Advanced Energy Management Alliance Continues Growth and Recognition

FOR RELEASE July 16, 2018 Contact: Katherine Hamilton (202.524.88322) or katherine@aem-alliance.org Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) is pleased to announce new members—ecobee and Stem—that further expand AEMA’s reach into residential, commercial, and industrial distributed energy resources. Ecobee is a residential smart thermostat and sensor company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Stem is an energy storage company located in […]

Advanced Energy Management Alliance Statement on Administration’s Decision to Bail Out Uneconomic Power Plants

STATEMENT OF KATHERINE HAMILTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADVANCED ENERGY MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE: Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) is disappointed by the Administration’s recommendation to attempt a bailout of uneconomic power plants. This decision will increase electric costs for consumers, distort the competitive markets, and reduce the ability for lower cost, reliable, economic, and cleaner solutions to participate in a […]

AEMA Files Reply Comments in Resilience Proceeding

Advanced Energy Management Alliance filed reply comments addressing proposals and filings by ISOs/RTOs in FERC’s Docket No. AD18-7-000, regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Grid Reliability and Resilience Pricing. In the comments, AEMA analyzes filings from each ISO/RTO and comments on the need for resilience in wholesale market structures and the inclusion of distributed […]

AEMA Comments on Trump-Proposed Tariffs

Advanced Energy Management Alliance sent a formal letter with comments to the United States Trade Representative addressing equipment that would be adversely effected should the White House proposed tariffs be imposed on China. In particular, smart thermostats, which have been widely adopted by consumers to save energy, would be impacted by these prospective duties. AEMA’s letter […]

AEMA Sends Letter to Secretary Perry on FirstEnergy Petition

AEMA sent a letter in support of PJM’s position on the FirstEnergy 202(c) petition to the U.S. Department of Energy. Text of the letter is as follows: By Electronic Mail April 2, 2018 The Honorable James Richard Perry Secretary of Energy United States Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20585 Re: FirstEnergy […]

AEMA Files Comments in Utility Demand Response Proceedings in New York

AEMA provided comments to the New York Public Service Commission on the Dynamic Load Management (“DLM”) programs of Central Hudson Electric & Gas Corporation, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation d/b/a National Grid, Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc., and Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation.

RTO Insider: Trade Group Seeks Expanded DR Measures in MISO

February 18, 2018 By Amanda Durish Cook A distributed energy resource trade group is calling on MISO to open its markets to customer-owned demand response and urging state regulators and utilities to develop programs that reimburse small DR providers. The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) last week issued a white paper containing model Tariff language […]

Advanced Energy Management Alliance Releases Options to Develop Untapped Resource and Engage Consumers

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 12, 2018) –The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) today released a white paper, , designed to inform state regulators, grid operators, and utilities and expand markets for demand-side resources offered by consumers. “AEMA has taken a leadership position in offering solutions to untapped state markets in the MISO region,” said Katherine Hamilton, Executive […]