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4 Ways Demand Flexibility Can Enable a Low-Carbon Grid
As the electricity industry and its ever-expanding cast of players race to provide customer solutions, keeping in mind that many customers want more than just bill savings may help to scale demand flexibility even faster than the core economic business case would suggest.
Aggregated Energy Storage Has Arrived
Earlier this month, energy storage developer Stem and utility PG&E aggregated a fleet of behind-the-meter energy storage systems and successfully bid into the CAISO real-time energy market. A look inside this major battery milestone.
Reflecting on Climate Week NYC: Corporations Leading the Way
From an exhilarating Climate Week in New York, I marvel at the momentum of the transition to the low-carbon economy. We have seen that many of the world’s largest corporations are waking up to the tremendous economic opportunity the energy revolution represents.
Today’s U.S.-China Announcement is the Most Significant Milestone to Date for Battling Global Climate Change
Today’s joint announcement by President Obama and President Xi represents the second time in two years the leaders have met to make significant climate commitments. Last year’s meeting focused on setting aggressive goals that reflect each country’s unique situation. This year’s meeting moved decisively to implementation commitments intended to deliver…
Out of the Death Spiral and Into the Black
In an era of declining sales and explosive growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), utilities should look to other industries—from transportation to hospitality to apps to music—to figure out what a platform-based future looks like.
