OhmConnect
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Commentary
Beware Unbridled Enthusiasm—Recent FERC Settlements Hold Lessons for Aggregators
In more than one RTO market, aggregators may find themselves in the position of making capacity offers for future delivery periods based on projections of how much aggregated capability they will have available in the future. This presents somewhat of a dilemma, as there are financial incentives to project aggressively. COMMENTARY Capacity revenues may play an […]
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Press Releases
OhmConnect Raises $55M in Series D to Stabilize the Grid and Ensure a Clean Energy Future
Oakland, California (June 9, 2022) – OhmConnect, the leading provider of residential energy flexibility, today announced a $55 million Series D round, led by ClearSky, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), and TELUS Ventures. Investors also include Carrier and SunPower; the strategic partnership with both companies was announced in March 2022. OhmConnect, which pays households to reduce […]
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Hybrid Power
Electrification Ignites Debate Over Future of Energy
Electrification—replacing fossil fuels with electricity to provide power—is a major part of the global effort toward decarbonization. It touches many sectors, and is sparking even more discussion about its
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Energy Experts Discuss Electrification
Electrification is changing global energy use, as entities worldwide replace technologies that use fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, and coal, with processes that electricity as the source of energy. Proponents of electrification tout it as a way to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the industrial, transportation, building and other sectors, which […]
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Distributed Energy
OhmConnect, Carrier, SunPower Collaborate to Support Grid Resiliency
A California company known for its residential energy management systems has announced it is collaborating with a provider of building energy solutions and a solar technology company to modernize energy infrastructure and provide support to the power grid. OhmConnect is an Oakland-based group that creates grid-connected homes to leverage energy storage, solar power, heating, cooling, […]
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News
New GE Digital Tool Part of Grid Management Advancements
Energy companies continue to work on providing solutions to optimize the power grid, part of their efforts to support the integration of renewables and help ensure the reliable delivery of electricity. Such systems are part of the digital transformation of power generation, bringing increased flexibility to the power supply, supporting faster power restoration after outages, […]
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News
Companies Announce New Residential VPP for California
A distributed energy power plant, designed to help bring more reliability to California’s power grid, is being developed by a company whose investors include Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The project when fully developed would be the world’s largest residential virtual power plant (VPP). Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), a group that builds, owns, operates, […]