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 […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Applauds U.S. Solicitor General Decision to Appeal Case to Highest Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2014) – The Advanced Energy Management Alliance expressed optimism today after the U.S. Solicitor General, Donald B. Verilli, Jr., announced that his office would be filing a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court, in conjunction with filing for an extension in response to the DC Circuit […]
Study Finds “Significant” Greenhouse Gas Savings with Demand Response; Group Urges EPA to Incorporate in Clean Power Plan
Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 02, 2014 The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (“AEMA”), a coalition of demand response providers and consumers, was founded on the principle that adoption of demand response programs would lead to a number of beneficial outcomes, including reductions in carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions. A new study confirms that implementation of demand response […]
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 Industry and Consumer Coalition Reacts to U.S. Circuit Court Decision
Washington, DC (September 18, 2014). The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) today reacted with disappointment in the U.S. Circuit Court decision not to rehear en banc the decision issued in May to vacate the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 745. “We are disappointed but not surprised about this decision,” said Katherine Hamilton, Executive Director of […]
AEMA Sees Order 1000 Decision as Good Sign for Order 745
Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 05, 2014 The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) supports the recent U.S. Circuit Court decision (South Carolina Public Service Authority, et al, v FERC, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 12-1232) to uphold the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 1000, requiring regional transmission planning that would […]