Utilities have offered demand response programs for years, in many cases offering rebates or other compensation to customers willing to allow the utility to reduce their household or business power…
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American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power generators, will pursue a strategy to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60% from 2000 levels by 2030, and…
Request for Offers issued for resources to bolster local grid resiliency. ROSEMEAD, Calif., March 6, 2017 — Southern California Edison has launched a Request for Offers (RFO) to acquire new…
“We’re at a very challenging time,” said former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Tony Clark at the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on…
Electric cooperatives are poised to increase their use of electric water heaters as a demand response (DR) and energy storage tool in their service territories. The 50 million residential electric…
By a 6–2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on January 25 ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had authority under the Federal Power Act (FPA) to issue rules…
From its modest origins as a way to shed load when the grid is stressed, demand response (DR) has grown to be a significant player in electricity markets. In the…