Outstanding Curtailment Service Provider Award – EnergyConnect
EnergyConnect Inc. has received an award for the outstanding efforts related to its FlexConnect program, a voluntary demand response program that pays customers for temporary load reduction when wholesale electricity prices are high. FlexConnect provides a platform for users to make informed decisions on the best times to […]
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The majority continue to make environmental efforts, but many say the economy has affected their plans. Demand response can revive those plans in 2009.
Although the majority of business owners say they are doing at least “everything that can be justified by cost” to help the environment, many say the economy has made them change their […]
Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission. The draft contains provisions to facilitate the deployment of a smart grid, including measures to reduce utility peak loads through smart grid and demand response applications and to help promote smart grid capabilities in new home appliances. It also directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the regional planning […]
“Energy efficiency is the veritable low hanging fruit for businesses who want to fight climate change and reduce their monthly energy bills.”
EnergyConnect helps industrial, commercial, educational and municipal organizations fund their energy efficiency initiatives through earned revenue by participating in demand response.
Washington, DC March 18, 2009 - Energy efficiency initiatives that reward consumers and businesses for […]
You don’t have to shiver in the dark to reduce your home or company’s energy costs.
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March 9, 2009 - USA Today - Sandra Block
For last month’s Frugal Family Challenge, […]
You’ve heard of Earth Day, but what about Earth Hour? Sign on to participate in Earth Hour, which will take place Saturday, March 28. Earth Hour is a global effort to get as many people as possible to turn off their lights for an hour, at 8:30 p.m. within their time zone.
Reminder: Earth Day is Wednesday, […]
Last week, when President Obama signed the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, he said it would help create “a newer, smarter electric grid” — a grid that he said “will make our energy bills lower, make outages less likely, and make it easier to use clean energy.” The smart grid will make demand response widespread.
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According to the ACEEE report, in order to achieve the maximum possible energy savings in America national policy is needed that outlines a sustainable and economically feasible strategy that includes energy efficiency and demand response programs.
Excerpt from SmartMeters.com:
National policy could guide energy conservation efforts to reduce the environmental impact of the power grid as […]
Current energy efficiency and demand response/load management programs are barely scratching the surface of what is achievable, according to the U.S. Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC) in a new draft report on the nation’s electricity supply adequacy to the Department of Energy (DOE).
Article Excerpt:
The report says utilities in many states have been implementing energy efficiency and […]