October 2007 Newsletter
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 in high-priced and volatile electricity markets.
Constellation NewEnergy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest competitive supplier of electricity and natural gas to large commercial and industrial customers. According to Clem Palevich, who is leading Constellation Energy’s recently announced Sustainable Energy Solutions Group: “Managing energy usage and price is a strategic opportunity that is important to every aspect of a business.” …
Demand-Side Resources Compare Favorably in New England
A recent study examined the reliability, economic and environmental impacts of pursuing a range of resource scenarios to meet electricity needs for New England. The study was commissioned by the power grid manager known as the Independent System Operator New England or ISONE. According to the August 7, 2007 press release, one of the findings was that “demand-side resources appear to provide capacity and energy to the system at relatively low capital costs and with low emission rates relative to other resources.” …
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Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2007 - Newsletters