Author: AEMA Staff

The Solar Eclipse: A Clean Response for California

While we excitedly await the temporary darkness of August 21, on May 3rd Californians could also have been in the dark. The reason consumers in California had power was because of a resource called “demand response”. Demand response is the coordinated reduction of electricity use by consumers to provide reliability, prevent black-outs, or to lower […]

Advanced Energy Management Alliance Disappointed in DC Circuit Court Decision

In a statement today, Katherine Hamilton, Executive Director of AEMA, said the following: AEMA is disappointed in the ruling (Advanced Energy Management All v FERC, Case 16-1234) by the DC Circuit Court to deny our petition to vacate FERC’s approval of PJM’s capacity performance program changes. Consumers will be directly impacted by the reduction in […]

AEMA Files in Distributed Energy Resource Aggregation Rulemaking

AEMA filed on February 13, 2017, in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) on energy storage and distributed energy resource (“DER”)  aggregation. AEMA made the case that existing demand response programs should be protected; that the definition of DER should include demand response; and that distributed resources should have the opportunity to […]

FERC Hands a Win to Demand Response in Final Days

During the final days before Chairman Bay left the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), the Commissioners determined that New York Independent Systems Operator (“NYISO”) had posed unjust and unreasonable tariffs on demand response. AEMA and other complainants, including the New York Public Service Commission, fought the ISO and convinced FERC to order that demand response does […]

FERC Ruling Constitutes Win for AEMA and Consumers in New York

AEMA was party to a complaint that argued successfully at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for consumers to have the choice of participating in wholesale and retail markets simultaneously, provided that those consumer resources are delivering distinct services to each part of the grid. This blog post was originally published on the NRDC website. FERC […]

AEMA Comments on NARUC Distributed Energy Resources Manual

The Advanced Energy Management Alliance weighed in with comments on the draft NARUC Distributed Energy Resources Compensation Manual issued in July 2016, by the Staff Subcommittee on Rate Design. AEMA looks forward to continuing to work with and serve as a resource to NARUC members and staff on regulatory issues related to demand response and advanced […]

Advanced Energy Management Alliance Commends Regulators’ Resolution on Demand Response

See original press release on Business Wire here. WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2016) –The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) was pleased today with the adoption by the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), a group of regulatory commissions—all located within the PJM independent system operator’s thirteen states and District of Columbia purview—of a resolution in […]

PowerMag: Green Groups Challenge PJM’s Capacity Performance Rules

07/11/2016 | Bentham Paulos The “polar vortex” storm of January 2014 blew in big changes to PJM Interconnection’s operations. But these changes are now the subject of a lawsuit filed by environmental groups, alleging they discriminate against clean energy sources. The sub-zero temperatures froze coal piles and gearboxes. Natural gas plants, lacking firm contracts for […]