Intelligent Demand Response

Intelligent Demand Response
By Bob Zak President, General Manager Powerit Solutions

Demand response has been tremendously successful for utilities and grid operators in managing an impending peak power crisis. PJM credits demand response with saving $650 million in one season, $230 million in a single day.

With growing energy demand, and in the absence of other means to continue to avoid blackouts, demand response will continue to play a key role. As demand response has been implemented thus far, there are practical limits to how much benefit it can deliver.

Manually responding to a demand response call restricts the scope and types of loads that can be shed. That limits the kW available, and thus keeps payments low, which undermines the incentive for participants to continue to take part in the utility’s program. Click here to download a PDF format of this white paper…

Demand Response Presentations and Resources:

How to Implement DR
Presentation given at DR-Expo 2007 by Powerit’s President, Bob Zak 

Demand Response Presentations and Resources
Industrial Smart Grid Integration  
Presentation given at DR-Expo 2008 by Powerit’s President, Bob Zak