Demand Curtailment and Load Management
Although the need for additional generation capacity is evident
in many areas of the United States, bringing that new capacity on
line will take years. In the interim, an increasing number of states
are offering incentives to commercial and industrial energy users to
curtail their use of energy during periods of peak system demand, or
anytime the users are willing to forgo operations in exchange for
the financial incentives offered by the state’s independent system
operator (ISO). (See www.nyiso.org
or www.caiso.org
for more details about incentive programs offered by New York and
California).
The financial incentives offered vary with by state and by the
specific programs offered. In general, the commercial or industrial
energy user can be expected to be compensated as if they, the user,
had actually generated an amount of power equivalent to the amount
they curtailed (vs. a “baseline” amount.)
Enetics’ PowerScape System,
consisting of one or more networked PowerNode
recorders, and PowerScape
Software, provides the user and the utility serving the user with
the metering and computing resources necessary to participate
effectively in today’s curtailment programs including:
- Recording and data collection of the site’s actual energy
use.
- Automatic calculation of the user’s “baseline” energy
use; as defined by the relevant Independent System Operator.
- Ability to aggregate energy information from across multiple
sites.
- Immediate notification in the event that the ISO calls an
emergency curtailment or accepts your energy curtailment bid.
- Notification if energy consumption or power quality parameters
meet specific conditions that you can program.
In addition, Enetics will work closely with your operations staff
to build your own economic models into our PowerScape software so
that you have a comprehensive set of software decision tools to
assess the economic viability of a prospective curtailment decision.
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