by Wayne Pales | Mar 18, 2016
Assuming you have read part I and part II of this series you understand what demand response is and why you may want to have such a capability. You should also have an idea of what capacity you need under management to make your investment worthwhile. Remember; there...
by Wayne Pales | Mar 7, 2016
In my last post, I described what I believed Demand Response is, and isn’t. I described Demand Response as being where a third party, such as a Utility, has a need for a consumer to reduce their electricity during a specified period. In this post, I explore why...
by Wayne Pales | Feb 28, 2016
In this first of a five-part series I want to focus on the meaning of key terms. I continue to have conversations where people are using demand side management, demand response, energy conservation, and energy efficiency interchangeably. They all mean different...
by Wayne Pales | Feb 20, 2016
In my last post, I wrote about the need for a utility to build a comprehensive and holistic clean technology (CleanTech) strategy. I went on to write about the pivotal role demand response should play in this CleanTech strategy. Over the next few weeks, and based on...
by Wayne Pales | Feb 7, 2016
As with most things, industry buzzwords and phrases get interpreted to suit the author’s intention. Best case is this can be confusing and frustrating, worse case it can be misleading. I have been struggling with what term best describes those technologies that, when...
