Utility Dive: Demand Response Growing in Texas?
From Utility Dive, March 11, 2015: Demand response (DR) advocates in Texas are preparing a bill they say would open up the state’s energy markets and unlock DR growth. Reducing power consumption can help control up to 4% of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ (ERCOT) peak load, FERC determined in a 2012 report. That’s […]
Greentech Media Blog: Getting Rid of Demand Response Will Dumb Down the Grid
Frank Lacey, Vice President of Regulatory and Market Strategy at Comverge and Chair of the Advanced Energy Management Alliance, posted a blog on Greentech Media stating that the US Circuit Court decision to vacate FERC Order 745 will “result in our nation’s evolving smart grid becoming dumber.” Lacey spells out the benefits of demand response […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Urges Obama Administration to Appeal Order 745 in Wake of PJM Proposal
Release originally appeared on PRWeb here. Yesterday, in response to the recent DC Circuit Court decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486), PJM Interconnection released a proposal identifying a potential blueprint for complying with the decision, should the interpretation of that decision include […]
Demand Response Here to Stay: Value Doesn’t Go Away
The Advanced Energy Management Alliance was featured in a Utility Dive article about the U.S. Circuit Court decision to vacate FERC Order 745. AEMA members and the Maryland Public Service Commission were bullish about the market and prospects for demand response. Frank Lacey, Board member of AEMA, of Comverge was quoted extensively, as was Tim […]