FERC Grants AEMA Petition to Include Demand Response
On July 22, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted in part the AEMA complaint regarding exclusion of demand response from PJMs Capacity Performance Transition Auction (Docket ER15-623). Only one Commissioner dissented (Commissioner Clark), with all other Commissioners agreeing that demand response should be included in the auction. Commissioner Moeller issued a statement in support […]
EDF Blog: State Can Further Empower Texans to Manage Their Electricity Use
See posting on EDF blog here. By: Frank Lacey, Chairman of Advanced Energy Management Alliance and Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Market Strategy, for CPower With blazing summer heat ahead, Texans need to know the electric grid is up to the challenge of keeping millions of air conditioners running at full speed, in addition to […]
Demand Response in the Lone Star State: Still Some Work To Do
Original article published here in the Star-Telegram. State still has work to do to keep lights on BY FRANK LACEY Special to the Star-Telegram With blazing summer heat ahead, Texans need to know that the electric grid is up to the challenge of keeping millions of air conditioners running at full speed, in addition to […]
Greentech Media: Demand Response Could Have Saved Texans $85 Million in One Day
Story originally published in Greentech Media on June 2, 2015. Katherine Tweed reports on a study by South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) that indicates Texas could have saved $200 million over five days in 2012 and 2013 if demand response were allowed to fully participate in ERCOT. Two bills were introduced in the […]
Advanced Energy Management Alliance Praises Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case
Press release originally published on PRWeb here. The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) welcomes the announcement today by the U.S. Supreme Court that the chamber will hear an appeal of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision vacating Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 745 (Electric Power Supply Ass’n v. FERC, D.C. Circuit No. 11-1486). […]
EDF Blog: A Legislative Push to Get Texas Serious About Energy Storage
Originally posted on: http://blogs.edf.org/texascleanairmatters/2015/04/20/a-legislative-push-to-get-texas-serious-about-demand-response/ EDF Energy Exchange: http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/ April 20, 2015 By: Suzanne L. Bertin, Director of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC With the blooming Texas bluebonnets signalling the end of winter and at least a few weeks before the blazing heat begins, spring might not seem the ideal time for the Texas Legislature to debate laws about […]
Texas Tribune: Legislation Could Boost Efficiency in State
Originally published in Texas Tribune here. Legislation Aims to Boost Electricity Conservation by Jim Malewitz March 31, 2015 In January of 2014, a bone-chilling “polar vortex” swept across much of the country and knocked two North Texas power plants off-line just as residents were turning on their lights and cranking up the heat. The simultaneous […]
Texas Tribune: Wellinghoff says Texas Needn’t Fret Over Climate Rules
Originally published in the Texas Tribune here. Wellinghoff: Texas Needn’t Fret Over Climate Rules by Jim Malewitz March 28, 2015 During this legislative session, Texas lawmakers are debating several proposals with major implications for the state’s power grid. So the Tribune asked an expert to weigh in. Jon Wellinghoff, who served as chairman of the […]
AEMA Testifies in Support of Demand Response Legislation
March 26, 2015 Kirsten Voinis (512) 922-7141 or kvoinis@kvoinis.com AEMA TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF DEMAND RESPONSE LEGISLATION House State Affairs Committee hears HB 3343 by Rep. Sylvester Turner The Advanced Energy Management Alliance (AEMA) on Wednesday urged the House State Affairs Committee to pass legislation that would remove constraints to the use of demand response […]
Dallas Morning News: Energy technology firms press state on demand-response
Originally published in Dallas Morning News. March 19, 2015 By James Osborne, Staff Writer josborne@dallasnews.com When the Texas Legislature authorized the installation of “smart” electrical meters a decade ago, it was intended to usher in a new age of efficiency and reliability. Downed power lines would be identified almost instantaneously. Electricity consumption could be scaled […]