Energy Efficiency / DR Articles

Hawaiian Electric will conduct a test of fast demand response technology, which gives the utility and facilities the tools to reduce demand within 10 minutes of notification of a pending imbalance between supply and demand

Johnson Controls will lead the consortium to promote demand response program participation for large business customers

The utility deployed the critical backup power equipment at its data center facility in North America late last year to provide both power conditioning and protection to the mission critical site

The program incorporates live, neighborhood-level weather conditions and forecasts into demand response programs that aim to reduce peak consumer demand to better manage grid load during extreme weather

The utility will work with customers to trim peak electricity use, and reduce strain on the local networks and substations, which are nearing capacity

Z-Wave Alliance members have successfully completed field trials with utilities such as Sacramento Municipal Utility District using OpenADR standards to implement effective demand response programs

EDGE is a modular and adaptive conservation voltage management solution enabling utilities to deploy incremental grid-side energy management that requires no behavioral changes or purchases by end customers

The relationship will provide the real-time irrigation management company the opportunity to offer their growers Constellation Energy's load response programs

The CEIVA Energy Display is a SEP 1.1 compliant, consumer-driven In-Home Display that leverages smart grid technology to send real-time energy usage and local utility information directly to consumers

In 2011, Comverge's demand response programs helped maintain grid reliability by delivering a total of 16 GWh of reduced electricity demand during the summer cooling season across all of its enrollments in North America