EnergyConnect Announces Collaborative Agreement with Constellation NewEnergy
The collaboration between Constellation NewEnergy and EnergyConnect will integrate electricity market price information, facility electricity usage, and intelligent decision support tools to allow commercial and industrial facilities to participate in demand response. These commercial and industrial customers will benefit by receiving much needed data to better manage energy spending […]
What is Demand?
The concept of electricity demand has changed dramatically with restructuring of the electricity markets, which leads to confusion among industry professionals. Demand, in the older definition, referred to monthly peak customer energy use and the associated monthly “demand charge”. In the context of the newer demand response products, demand refers to customer […]
Demand Response Boosts ISO Certification
Participation in EnergyConnect, Inc’s demand response programs can help meet ISO 14000 standards for environmental stewardship. The International Organization of Standardization, or ISO, administers a set of technical standards for various industries. The standards can provide long-term economic benefits to those that implement them.
There is general recognition of ISO […]
Growing Revenue Potential for EnergyConnect Customers
It is shaping up to be a good year for EnergyConnect participants. The revenue potential has been increasing through May 2007 compared to 2006, especially for participants within the PJM power grid. One measure of potential revenue is the number of hours when wholesale electric prices exceed $75/MWH, […]
Colleges and Universities Are Getting Into Demand Response
The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) recently hosted four statewide meetings on demand response that featured EnergyConnect, Inc. As reported in the Spring 2007 newsletter for the AICUP, demand response “financially rewards participants for accurately predicting when their load requirements will be […]
Enroll by May 18 for the New EnergyConnect Reliability Plan
With summer’s warm weather just around the corner, EnergyConnect is introducing the Reliability Plan for Metro Chicago and Mid-Atlantic markets. Under the Plan, we will pay facilities to reduce load on short notice during grid emergencies. Enrollment for this summer is limited to EnergyConnect […]
Operational Guidelines for Demand Response
At each of EnergyConnect’s participating sites, we help identify load reduction and load shifting opportunities that are meaningful and dependable. In this article, we’d like to share some “tricks of the trade” for the load reduction part of the equation. When the following actions are combined with EnergyConnect’s interactive processes, […]
How EnergyConnect Simplifies the Complex World of Demand Response
EnergyConnect’s streamlining of the demand response participation process is a key benefit that time strapped clients derive from engaging the full-service, industry leader in Demand Response solutions.
It is this simple to turn energy into cash:
Facility Review, Program Selection and Contracting
EnergyConnect visits the facility, explains its portfolio of […]
February Seminar Series for AICUP Colleges and Universities
EnergyConnect, Inc. is pleased to announce a series of seminars for members of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP).
EnergyConnect and Utility Solutions Inc. are working to help AICUP members take advantage of the valuable, revenue generating Demand Response programs available to large electricity users […]
Synchronous Reserve Markets Open for Business
EnergyConnect is a leader in the newly opened markets for synchronous reserve.
Synchronous reserve refers to a capability to rebalance electricity supply and demand in a matter of minutes. Two conditions stimulate the need for synchronous reserve:
Power generator outages
Transmission system faults including power lines and transformers
Historically, the needs […]