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DER Monetization the Key to Enabling the Energy Transition

by Shelley Schopp

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 [...]

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 CPower’s annual Customer-Powered Grid™ Survey. Nearly half (45%) of the almost 500 customers and partners surveyed cited supporting grid reliability as motivation for participating in […]

Grid Reliability a Growing Concern: Customer-Powered Grid<sup>TM</sup> Survey

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 electricity in 2021, or 0.9% to 1.3% of total electricity demand. Within the U.S., they account for about 2% of total electricity use, consuming 10 […]

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 to affordable, reliable electricity as the industry transitions to intermittent renewable resources and adapts to evolving consumption and demand patterns that strain the grid. “Energy […]

Three Reasons Why Your DER Strategy Isn’t Working

The next phase of a reliable and clean energy mix will center on deploying more distributed energy resources (DERs) and using them efficiently. DERs have become increasingly prevalent, largely due to available market revenue streams, opportunities for demand charge mitigation, falling hardware prices for storage and renewable generation and deployment incentives like those in the […]

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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

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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

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Three Reasons Why Your DER Strategy Isn’t Working

The next phase of a reliable and clean energy mix will center on deploying more distributed energy resources (DERs) and using them efficiently. DERs have become increasingly prevalent, largely due...

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CPower Ready To Help School Districts Unlock Full Value of Electric School Buses Through Federal Rebate Program

Photo Credit: Lion Electric School districts have three months to buy almost $1 billion of clean school buses and infrastructure with federal rebates. Districts will then turn their attention to...

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Customer DERs Relieved Grid Strain and Reduced Electricity Demand During Winter Storm Elliott

CPower customers helped grid operators avoid blackouts by providing over 50 GWh of electricity reduction during Winter Storm Elliott. Customers responded to 197 unique dispatches across three demand response programs...

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Midwestern State Regulatory Commissions, Electric Cooperatives and Municipal Electric Utilities Can Increase Demand Response Participation While Protecting Local Jurisdiction

The 2022-2023 Winter Reliability Assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns that a large portion of the North American bulk power system is at risk of having...

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Clean Energy Powered by You: Our Customer-Powered Grid^TM Enabling the Clean Energy Transition

Today, I am excited to unveil the next phase in the evolution of our company brand that celebrates you, our customer. As the national leader in providing flexibility and reliability...

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Incentives and Innovation Charge Up Battery Projects in New England

The benefits of living in the storage decade currently may be greatest in New England, where utility and government programs, and innovations in storage technology, help organizations reach their sustainability...

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