software applications to help utilities manage demand response and get customers interactively involved in energy efficiency.
Constellation Energy will buy CPower, the New York demand response and energy management company. The move boosts Constellation’s DR capacity and allows it to expand into important markets.
With broadband in every home or ubiquitous AMI still years off, you've got to wonder how off-the-shelf products made today can possibly provide DR opportunities for all consumers, wherever they may live, without becoming obsolete in the next decade or two. EPRI’s Brian Seal outlines one interesting solution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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