APPrO Magazine: Aggregators harnessing powerful drivers for innovation and savings
Story originally published August 2018 in APPrO magazine here. A new boundary-crossing industry is emerging in the energy sector, potentially both a harbinger of, and a catalyst for, powerful new dynamics and lasting change. Although aggregators have been active in energy markets for decades, new technology and regulatory decisions appear to be unleashing a wave […]
EDF Blog: A Legislative Push to Get Texas Serious About Energy Storage
Originally posted on: http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/2015/04/20/a-legislative-push-to-get-texas-serious-about-demand-response/ EDF Energy Exchange: http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/ April 20, 2015 By: Suzanne L. Bertin, Director of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC With the blooming Texas bluebonnets signalling the end of winter and at least a few weeks before the blazing heat begins, spring might not seem the ideal time for the Texas Legislature to debate laws about […]
Texas Tribune: Legislation Could Boost Efficiency in State
Originally published in Texas Tribune here. Legislation Aims to Boost Electricity Conservation by Jim Malewitz March 31, 2015 In January of 2014, a bone-chilling “polar vortex” swept across much of the country and knocked two North Texas power plants off-line just as residents were turning on their lights and cranking up the heat. The simultaneous […]
AEMA Testifies in Support of Demand Response Legislation
March 26, 2015 Kirsten Voinis (512) 922-7141 or kvoinis@kvoinis.com AEMA TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF DEMAND RESPONSE LEGISLATION House State Affairs Committee hears HB 3343 by Rep. Sylvester Turner The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) on Wednesday urged the House State Affairs Committee to pass legislation that would remove constraints to the use of demand response […]
Dallas Morning News: Energy technology firms press state on demand-response
Originally published in Dallas Morning News. March 19, 2015 By James Osborne, Staff Writer josborne@dallasnews.com When the Texas Legislature authorized the installation of “smart” electrical meters a decade ago, it was intended to usher in a new age of efficiency and reliability. Downed power lines would be identified almost instantaneously. Electricity consumption could be scaled […]
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 […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Members and Allies Support Supreme Court Appeal for Demand Response
Press release originally posted on PRWeb here. Support for the appeal of a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision that vacated Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486) has been filed by a diverse set of parties, including several Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) members […]
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 […]