Effective curtailment planning is a key success factor in any demand response strategy. Defined as a proactive planning process to temporarily decrease electricity consumption, thoughtful and creative curtailment planning can maximize cost savings, reduce emissions and generate revenue during voluntary and event-driven demand response.
EnergyConnect’s engineers and support teams work with each customer to review their specific operational environment and […]
Research shows that the US economy has the potential to reduce annual non-transportation energy consumption by roughly 23 percent by 2020, eliminating more than $1.2 trillion in waste – well beyond the $520 billion upfront investment (not including program costs) that would be required. The reduction in energy use would also result in the abatement […]
With summer in full gear, during the day we may not realize how much opportunity there is around us to reduce our energy bill. With small, temporary energy reductions at home and in the office, less turns out to be more.
1) Taking Cover – Often the air conditioner will kick on and run higher than […]
Electric utilities are increasingly offering energy-efficiency programs, but there’s a good chance their customers don’t know about them. That’s according to a survey by market research firm Gartner that found that the vast majority of respondents said they were willing to participate in programs that could help them reduce energy bills.
This article from cnnmoney.com demonstrates […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential, finding the potential for peak electricity demand reductions across the country is between 38 gigawatts (GW) and 188 GW, up to 20 percent of national peak demand, depending on how extensively demand response is applied. This can reduce the need to […]
Even though the demands being placed on national electricity grids are changing rapidly, the grids themselves have changed very little since they were first developed more than a century ago.
Energy: By promoting the adoption of renewable-energy technology, a smart grid would be good for the environment—and for innovation
Associated Press
Around the world billions of dollars […]
President Obama says America needs to modernize its electrical transmission with a “smart grid” to increase reliability, save money and facilitate the use of renewable energy. Grid experts Daniel Kammen and EnergyConnect, Inc. Board Member Kurt Yeager discuss what “smart grid” means, and how to build one.
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The bill would initially give away 85 percent of carbon permits to various industries including utilities and steel producers.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. climate change bill making its way through Congress is the best legislative bet to help the country take the lead in tackling global warming on the world stage, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu […]
The U.S. needs new, responsive, demand-side energy technologies to ensure that periods of tight electricity supply on the grid don’t turn into power outages. The Demand Response Research Center addresses two motivations for adopting demand responsiveness: reducing average electricity prices and preventing future electricity crises. (Video)The research conducted by Berkeley Lab and the California Energy […]
Modernizing the old, outmoded U.S. power grid is likely to be an expensive and time consuming business. (Video)
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