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How to Make Projects Pencil and Increase Returns with DER Optimization

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Securing funding and host site/off-taker contracting often are the most challenging parts of developing new distributed energy resource (DER) projects, but DER optimization [...]

New Report Validates DERs and VPPs are Key to Smooth Energy Transition

The steadily declining costs of solar, wind, batteries, EVs and other key technologies—borne by market forces and big policy initiatives like the Inflation Reduction Act—seem all but certain to transform America’s energy system from one primarily reliant on oil and gas to one that is increasingly electrified and renewable—a process often referred to as the […]

The Booming Potential of Virtual Power Plants

A recent Bloomberg opinion piece contrasted the massive growth in distributed energy resources (DERs), such as rooftop solar and electric vehicles, with sluggish deployment of other clean energy solutions, such as wind power and transmission upgrades, as the world races to reach net zero emissions. While the author was spot on in many respects, the […]

A Powerful Opportunity: Capacity Concerns Make Grid Services Valuable for Businesses in MISO

Possible shortfalls in regional electricity capacity could disrupt business operations in the Midwest if the grid does not maintain balance as it shifts to clean energy. Fossil-fueled generators are retiring faster than renewable energy resources are coming online, leading analysts to warn of mounting reliability risks. However, commercial and industrial energy users in MISO can […]

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 in the Big Apple, as the city posted its first official heatwave of the year with three consecutive days of high temperatures exceeding 90 degrees […]

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New Report Validates DERs and VPPs are Key to Smooth Energy Transition

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The Booming Potential of Virtual Power Plants

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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

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...

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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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How to Make Projects Pencil and Increase Returns with DER Optimization

Securing funding and host site/off-taker contracting often are the most challenging parts of developing new distributed energy resource (DER) projects, but DER optimization solutions can make it easier. Learn how...

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A Powerful Opportunity: Capacity Concerns Make Grid Services Valuable for Businesses in MISO

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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

There has never been a better time for commercial & industrial businesses with flexible capacity to provide relief to the grid in PJM. Learn how businesses are being rewarded for...

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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...