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How to Make Projects Pencil and Increase Returns with DER Optimization
New Report Validates DERs and VPPs are Key to Smooth Energy Transition
The Booming Potential of Virtual Power Plants
A Powerful Opportunity: Capacity Concerns Make Grid Services Valuable for Businesses in MISO
Possible 446 MW Shortfall Threatens Grid Reliability in NYC for Summer 2025
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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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read morePossible 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...
Read moreReport: 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...
Read moreContracting 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...
Read moreVirtual 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...
Read moreMike 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...
Read moreConnecticut’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...
Read moreDER 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...
Read moreGrid Reliability a Growing Concern: Customer-Powered GridTM 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...
Read moreA 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...
Read moreSucceeding 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreMISO 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...
Read moreRegulatory 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...
Read moreMarket Minute Video Updates
The February 2021 Event in Texas: a breakdown – Market Minute (Video)
What happened during the ERCOT winter event, what’s happened since, and what may happen in...
Read moreA Primer for Understanding FERC Order 2222
Since being issued in September 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 2222 has...
Read morePSC Order on NY Utility DR Program Changes for Summer 2020 – Market Minute (Video)
On May 14th, in response to COVID-19 related challenges and recommendations raised by stakeholders, ...
Read moreERCOT Establishes the Covid-19 Electricity Relief Program – Market Minute (Video)
On March 26, 2020, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) established the COVID-19 Electricity...
Read moreERCOT: ERS program criteria to remain in 2020 – Market Minute (Video)
In a recent letter to Qualified Scheduling Entities in Texas, ERCOT asserted that while...
Read moreCASPR in New England – Market Minute (Video)
In New England, the second annual Competitive Auction for Sponsored Policy Resources (CASPR) took place...
Read moreNew York’s Rule 222 for Distributed Generation (Video)
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Read moreMonetizing Energy Efficiency Projects (Video)
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Read moreThe Recent History of Backup Generator Regulation (Video)
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Read moreBackup Generators for Demand Response (Video)
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