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Don Rickey , senior vice president for Schneider Electric’s US Infrastructure Business, recently sat down with Distributed Energy to supply some explanation and analysis regarding implementation of the smart grid and how it will affect commercial and residential energy users, as well as its potential impact on renewable energy integration and demand response. Below is a transcript of the Q&A session. Distributed Energy Magazine (DEM): What will it take to help utilities to transform ratepayers, both...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Power Systems, Smart Grid
By Ed Ritchie Utilities across the country are getting smarter by the minute, and as a result, we’re seeing high scoring projects that capitalize on a triple play that combines distributed energy, thermal storage, and demand response (DR)technologies. As proof of those high scores, we’ll visit some examples showing how generating and storing energy onsite can be good for the bottom line of most any enterprise, and more than welcome as a method of DR for utilities that need to address their peak d...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid
By Paul Hull There must be a good reason for changing anything in our business, whether it is private or public, large or small. Advances like computers have succeeded—not because they are cute or clever, but because they have improved our working environment. Not every gadget or gismo created by engineers has been a success, for the same reason. The change must improve our working conditions. In Kansas City, KS, at the Piper Unified School District, the good change is seen in savings of more tha...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, EMS, Energy Management
By Stefano Galli The globally recognized need to reduce energy consumption is motivating the energy industry to create a new generation of energy management products and applications that will be delivered over smart grids. As utilities introduce these new technologies and services, they will need to motivate their customers to participate in the programs, change their energy-consuming behaviors, and support program costs. The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of customers to s...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Infrastructure, Smart Grid
By Ed Ritchie From the smart grid to the smart meter, to the smart building and right down to the smart thermostat, it seems as if the quality of being “smart” is on its way to becoming the average state of affairs for anything that controls the flow of electricity. But intelligence is more than the ability to control energy use; it’s also about collecting, reporting, and using the information you gather. The smart revolution is still in its infancy, and the flood of information—along with three key tec...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Efficiency, Smart Grid
By Ed Ritchie There’s no need to belabor the point that distributed energy offers substantial gains to energy efficiency. But for distributed energy installations, that genset and heat capture hardware is just the beginning of the story, as well as the beginning of a site’s efficiency gains. The ideal onsite power project wrings even higher efficiency from control and monitoring equipment that can improve fuel savings, and optimize demand response performance. The US Army is taking advantage of s...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Efficiency, EMS
Norcross, GA, May 24, 2012 - Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMV), the leading provider of Intelligent Energy Management solutions for Residential and Commercial + Industrial (C+I) customers, today announced that Entergy Arkansas has selected Comverge to implement a fully outsourced, pay-for-performance, Virtual Peaking Capacity (VPC) program. Under the terms of the multi-million dollar agreement, Comverge will provide 15 megawatts (MWs) of capacity to Entergy Arkansas through its comprehensive suite of intell...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response
By Ronald D. Willoughby, P.E For more than two decades, electric power system automation has been undergoing a slow but steady transformation. In the 1980s and 1990s, the most significant issues were rooted in technology changes, such as the transformation from electromechanical to digital, from mini-computers to workstations, and from workstations to PCs. New technology was once considered acceptable justification for upgrading or replacing automation equipment, but in recent years, projects havi...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Efficiency, Energy Management
Washington, DC – (April 24, 2012) – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced yesterday that Southern California Edison (SCE) has joined the Demand Response Partnership Program (DRPP) as the first utility host sponsor. The Demand Response Partnership Program engages the commercial building and energy industries to educate, promote and drive participation in existing demand response programs, while undertaking a robust research agenda focu...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response
MARKHAM, ONTARIO— March 30, 2012 —GE (NYSE: GE) announces the release of the Multilin™ EPM 9900 , a high-speed, high-accuracy power quality metering solution for monitoring critical power applications for utilities, large industrial users and local electric companies. The EPM 9900 provides a total picture of energy usage and power quality at any metered point in the power distribution and industrial network. The EPM 9900 meter captures and records power system events at a very high speed, high res...... continue reading
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