AEMA Submits Comments to New Jersey Draft Energy Master Plan
Following in-person testimony in July by AEMA Chair, Frank Lacey, AEMA submitted formal written comments to the state’s Draft Energy Master Plan.
AEMA Chair Presents Testimony in New Jersey Draft Energy Master Plan
On Wednesday, July 17, Frank Lacey, Chair of AEMA, presented testimony in Trenton, NJ, addressing the New Jersey Draft Energy Master Plan. The full testimony can be downloaded here: .
EDF Blog: State Can Further Empower Texans to Manage Their Electricity Use
See posting on EDF blog here. By: Frank Lacey, Chairman of Advanced Energy Management Alliance and Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Market Strategy, for CPower With blazing summer heat ahead, Texans need to know the electric grid is up to the challenge of keeping millions of air conditioners running at full speed, in addition to […]
Demand Response in the Lone Star State: Still Some Work To Do
Original article published here in the Star-Telegram. State still has work to do to keep lights on BY FRANK LACEY Special to the Star-Telegram With blazing summer heat ahead, Texans need to know that the electric grid is up to the challenge of keeping millions of air conditioners running at full speed, in addition to […]
AEMA Supports Demand Response Legislation Filed in Texas Legislature
March 12, 2015 Kirsten Voinis (512) 922-7141 or kvoinis@kvoinis.com AEMA SUPPORTS DEMAND RESPONSE LEGISLATION FILED IN TEXAS LEGISLATURE Statement on filing of SB 1284 by Sen. Kirk Watson and HB 3343 by Rep. Sylvester Turner (AUSTIN, TX) The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) applauds the filing of legislation that would help give Texans more opportunity […]
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 […]
AEMA: SPEER report reinforces need to expand demand response in Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kirsten Voinis FEB. 17, 2015 (512) 922-7141 or kvoinis@kvoinis.com Statement in support of SPEER Commission recommendations on energy efficiency The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) applauds recommendations issued Tuesday by the South–central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) Commission on Texas Energy Efficiency Policy that lay out […]
Houston Chronicle: AEMA Calls for Demand Response for Consumers in Texas
The Houston Chronicle featured AEMA in a story about a call for additional demand response to benefit consumers and the electric grid in Texas. The full story can be found here and below. BUSINESS Group urges more rewards for power savers The approach, called demand response, is limited in Texas By Ryan Holeywell January 17, 2015 […]
AEMA Urges ERCOT to Focus on Expanding Demand Response
The following statement was issued by the Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) in response to the report released Tuesday by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) that analyzed the impact of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations (including the Clean Power Plan) on Texas. The report can be found on ERCOT’s website: http://ercot.com/content/news/presentations/2014/Impacts%20of%20Environmental%20Regulations%20in%20the%20ERCOT%20Region.pdf AEMA Chairman […]
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 […]