Google to Selectively Pause AI Workloads in 'Demand Response' Strategy to Protect Power Grids
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Off-peak EV charging could offset the price of a dozen eggs in the US.
CleanTechnica · A $7.50 Monthly Credit For EV Charging Could Buy A Dozen EggsA US utility is offering a home EV charging credit of $7.50 per month to its ratepayers in Florida, or about the cost of a dozen eggs.
Via Tyler Norris on Twitter from Constellation CEO CERAWeek on Demand Side Management/DSR
It is easier to curtail an electron vs generating an electron.
"I think this [data centre] problem is easily solved... You probably hear throughout the conference a sense of panic. I don’t feel it. I’m seeing the pace slow down"
After being sent in circles for an answer to a simple eligibility question about the residential #ConnectedSolutions #DemandResponse program by #MassSave and #Eversource, including MassSave.com sending me to Eversource.com then Eversource sending me to dead end, I sleuthed and found that they’ve outsourced customer support to energyhub.com. Waiting on an answer now six days from inquiry from #EnergyHub.
https://www.masssave.com/en/residential/programs-and-services/connectedsolutions
Mass SaveConnectedSolutions | Residential | Mass SaveEnergy assessments determine if a building uses energy effectively and where improvements could be made.
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#ISONewEngland talks a good game on strategic conservation, aka #DemandResponse (as recently as 2 weeks ago!), but when it comes down to it, must not be interested in saving energy, climate, air quality and ratepayer money. Because that's at odds with profiting off scarcity, the #ISONewEngland business model. https://isonewswire.com/2024/03/19/first-clg-meeting-of-2024-features-discussion-on-demand-response-video-available/
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ISO Newswire · First CLG meeting of 2024 features discussion on demand response; video available - ISO NewswireA video recording and summary of the March meeting, held in Portland, Maine, are available online.
I find it really amazing to see how quickly new types of demand response are becoming mainstream. Here: Windows enabling access to the 
️Grid Forecast API for all apps.
Soon any device with 
&
will be grid smart. Now we 'just' need the right regulations & markets to reward flexibility.
(source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/02/08/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26052-canary-and-dev-channels/ )
#flexibility #DemandResponse
The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has published its report on barriers to #DemandResponse and distributed energy resources. It's a report that's sure to be a go-to resource for the next year, and the attached selection of figures from the report may give you reasons to put it at the top of your reading list for next year.
Last month, two 
EU agencies (ACER, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, and EEA, the European Environment Agency) published this joint report looking at what countries should do to increase flexibility and resilience in the energy system: flexibility from all resources, large and small, and better interconnection for more cross-border flexibility.
https://www.acer.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/rapid-growth-renewables-calls-greater-cooperation-among-member-states-double-flexibility-eu-power-system
#grids #Flexibility #DemandResponse
The rise of renewable electricity comes with times of abundance; there are many good uses for shifting demand to those times, rather than curtailing supply.
While many of the early (residential) #demandresponse programmes, or grid operators’ involvement in #EVcharging, focused on reducing peak demand, I like the new focus on turning up demand.
Some recent examples: 