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Possible 446 MW Shortfall Threatens Grid Reliability in NYC for Summer 2025

by Keith Black

Photo Credit: New York Independent System Operator A summer like this year’s could be trouble for New York City in 2025. Earth’s hottest summer on record lingered into early [...]

Report: Demand response is critical to enabling the energy transition and ensuring a reliable grid

Recently released research shows that mounting reliability risks make demand response (DR) increasingly important as the grid transforms. An aging grid dominated by solar and wind power, battered by storms and fires and struggling to supply new needs like EVs and electric heat pumps, needs the flexibility that DR provides. “Paradigms for the generation and […]

Contracting and Funding Projects with DER-Asset Optimization

Securing funding and structuring a contract may be the hardest parts of developing new distributed energy resource (DER) projects. Even with the Inflation Reduction Act set to catalyze billions of dollars of investment in renewable energy projects, financial viability – or the perceived lack thereof – has become a bigger barrier to deployment than technology. […]

Virtual Power Plants can cost-effectively support the grid—if we let them

Credit: Renewable Energy World (A rooftop solar system) *This article first appeared on Renewable Energy World on July 28, 2023. Click here to view. Strained by the double burden of increased demand and more frequent extreme weather events, our grid struggles to provide reliable electricity in many areas of the country – and the challenge will only intensify […]

Mike Smith: Q&A with CPower’s New CEO

New CPower CEO Mike Smith may have backed into the energy industry, but he has since helped move it forward. In his more than 25 years in the sector, he has developed a reputation for driving growth and delivering innovation at some of energy’s leading companies. Now at the helm of the nation’s largest provider […]

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Possible 446 MW Shortfall Threatens Grid Reliability in NYC for Summer 2025

Photo Credit: New York Independent System Operator A summer like this year’s could be trouble for New York City in 2025. Earth’s hottest summer on record lingered into early September...

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Report: Demand response is critical to enabling the energy transition and ensuring a reliable grid

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Contracting and Funding Projects with DER-Asset Optimization

Securing funding and structuring a contract may be the hardest parts of developing new distributed energy resource (DER) projects. Even with the Inflation Reduction Act set to catalyze billions of...

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Virtual Power Plants can cost-effectively support the grid—if we let them

Credit: Renewable Energy World (A rooftop solar system) *This article first appeared on Renewable Energy World on July 28, 2023. Click here to view. Strained by the double burden of increased...

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Mike Smith: Q&A with CPower’s New CEO

New CPower CEO Mike Smith may have backed into the energy industry, but he has since helped move it forward. In his more than 25 years in the sector, he...

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Connecticut’s Energy Storage Solutions Program Helps C&I Customers

Connecticut is at the forefront of the energy storage movement and CPower leads the way in helping customers deploy more batteries. The state recently recognized CPower as an early adopter...

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DER Monetization the Key to Enabling the Energy Transition

When the grid is stressed, would you rather turn on a fossil-fuel-powered peaker plant or tap into existing resources to reduce our electricity consumption? For us, it’s a simple choice...

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Grid Reliability a Growing Concern: Customer-Powered Grid^TM Survey

Grid reliability has become one of the primary reasons that energy users participate in distributed energy resources (DER) monetization, ranking among the top three motivators for the first time in...

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Decarbonizing Data Centers Gives Grid Flexibility

When it comes to energy, data centers are mostly known for how much they consume—but they can give as well as take. Globally, data centers consumed 220 to 320 TWh of...

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Four Energy Regulatory Trends to Drive Grid Improvements in 2023

This year’s top energy regulatory trends will include an emphasis on improving grid flexibility, reliability and resiliency to better handle extreme weather and demand peaks. Stakeholders want to maintain access...

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Succeeding in Demand Response in 2023 – New Year Brings New Opportunities for PJM Businesses

Join experts from CPower as we give insight into how your site can maximize energy revenue and on bill savings while receiving advance notification of potential grid emergencies and assisting...

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The Increased Need for Flexibility in PJM

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MISO Demand Response Programs in Ameren’s Illinois Service Area

Explore the future of energy reliability in Illinois with CPower’s experts. You will learn about Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) energy capacity trends and how you can reduce your operating...

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Regulatory Round-Up 2021

We are bringing in the Market and Regulatory A-Team for the first-ever Regulatory Round-Up panel. Are you curious about New England, New York, California, ERCOT, PJM Energy Markets? Looking for...

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State of the PJM Energy Market in 2021

The square-off between individual states and the ISO continues to ruffle feathers on both sides. In this webinar, Ken Schisler and CPower’s PJM team will examine the core issues of...

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State of the Texas Energy Market in 2021

In recent years, Texas’s energy market has been put to the test with shrinking reserve margins, increased electrical demand, and grid-threatening heat waves. The ERCOT grid has held and the...