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The Need for Virtual Power Plants Heats Up When the Weather Cools Down
PJM State of the Market Part 2: Combating PJM Capacity Price Hikes: Strategies to Earn Back On-Bill Costs in 2025
CPower Execs Predict 2025 Energy Trends
Beyond Backup Power: How Energy Storage Optimizes the Grid and Reduces Energy Costs
How to Unlock Value from Your Stranded Distributed Generation Assets
The Latest from the US open energy markets
The Need for Virtual Power Plants Heats Up When the Weather Cools Down
*This article first appeared on Environment+Energy Leader on Feb. 25, 2025. Click here to view. As a blast of Arctic air swept through the U.S. on Jan. 22, PJM’s winter...
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CPower Execs Predict 2025 Energy Trends
The energy industry faces uncertainty as 2025 draws near but key trends and issues provide some predictability. For instance, as in 2024, demand for electricity will accelerate while generation capacity...
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Beyond Backup Power: How Energy Storage Optimizes the Grid and Reduces Energy Costs
We’re excited to have our technology partner Lithion Battery contribute this guest column for The Current. Large energy users like commercial and industrial customers have long benefited from backup batteries...
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Arizona Public Service (APS) Customers Benefit from Helping the Grid
APS and CPower recently presented a ‘big check’ for $84,417.25 to Royal Paper for its participation in the APS Peak Solutions demand response program. (L to R – Bruce Brazis,...
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Democratizing Decarbonization with Cloud-Native Building Automation
We’re excited to have our technology partner 75F contribute this guest column for The Current. Buildings are the fourth leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, with HVAC systems accounting for about...
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Why wait? VPPs can help PJM now
This article first appeared on Utility Dive on Aug. 14, 2024. Click here to view. Even though PJM’s capacity prices hit record highs for 2025-26, they could go even higher...
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PJM Capacity Prices Prove Need for VPPs
The sharp increase in PJM capacity prices for the grid operator’s next delivery year demonstrates the value of balancing supply and demand with existing resources. Rising more than 800%, PJM...
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VPPs and CPower: Q&A with CEO Michael D. Smith
CPower CEO Michael Smith called this year’s virtual power plant-focused GridFuture event a ‘milestone,’ citing the engagement of employees and participation of outside thought leaders. CEO Michael D. Smith knew...
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VPPs and Flexible Demand Response: Bitcoin Mining Flexes its Capabilities
We’re excited to have our technology partner, Auradine contribute this guest column for The Current. In an era of continuously rising energy consumption, the need for efficient and sustainable energy...
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Summer Electricity Demand: A Region-by-Region Outlook
Calendars may show that summer didn’t start until June 20, but thermometers across the country in the past few weeks have suggested otherwise. From heat domes in the Southwest to...
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PJM State of the Market Part 2: Combating PJM Capacity Price Hikes: Strategies to Earn Back On-Bill Costs in 2025
With demand response prices in PJM at record highs—and nine times more than just a year ago—stacking flexible programs pays faster and greater than peak demand management. In the Winter...
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How to Unlock Value from Your Stranded Distributed Generation Assets
This webinar examines strategies and technologies that help distributed energy resource (DER) owners and operators expand their portfolios by optimizing monetization opportunities and maximizing project returns. Learn how DERs deliver...
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PJM State of the Market: Understanding the Impact of PJM’s Soaring Capacity Prices and Market Shifts
In this PJM State of the Market webinar, CPower experts will explore the latest trends and dynamics across North America’s largest wholesale energy market to help large energy users make...
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Capture Energy Incentives and Strengthen
the Power Grid
Electrification, rising EV adoption and extreme weather events have put a tremendous strain on our power grid. The resulting power outages and rolling blackouts that come from grid imbalances are...
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AI Loads are Valuable: Crypto Miners Offer Ways to Benefit from Flexible Energy Strategies
In this interactive panel hosted by CPower and OBM, experts from the mining sector will show how they have overcome similar concerns about their load growth by participating in virtual...
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Earn Revenue with CPower and APS: When the Mercury Rises Across Arizona
Arizona had the hottest summer on record in 2023, with Phoenix recording 55 days above 110°F --- and this summer is expected to be no different. When the mercury rises,...
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