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...
by Wayne Pales | Nov 19, 2015
Recently I attended EUW2015 for the first time. I have made many visits to Asian Utility Week (better known as Metering Asia) but never been to EUW. I missed out on the days of Amsterdam. AUW likes to be in Bangkok and can get moved at short notice. It struck me that...
by Wayne Pales | Nov 5, 2015
I attend my fair share of Smart City, Smart Grid, and Smart Metering conferences. My priority at such events is to develop and maintain relationships with industry peers. I tend to treat the presentations themselves as a secondary reason for attending. Whilst often...
by Wayne Pales | Oct 27, 2015
For some years now I have been looking to answer two key questions: How does an electric utility take advantage of the opportunities in a changing landscape? How does it prepare for, and transform to, a Digital Utility? More recently, I also started to look at a third...
by Wayne Pales | Oct 21, 2015
In an earlier paper I discussed how utilities are adopting Distributed or Edge Intelligence. By default the network edge is getting smarter. In a competitive market vendors are making their meters smarter. Utilities are demanding smarter meters and these devices sit...
by Wayne Pales | Oct 10, 2015
A growing number of utilities are focusing on demand response. It helps reduce critical peak demand and defer or even avoid infrastructure investments. To many Utilities this is key to justifying their investment in smart meters. As lessons are learnt from the early...
