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The Bottom Line: EnergyConnect empowers energy managers and facility operators with real-time energy information and access to demand response opportunities in the price responsive, ancillary services and capacity markets. Large- to mid-sized consumers of electricity in commercial, institutional and industrial organizations use our GridConnect integrated demand response technology platform to control their energy bills and increase earnings while enhancing grid reliability. Learn More

If your organization is not in a Demand Response program, it’s time to contact us. Learn more about how you can leverage GridConnect to increase your share of the millions of dollars in incentives available for organizations willing to help stabilize grid emergencies and high wholesale electricity prices during peak demand periods.

The majority of facilities (such as college campuses, high-rise office buildings, shopping centers, manufacturing and industrial plants) already have the potential to realize economic benefits from the energy used in their facilities every day. EnergyConnect takes care of all the registration and payment paperwork for you. Through EnergyConnect’s software as a service (Saas) offerings, organizations connect their energy use to substantial cost savings and cash incentives.

Fund Your Energy Future…AND Make a Difference!

Beyond enhanced energy management and cost savings, your participation in demand response using GridConnect and other EnergyConnect services delivers many added benefits:

  • Decreases the need for new power generation
  • Reduces your carbon footprint and grenhouse gas emissions
  • Prevents rolling blackouts and brownouts
  • Improves the reliability and efficiency of the electrical grid
  • Makes environmental stewardship profitable
Electricity Costs Should Rise to Reflect Demand
Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy
 
“As the United States’ power grid becomes more sophisticated, electricity rates will need to rise to reflect periods of intense energy use and to encourage consumers to change their electricity habits.” Chu said currently most local electricity rate commissions view themselves as consumer advocates and try to keep electricity prices as low as possible. “Hopefully that will evolve somewhat, so that they begin to fold in some of the real costs of electricity generation and electricity use.” But Chu cautioned that adjusting prices alone will not modify the way consumers use energy. “Price signals do matter, but you can’t just simply use a price signal,” Chu said. “You really have to make it very easy to save energy. Consumers need to have a very simple system that will provide them with specific information about their energy use and they should be able to adjust their appliances (equipment) so that they run mostly during non-peak energy hours.” Demand response is considered the “killer app” to the smart grid, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

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