CPower Statement Regarding September 19 FERC Decision

BALTIMORE – Sept. 19, 2024 – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied today a complaint that CPower Energy (CPower) filed against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) to facilitate the expansion of residential demand response (DR).

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Wood Mackenzie Confirms CPower as the Virtual Power Plant Market’s C&I Leader for Second Year in a Row With Most Flexible Capacity in the U.S.

Report Recognizes CPower’s Residential VPP Smart Thermostat Partnership with EnergyHub to Deliver Reliable Energy Across the Midwest

BALTIMORE – August 20, 2024 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the leading, national distributed energy resource (DER) monetization and virtual power plant (VPP) provider, today announced it has been recognized by Wood Mackenzie as the national leader in commercial & industrial flexible capacity under management for the second year in a row in the analyst firm’s new Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Market report. With nearly 7 GW of capacity at more than 27,000 sites across the U.S., CPower forms VPPs to aggregate customer-owned DERs to help to reduce strain on the grid and increase grid resilience.

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CPower Brings Customer Flexibility to New York’s First-in-the-Country Distributed Energy Resource Integration Program

As the first registered aggregator, CPower will bid virtual power plants into the New York DER Participation Model, allowing NYISO to unlock benefits for the grid through customer distributed energy resources

Baltimore – April 29, 2024 — CPower Energy (“CPower”), the leading, national distributed energy resource (DER) monetization and virtual power plant (VPP) provider, today announced that it is the first registered aggregator for the country’s first program to integrate aggregations of DERs into wholesale markets, the DER and Aggregation Participation Model program offered by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the state’s grid operator.

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CPower’s 2024 Customer-Powered Grid® Survey Shows Growing Link Between Energy Strategy and Carbon Reduction Goals

Annual survey of commercial and industrial energy users and renewable project owners and operators provides insights for scaling virtual power plants to reduce carbon emissions

Baltimore – April 23, 2024 — CPower Energy (“CPower”), the leading, national distributed energy resource (DER) monetization and virtual power plant (VPP) provider, today announced the results of its annual Customer-Powered Grid^® Survey. Understanding the drivers of VPP participation is vital to meeting the U.S. Department of Energy’s target to triple VPP deployment by 2030, which would improve grid reliability while reducing carbon emissions and saving an estimated $10 billion per year.

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CPower and EnergyHub Partner on Residential Virtual Power Plant for Ameren Customers

Ameren Customers Can Gain Rewards for Contributing to Grid-Balancing Virtual Power Plants Through In-Home Smart Thermostats

BALTIMORE and NEW YORK – April 16, 2024 — CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, and EnergyHub, a top grid-edge flexibility and VPP provider to utilities and markets, today launched a new residential VPP partnership available to 1.2 million Ameren Illinois customers in more than 1,200 communities across Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the U.S. midwestern grid operator.

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Connecticut Green Bank Recognizes CPower as Energy Storage Solutions Top Performer for Second Year in a Row

The Connecticut Green Bank Awards Highlight CPower’s Leadership in Expanding Access to Energy Storage to Support Greater Grid Reliability in the State

Baltimore – March 21, 2024 — CPower Energy (“CPower”), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, today announced that it has been awarded a 2023 Green Bank Award as a Top Performing Commercial Contractor in Connecticut’s Energy Storage Solutions. This is the second year in a row that CPower has been recognized for its efforts to advance energy storage deployment under the program. The Connecticut Green Bank established the Green Bank Awards to recognize companies advancing the green energy movement and helping bring resilience, health, and equity to Connecticut.

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CPower Announces “Customer-Powered Grid^TM Award” Winners during GridFuture 2024 Conference

The awards honor CPower’s customers and partners who are making exceptional strides in distributed energy management to help their organizations, communities and our planet

Washington, D.C. – January 26, 2024 —CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, announced the winners of the Customer-Powered Grid™ Awards during the 2024 GridFuture event, an industry-event hosted by CPower focused on the future of DERs and VPPs.

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Acrohash Partners with CPower to Support Grid Reliability

Through CPower’s Virtual Power Plant Platform, Acrohash can swiftly respond to grid dynamics to safeguard power for millions of people across Texas

Baltimore – December 19, 2023 — Today, CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, announced that crypto mining company Acrohash, Inc (“Acrohash”) has selected CPower to help Acrohash support the reliability of the Texas grid during times of peak demand. CPower’s Virtual Power Plant Platform enables Acrohash’s participation in grid services to provide 155 MW to the grid when it’s needed most, the equivalent to powering approximately 31,000 homes in the summertime.

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CPower Commends Missouri Public Service Commission for Expanding Access to Virtual Power Plants

Following a landslide vote last week, aggregations of commercial and industrial customers are now eligible to contribute to wholesale market demand response programs to drive reliability and lower energy costs

BALTIMORE – October 16, 2023 — CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, today announced its support of the Missouri Public Service Commission’s (“the Commission”) decision to spur the development of VPPs in Missouri.  The Commission’s Order allows commercial and industrial customers across all of Missouri’s investor-owned utilities to work with VPP providers to participate in demand response programs available from the state’s two regional grid operators, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) and the Southwest Power Pool.

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Industry Leaders CPower and Foreman Unveil Groundbreaking Partnership to Maximize Mining Operations and Boost Demand Response Revenue

Foreman Integrates CPower’s EnerWise® Technology into Foreman’s Mining Platform to Optimize and Automate Participation in Demand Response

MIAMI – July 25, 2023 — Today at the Mining Disrupt Conference, CPower Energy (“CPower“), and OBM (“Foreman”) announced that they have partnered to integrate CPower’s EnerWise® Site Optimization technology (“EnerWise”) into Foreman’s mining management platform. CPower is the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider. Foreman is the industry’s leading miner management and curtailment software. The partnership improves the demand response functionality of Foreman’s software, allowing Foreman customers to optimize participation in demand response programs to generate maximum revenue while contributing to grid reliability.

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CPower Applauds DTE Energy for Including Innovative Demand Response Procurement Mechanisms in Integrated Resource Plan

The Plan Would Allow the Michigan Utility to Meet Grid Reliability Goals by Including Third-Party Aggregated Demand Response in Capacity Procurement For the First Time

BALTIMORE – July 24, 2023— CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, today announced its support of the settlement agreement in DTE Energy’s proposed CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which for the first time will allow the Michigan utility to procure demand response (DR) resources aggregated by third parties to meet energy capacity requirements and decarbonization goals. By leveraging customer load flexibility, DTE will meet growing energy needs at a lower cost while also rewarding Michigan energy users for providing services to the grid. Such innovative procurement mechanisms are in line with those included in CPower’s demand response framework for midwestern energy stakeholders released last year.

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CPower Wins Environment + Energy Leader 2023 Product of the Year Award for EnerWise® Site Optimization

CPower’s Innovative Technology Helps Advance Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Adoption through Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Monetization

BALTIMORE – July 19, 2023 — CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national Distributed Energy Resources (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, today announced that it has won Environment + Energy (E+E) Leader’s 2023 Product of the Year Award for its EnerWise® Site Optimization technology (“EnerWise”). The award program’s expert judges consider CPower’s innovation as a stand-out example amongst industry-wide efforts to strengthen the power grid, improve energy management and increase customers’ bottom lines. This is the fourth year in a row that CPower has been recognized by E+E Leader.

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Michael D. Smith Named as CPower’s Chief Executive Officer as John Horton Announces His Retirement

BALTIMORE – July 17, 2023— CPower Energy (“CPower“) today named Michael D. Smith as Chief Executive Officer, following the announcement by CPower’s current President and CEO John Horton of his retirement. Smith is an accomplished energy leader whose expertise will further strengthen the company’s leading position in the rapidly evolving Distributed Energy Resource (DER) and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) markets. He will assume the role on July 25, 2023. Horton will then retire and act as an advisor to CPower, after helping to evolve the company into the nation’s largest DER monetization provider, with 6.3 GW of DER capacity at more than 19,000 customer sites across the U.S.

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Norfolk State University Partners with CPower to Support Grid Reliability Across Virginia

CPower is Now the Grid Services Provider of Choice for Every Four-Year Public Higher Education Institution in the Commonwealth

BALTIMORE – June 21, 2023— CPower Energy (“CPower“), the leading, national distributed energy resource (DER) monetization and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, today announced it has partnered with Norfolk State University (NSU), a four-year public education institution in Norfolk, Va., to further grid reliability across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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CPower Awarded 2022 Green Bank Award, Recognized as Early Adopter for Energy Storage Solutions

The Connecticut Green Bank Highlights CPower’s Leadership in Expanding Access to Energy Storage to Support Greater Grid Reliability

BALTIMORE – April 27, 2023 — CPower Energy (“CPower“), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced that it has been awarded a 2022 Green Bank Award for being an Early Adopter in Energy Storage Solutions. As one of the first approved Eligible Contractors, CPower was among the first to submit a storage project to Energy Storage Solutions. The Connecticut Green Bank established the Green Bank Awards to recognize companies advancing the green energy movement and helping bring resilience, health, and equity to Connecticut.

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CPower Wins 2023 Edison Award

CPower’s EnerWise® Site Optimization Technology
Recognized in Critical Human Infrastructure Category

BALTIMORE – April 24, 2023— CPower Energy (“CPower“), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), has received a 2023 Edison  Award in the Critical Human Infrastructure category for EnerWise® Site Optimization. The award was officially presented at the Edison Awards Gala on April 20, 2023 in Fort Myers, Florida.

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Grid Reliability an Increasing Motivation in CPower’s 2023 Customer-Powered Grid^TM Survey

Responses From 500 Energy Users Highlight Shifting Motivations for Participating in Distributed Energy Resource Monetization

BALTIMORE – April 13, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower“), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced the results of its annual Customer-Powered GridTM Survey. CPower surveys its customers each year to ensure customer satisfaction and gather insights into customers’ motivations for investing in DERs and participating in DER Monetization. Responses from approximately 500 CPower customers and partners across the company’s diverse customer base highlight shifting considerations driven by the need to respond to more frequent grid disruptions and scarcity events.

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CPower Joins Industry Leading “Virtual Power Plant Partnership” Initiative

CPower joins RMI, Google Nest, Ford, General Motors, and others to scale the market for virtual power plants

BALTIMORE – March 21, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced that it has joined RMI’s Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3). The initiative aims to catalyze the industry and transform policies to support scaling virtual power plants (VPPs) in ways that help advance affordable and reliable electric sector decarbonization by overcoming barriers to VPP market growth. CPower joins industry leaders, including Ford, General Motors, and Google Nest, among others, in working toward a future where businesses, households, and communities are empowered through VPPs which can help to support cost-effective energy, emissions reductions, and a more resilient electricity grid.

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CPower Leads Virtual Power Plant Market with 6.3 GW of Flexible Capacity Under Management

Virtual Power Plant Market Report Recently Released by Analyst Firm Wood Mackenzie Also Highlights CPower’s Leadership in the Midwest

BALTIMORE – March 9, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced its recognition as the national leader in overall flexible capacity under management in Wood Mackenzie’s most recent Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Market report with 6.3 GW of capacity at more than 17,000 sites across the U.S. CPower forms VPPs by aggregating customer-owned DERs to provide essential grid services such as capacity, economic and ancillary services. Unlike some companies that just operate VPPs, CPower is one of just six companies highlighted in the report that supports the full implementation of VPPs by serving as a market interface for its customers in addition to operating VPPs using its own platform to manage and dispatch DERs, without the DER Owner or Operator needing to invest in capabilities to integrate into wholesale markets or develop contracts with utilities.

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CPower Applauds Michigan Public Service Commission for Unlocking Demand Response Opportunities for Big Box Retail and Other C&I Businesses

New MSPC Order is a Win for Single Site Customers or Corporates with Multiple Sites in Aggregate of 1MW or Greater, Who Are Now Eligible to Get Paid to Stabilize the Grid and Enable the Energy Transition Across the State

BALTIMORE – February 27, 2023 – Today CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), announced its support for the Michigan Public Service Commission (MSPC)’s recent Order that clarifies that single site customers or corporate customers with multiple sites in aggregate of 1 MW or greater are eligible to participate in demand response programs in the state. The Order benefits big box retail stores and other commercial and industrial businesses who can get paid by reducing power when the grid is stressed and to help avoid the need for generation from fossil fuel peaker plants.

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CPower Expands EnerWise® to 40 New Sites Across PJM, Launches in New England

Groundbreaking Site Optimization Solution Launches Across ISO-NE Following Success in the Largest Energy Market in the US to Help More DER Owners and Operators Maximize Combined Grid Revenue and On-Bill Savings

BOSTON – February 22, 2023 – Today at RE+ Northeast, CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), announced that nearly 40 commercial and industrial sites will be enabled by its energy optimization technology, EnerWise® Site Optimization, to boost power reliability across PJM, the largest grid operator in the US. EnerWise offers greater predictability, flexibility and automation to manage and monetize customer-owned DERs across multiple energy markets and utility programs simultaneously, maximizing combined grid services revenue and on-bill savings while enhancing grid stability. The company has seen strong interest in EnerWise from DER owners and operators across crypto mining, government, education, manufacturing, retail and other commercial sectors who want to gain access to new value streams from their behind-the-meter DERs, such as energy storage and distributed generation.

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CPower Named as a Finalist in the Prestigious 2023 Edison Awards

EnerWise® Site Optimization Honored for Excellence in the Innovative Solutions and Services Category

BALTIMORE – February 9, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), has been named a finalist in the 2023 Edison Awards. The company is being honored in the Innovative Solutions and Services category for EnerWise® Site Optimization. The Edison Awards™, named after the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, recognizes some of the most innovative products and business leaders in the world, with past winners including Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, General Motors and Genentech. This prestigious accolade honors excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design and innovation.

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CPower Signs United Nations-Led 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact

Company Commits to Helping Decarbonize the Grid by Maximizing the Value of its Customers Distributed Energy Resources Through a Customer-Powered Grid™

BALTIMORE – January 24, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced it has joined the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact. The 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Compact is an ambitious effort coordinated by the United Nations, Sustainable Energy for All, and a growing list of signatories from companies, organizations, and governments around the world to accelerate the decarbonization of the world’s electricity systems in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7).

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CPower Customers Help Prevent Blackouts by Providing More Than 50GWh of Load Relief During Winter Storm Elliott

CPower Managed Customer DER Participation in 197 Dispatches Across 19 States and the District of Columbia

BALTIMORE – January 17, 2023 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced that its customers provided more than 50GWh of load relief during Winter Storm Elliott in late December 2022, an amount of energy equivalent to the daily energy use of more than 1.7 million homes. CPower dispatched customer DERs 197 times across three programs in the PJM and ISO-NE markets: PJM Emergency Capacity and Synch Reserves, and ISO-NE Active-Demand Capacity Reserves (ADCR). The PJM market covers all or a portion of 13 states including Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, plus the District of Columbia.  The ISO-NE market covers the New England region which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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CPower Policy Experts Release Demand Response Framework for Midwestern Stakeholders to Enable Energy Transition

Midwest Stakeholders Can Address the Need for Energy Flexibility and Reliability Solutions While Managing State and Local Regulatory Considerations

BALTIMORE – December 9, 2022 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), has released a new whitepaper authored by its policy experts for state regulators and municipal and cooperative utilities across the Midwest to provide a framework to help drive the development of demand response (DR) in the region.

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CPower unveils vision of a Customer-Powered Grid^TM  to enable the clean energy transition

Vision showcases how unlocking the full value of Distributed Energy Resources lowers energy costs, while driving community resiliency and decarbonization

BALTIMORE – December 8, 2022 – CPower Energy (“CPower”) today announced its vision of a Customer-Powered Grid™ to enable a flexible, clean, and dependable energy future. With 6.3 GW of capacity at more than 17,000 sites across the U.S., CPower is the national leader in unlocking the value of customer distributed energy resources (DERs) to provide grid flexibility and reliability solutions. CPower rewards energy users for leveraging their DERs to help balance the grid; this creates a Customer-Powered Grid that is enabling more-interconnected energy infrastructure to support their community resilience and drive decarbonization.

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Consumers Energy Taps CPower to Deliver Grid Services in Michigan

Commercial and Industrial Energy Users Are Rewarded For Demand Response Participation that Boosts Grid Reliability Through Flexible Capacity

BALTIMORE – November 21, 2022 – CPower Energy (“CPower”), the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced it has entered a partnership with Consumers Energy to deliver grid services across the energy provider’s Michigan service territory. Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Through the partnership with CPower, big-box retailers, healthcare, manufacturing, education and other commercial and industrial organizations in Consumers Energy’s service territory will have an additional avenue to participate in Consumers Energy’s demand response program, making them eligible to earn money back on their bill by conserving energy when demand peaks. Last year alone, CPower paid its customers across the U.S. approximately $230 million in grid revenues.

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CPower Reports Over 12,000 MWh of Customer-Powered Distributed Energy Resources Helped the Grid During Record-Breaking Summer

As NERC Anticipates Possible Supply Shortages This Winter, CPower Readies 6.3 GW of Capacity to Prevent Blackouts

BALTIMORE – November 17, 2022 – Today, the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), CPower Energy (“CPower”) announced it dispatched more than 12,000 MWh of customer-powered DERs to help the grid during this past summer’s record-breaking heatwaves across the country. This total occurred across 529 distinct events when CPower’s customers were called on to help the grid.

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CPower to Turn Country’s Largest Electric School Bus Fleet into Grid-Ready Resources

Electric Buses at Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools Will Deliver Grid Reliability Through New CPower Partnership with Leading Electric School Bus Solutions Provider, Highland Electric Fleets

BALTIMORE – November 2, 2022 – Today, the national leader in unlocking the power of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), CPower Energy (“CPower”) announced a new partnership with Highland Electric Fleets (“Highland”), to utilize the country’s largest EV school bus (EVSB) fleet to date to provide grid services and increase reliability for PJM, the largest grid operator in the U.S. CPower will work with Highland to enable demand response solutions, allowing Highland to reduce electrical loads using EVSBs from Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to keep the grid in balance.

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CPower Named 2022 S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards Finalist

CPower Recognized for the Second Year in a Row for Unlocking the Value of  6.3 GW of Customers’ Distributed Energy Resources to Save on Energy Costs, Balance the Grid and Decarbonize the Environment

BALTIMORE – October 13, 2022  – CPower Energy (“CPower”), a national leader in unlocking the full value of customer Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), today announced it has been selected as a finalist in the Grid Edge category for the 24th Annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards. The 2022 finalists were selected by program host S&P Global Platts, the leading global provider of energy and commodities information and spot market benchmarks. This recognition comes following CPower’s recent acquisition of Centrica Business Solutions’ U.S. demand response business, with CPower now managing a total of 6.3 GW of capacity nationwide.

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CPower Announces Close of Centrica U.S. Demand Response Business Acquisition

With 6.3 GW of Capacity at More Than 17,000 Sites Across the U.S., CPower Is A National Leader in Unlocking the Value of Customer-Powered Distributed Energy Resources to Provide Grid Balancing and Flexibility.

BALTIMORE – October 6, 2022 – Today, CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) announced it has completed the acquisition of the U.S. demand response division of Centrica Business Solutions, (“Centrica”), becoming a national leader in unlocking the value of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) — now with 6.3 GW of capacity across more than 17,000 sites — to drive grid balancing and energy flexibility. CPower helps DER owners with flexible capacity across big box retail, commercial real estate, data centers, crypto mining sites, education, healthcare, government, manufacturing and more — earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolsters the grid.

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CPower Wins Environment + Energy Leader Project of The Year Award for Work with Crypto Mining Customer, Digihost

• Third Year in a Row CPower Has Earned E+E Leader Project Award For Helping Advance Sustainability Initiatives for Distributed Energy Resource Customers

• Award Announcement Comes As CPower Signs Industry-Leading Crypto Miners to Drive Emissions Reductions, Provide Energy Bill Savings

BALTIMORE – July 19, 2022 –  Today, leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), announced it has been selected as a Top Project of the Year winner by the elite Environment + Energy Leader (E+E Leader) Awards program for its work with Digihost, one of the company’s crypto mining customers. The win is an indication that the program’s expert judges consider CPower’s work to unlock the full value of its customers’ distributed energy resources (DER) as a means to strengthen the power grid, as a stand-out example amongst industry-wide efforts to improve energy management and increase customers’ bottom lines. This is the third year in a row that CPower’s DER customers have been named a Top Project by E+E Leader.

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CPower to Acquire Centrica’s U.S. Demand Response Business

Positions CPower as the Leader in Enabling Grid Flexibility and Reliability With  ~6.3 GW of Distributed Energy Resource Capacity Available to Help the Grid

BALTIMORE – July 11, 2022 – Today, leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. demand response division of Centrica Business Solutions, LLC (“Centrica”). Centrica is an integrated energy solutions company that is a leading provider of commercial and industrial load management with customers in PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO, and ERCOT. The acquisition will position CPower as the U.S. leader in providing grid flexibility and reliability through customer-powered distributed energy resources (DER), with nearly 6.3 GW capacity at more than 17,000 sites available to be dispatched to the grid when it’s needed most. In return, CPower helps participating DER owners keep energy costs low, enhance resiliency, and avoid carbon emissions by being available to use less electricity during peak periods.

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CPower and OmniMetrix Partner to Enable Standby Electric Generator Customers to Benefit from Participation in Electric Grid Relief Programs

BALTIMORE and BUFORD, GA – June 8, 2022 – OmniMetrix^TM, a provider of remote monitoring and control solutions for standby power generators and other industrial equipment, today announced a new partnership with leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management, which will enable OmniMetrix standby generator customers to participate in electric grid relief “demand response” programs. OmniMetrix is a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc. (ACFN).

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CPower Announces Four New Grid Defense Demand Response Solutions Ahead of Summer Peak Season

New Solutions for Businesses in California, Maine and Texas Will Provide Reliable Resources to the Grid by Forming Virtual Power Plants

BALTIMORE – June 2, 2022 – Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced four new demand response programs across the U.S., as the company’s momentum in providing grid-balancing solutions continues as the summer season kicks off. Demand response pays energy users to reduce energy load during peak usage. CPower already manages more than 5.3 GW distributed energy resource (DER) capacity across the U.S., connecting the assets of nearly 2,000 customers at more than 12,000 sites by forming virtual power plants that meet the grid’s real-time supply needs.

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Verakari Crypto Mines to Utilize CPower for Distributed Energy Resource Optimization

Partnership Implements CPower’s EnerWise^TM Site Optimization, Allowing New Crypto Customer to Respond to Multiple Grid Needs with Clean Energy Sources While Maximizing the Site’s Energy Savings

DALLAS – May 23, 2022 – Today at PowerGen International 2022, leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) announced momentum following its recent EnerWise^TM Site Optimization launch, with the successful implementation of new crypto mining customer, Verakari, a cryptocurrency hosting pioneer offering discerning enterprise miners secure, high-tech, cost-effective facilities in strategic locations around the globe.

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CPower Expands Demand Response Program Throughout Illinois

Commercial and Industrial Customers in Central and Southern Illinois Can Get Paid to Reinforce the Grid

BALTIMORE – May 10, 2022 — CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), the leading, national energy management solutions provider, today announced it will expand its current demand response solutions in Chicago to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers served by Ameren Illinois in Central and Southern Illinois. CPower offers customers the opportunity to participate in demand response, a program that pays C&I businesses for committing to reduce power during critical periods when the power grid is under stress.

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CPower Recognized in Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards

Highlighted for ‘Established Excellence’ for Tackling Global Challenges with the Power of our Customers

BALTIMORE – May 3, 2022 — Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) has been featured in Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. Now in its sixth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase some of the world’s most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling global challenges.

Managing more than 5.3 GW of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) capacity for nearly 2,000 customers at over 12,000 sites across the U.S., CPower is named in the ‘Established Excellence’ category for helping developing projects that tackle global challenges. The company forms Virtual Power Plants by facilitating and optimizing DERs in demand-side management to provide the grid with flexibility, while helping energy users manage costs, enhance resiliency, and avoid carbon emissions through innovative programs.

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CPower Customers Avoided 286,000 metric tons of CO₂ in 2021

As CPower Celebrates Record Marginal Carbon Emissions Reduction, Data From the Company’s Annual Customer Survey Shows Growing Interest in Sustainability, Distributed Energy Resources

BALTIMORE – April 22, 2022 — Today, in celebration of Earth Day, CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), the leading, national energy solutions provider, announced its customers avoided more than 286,000 metric tons of CO₂ in 2021, equivalent to not burning more than 317,000,000 pounds of coal, through demand response (9,052 metric tons enabled) and energy efficiency (277,488 metric tons measured). Through its partnership with environmental tech non-profit WattTime, CPower is bringing deeper emissions savings insights to customers. This is the second consecutive year that CPower and WattTime partnered to show emissions reductions through demand response and energy efficiency, on the occasion of Earth Day.

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CPower to Bolster Grid Stability with Resideo and Google Nest 

Beginning This Summer, Consumers Receive Incentives For Helping Form Grid-Balancing, Virtual Power Plants Through Their Personal Thermostats

BALTIMORE – April 19, 2022 — Leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced an expansion of its existing residential portfolio through a new demand response partnership with Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI), a leading global provider of home comfort and security solutions and a distributed energy resource management system, and Google Nest. When grid reliability is needed, CPower will dispatch Resideo’s Honeywell Home-branded smart thermostats and Google Nest smart thermostats to form virtual power plants that deliver power to PJM Interconnection, the largest grid operator in the U.S. During the inaugural year of the Connected Savings program, which begins on June 1 ahead of the Summer peak season, customers that  participate in the program will receive incentives.

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CPower Helps New York City Create Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings 

Through CPower’s Building Management System-as-a-Service, Commercial Real Estate Owners and Managers Can Implement Smart Building Technology to Optimize Energy Capabilities and Meet Decarbonization Goals, While Feeding Capacity to the Grid

NEW YORK CITY – April 12, 2022 – Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced the launch of CPower’s Building Management System-as-a-Service (BMS-aaS) to enable grid-interactive efficient buildings in New York City. The solution provides commercial property owners and managers a $0 out-of-pocket intelligent building management system to better manage and control their energy use and lower their carbon emissions, while providing demand flexibility to the grid.

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Leader William Bennett, III as Vice President of People and Culture

BALTIMORE – March 2, 2022 — Leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced human resources (HR) professional

William Bennett, III as its new Vice President of People and Culture. Bennett will drive CPower’s leadership, talent and engagement initiatives — including its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies — to ensure the company is achieving its vision of driving a clean and dependable energy future.

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Utility Veteran Jessica Lim Joins CPower as Vice President of Marketing

BALTIMORE – February 8, 2022 — Following on from a record-breaking 2021, leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced utility veteran Jessica Lim has joined as Vice President of Marketing. Lim will be integral in helping CPower strengthen its brand and support its growth strategies across new and existing markets, as the company guides energy users, partners, grid operators and utilities toward a clean and dependable energy future.

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CPower Applauds New Connecticut ‘Energy Storage Solutions’ Program

CPower is one of the first approved solutions providers in the state’s new program to help Eversource and United Illuminating customers achieve financial, resiliency and sustainability benefits of battery systems

BALTIMORE – January 18, 2022 – CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), a leading, national energy solutions provider, today applauded the launch of Connecticut’s new Energy Storage Solutions program. The program, administered by Connecticut Green Bank, Eversource and United Illuminating with oversight from the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), provides customers upfront incentives for installed battery capacity, plus performance-based incentives for dispatching the battery capacity to the grid. CPower is one of the first approved program solutions providers in the state guiding energy users — including manufacturers, education, government and other critical infrastructure facilities — on their battery needs to help save on energy costs, strengthen resilience and reach sustainability goals.

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CPower Launches EnerWise^TM Site Optimization

New Artificial Intelligence-Based Service Helps C&I Energy Users Maximize Value of DERs Through Grid and On-Bill Savings, While Forming Virtual Power Plants Designed to Boost Community Resilience

BALTIMORE – December 15, 2021 – CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), a leading, national energy solutions provider, today announced EnerWise^TM Site Optimization — a new service powered by artificial intelligence that makes insight-driven decisions to enable Distributed Energy Resources’ (DERs) participation across on-bill savings and available grid services programs. The service optimizes and automates behind-the-meter assets, helping energy users achieve resiliency and ESG goals while supporting a clean energy future.

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CPower Recognized as a Leading Virtual Power Plant Provider

Established Industry Leader Showcases Growth and Achievements Across Its Business

BALTIMORE – December 1, 2021 – Global energy and natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), recognized CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) as one of the leading providers of Commercial & Industrial Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) in a new report, Battery storage virtual power plants: From early pilots to gigawatt scale. As a leading, national energy solutions provider with more than 4.5 GW of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) managed capacity across the U.S., CPower forms VPPs by facilitating and optimizing participation in demand-side management programs. In doing so, CPower provides grid operators and utilities with flexibility, delivering power where it’s needed most while helping energy users reduce their emissions and manage energy costs.

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CPower Introduces CPowered™ Performance Solutions for Data Centers to Optimize Distributed Energy Resources 

Showcases How Data Centers Can Operate as Virtual Power Plants, Measure Demand-side Energy Management to Showcase Progress on Sustainability

BALTIMORE — October 21, 2021 — Leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced new solutions to help data centers maximize the value of their distributed energy resources (DERs) through demand-side energy management programs. 

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CPower Selected as 2021 S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards Finalist for Maximizing Value of Distributed Energy Resources

CPower recognized in Grid Edge category for guiding customers toward a clean energy future

BALTIMORE – September 30, 2021  – Leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) has been named a finalist in the 23rd annual S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards in the Grid Edge category for helping organizations understand, implement and maximize the potential of distributed energy resources. The 2021 finalists were selected by program host S&P Global Platts, the leading global provider of energy and commodities information and spot market benchmarks.

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Tishman Speyer Avoids Nearly 18 Metric Tons of CO₂ Through Five Hours of Demand Response Participation

Joint CPower and WattTime marginal carbon reduction analysis demonstrates distributed energy benefits and potential for real estate, other commercial & industrial facilities

BALTIMORE and Oakland, Calif. – September 16, 2021 – Tishman Speyer, a leading real estate owner, and developer, avoided nearly 18 metric tons of CO₂ emissions from five hours of demand response (DR) participation, according to a new marginal emissions reduction analysis announced today from leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (CPower) and environmental tech nonprofit WattTime. This is equivalent to avoiding the emissions from 44,484 miles driven by the average passenger vehicle or consuming 1,992 gallons of gasoline.

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CPower Leadership in Distributed Energy Management Recognized with 2021 Vision Award from FacilitiesNet.com    

BALTIMORE – August 24, 2021 — Leading national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced it has received the FacilitiesNet.com 2021 Vision Award for contributing to the efficient and profitable operations and management of commercial and industrial energy users across the U.S. With more than 4.3 GW of managed Distributed Energy Resource (DER) capacity across the U.S., CPower is recognized in the “Power Generation, Distribution and Reliability” award category for helping its customers increase the resiliency of their operations, manage energy costs and lower emissions.

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CPower Makes Vertical Commercial Agriculture More Cost Effective through Distributed Energy Resource Optimization

CPower extends partnership with Scale Microgrid to help Fifth Season maximize the value of its behind-the-meter assets

BALTIMORE – July 21, 2021 – Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management today announced that it will support Scale Microgrid Solutions, a leading provider of distributed clean energy and microgrid platforms, to deliver energy management services to vertical commercial farming company, Fifth Season. Scale and CPower will provide Fifth Season with utility bill savings, energy resilience and reliable access to clean energy, while generating revenue by offering energy and ancillary services to the PJM market. This project represents CPower’s expansion in the rapidly growing indoor agriculture sector, an industry that will help to address emerging food security concerns as global food demand is expected to increase 60 percent by 2050.

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CPower and Sunnova Named Top Project by Environment + Energy Leader

Awarded for integrating residential solar portfolio in New England Independent System Operator’s Forward Capacity Planning to drive grid reliability, sustainability

BALTIMORE and HOUSTON – July 20, 2021 – Leading, national energy solutions provider CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) and Sunnova Energy International Inc. (“Sunnova“) (NYSE: NOVA), one of the leading U.S. residential solar and storage service providers, today announced they have won the Top Project of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader (E+E Leader). CPower and Sunnova received the award for CPower enrolling and managing Sunnova’s residential solar portfolio into the New England Independent System Operator’s (ISO-NE) Forward Capacity Planning. Sunnova secured 85 MW in an ISO-NE auction in February 2021, offering competitive renewable energy capacity to help meet the region’s future energy needs. The generated solar energy will support the capacity market by supplying clean energy to end users and removing strain from the grid during peak demand.

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CPower Grows Distributed Energy Managed Capacity to 4.3 GW

North America’s leading energy solutions provider signs 364 new customers in record-breaking demand-side enrollment season

BALTIMORE – June 29, 2021 — CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), a leading, national energy solutions provider, today announced that it has enrolled 4.3 GW for the 2021-22 delivery year, making the company a North America industry leader for the distributed energy resources (DER) under management. As part of its expanded footprint, CPower has also signed 364 new customers, a record-breaking milestone for the company.

“We have entered a new era where commercial and industrial facilities are enabling a larger mix of DERs connected to the grid,” said John Horton, president and CEO, CPower. “As this growth continues, we are helping customers solve the energy problems that exist today, while working closely with them to anticipate and solve the challenges of the future.”

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CPower Issues State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America

Guides Commercial and Industrial businesses towards a clean and dependable energy future

BALTIMORE – June 16, 2021 – Today, CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) published its annual State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America book. As industry forecasts show cumulative Distributed Energy Resource (DER) capacity will grow to 387 GW by 2025, advocating and educating the industry on the importance of integrating DERs into the grid has never been more important. With more than two decades of experience implementing energy management programs, CPower helps maximize the value of its customers’ electricity loads, facility assets and DERs across North America.

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CPower clears approximately 30 percent of demand response capacity commitments in PJM Capacity Auction

Highlights opportunities for commercial and industrial businesses to

drive revenue, grid reliability

BALTIMORE – June 8, 2021 – CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) today announced that it has secured more than 30 percent of the cleared demand response capacity commitments in PJM Interconnection’s (“PJM”) Reliability Pricing Model (“RPM”) Base Residual Auction for the 2022/2023 delivery year. The results represent a substantial increase for CPower, who has for the last few years cleared around 20 percent of PJM’s available RPM demand response capacity commitments, further positioning the company as a leader for demand response in the RTO.

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CPower Accelerates Distributed Energy Resource Innovation With New Executive Hire

National Energy Solutions Provider to Extend Technology Vision

With Industry Veteran, Mike Ratliff

BALTIMORE – May 25, 2021 — CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), a leading, national energy solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Mike Ratliff as Vice President – Utility Solutions. In this newly created role, Mr. Ratliff is responsible for developing CPower’s technology roadmap to help utilities drive grid modernization and reliability, and will bolster the company’s existing technical capabilities, which includes Silicon Valley, Baltimore and Portland-based development teams.

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CPower Expands Distributed Energy Resource Integration with AMPLY Power

CPower partners with leading Charging-as-a-Service provider for electric vehicle fleets to drive new revenue, flexibility at the grid edge

BALTIMORE – April 28, 2021 — CPower Energy Management (“CPower”), a leading energy solutions provider, today expanded its partner ecosystem with AMPLY Power to offer transmission and distribution grids the flexibility to integrate electric vehicle (EV) chargers as a distributed energy resource (DER). AMPLY is a leader in providing fully managed charging services to public sector and commercial businesses with EV fleets. Through the partnership, CPower and AMPLY will help keep the grid balanced during peak hours.

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CPower Partners with WattTime to Supercharge Emissions-reduction Benefits of Demand Response

BALTIMORE and Oakland, Calif.— April 22, 2021— Today, in recognition of the 51^st anniversary of Earth Day, CPower Energy Management (“CPower”) and nonprofit WattTime jointly announced a partnership to evaluate and strengthen the emissions-reduction benefits of CPower’s demand response solutions. CPower is a leading, national energy solutions provider that serves more than 1,700 commercial and industrial customers across more than 11,000 sites and manages more than 4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity load across North American utilities and energy markets. WattTime is the inventor of Automated Emissions Reduction (AER), software intelligence that allows utilities, IoT device and energy storage companies, and end-users to shift the timing of flexible electricity use to sync with times of cleaner energy and avoid times of dirtier energy.

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Con Edison and National Grid Select CPower for Dynamic Load Management Program in New York

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CPower Extends Distributed Energy Resource Strategy with New Executive Hires

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Receive Rewards, Maintain Grid Reliability Through APS Peak Solutions

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CPower Retained by Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Provide ISO-NE, Utility Demand Management Services

CPower Energy Management has been awarded a five-year renewal from the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) of its current contract to provide curtailment and demand response services to facilities statewide.

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Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Selects CPower to Expand Its Commercial Demand Response Program

CPower Energy Management Company, the nation’s leader in demand-side energy management, and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (Montana-Dakota), a regional energy supplier to organizations in the Upper Midwest, announce the expansion of Montana-Dakota’s popular Demand Response Resources (DRR) program. The expansion of the program marks another opportunity for CPower’s nearly 1,500 commercial and industrial customers to earn revenue and support the grid.

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CPower, Sunnova to Enter Residential Solar Portfolio in ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction

CPower and Sunnova Energy International Inc. (“Sunnova”) (NYSE: NOVA), a leading U.S. residential solar and storage service provider, announced Sunnova’s qualification to participate in the ISO New England Forward Capacity Auction 15 (“FCA15”). The qualification will allow Sunnova’s residential solar portfolio to participate in the capacity market in the New England power system to help meet the market’s future demand for electricity.

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CPower Sustainability Leadership Recognized With 2020 Project Of The Year Award From Environment + Energy Leader

Baltimore, MD, July 21, 2020 — CPower Energy Management, the nation’s leader in demand-side energy management, was awarded a 2020 Top Project of the Year Award from Environment + Energy Leader. CPower was honored for its work with industry leader Scale Microgrid Solutions and vertical agriculture pioneer Bowery Farming in the development of Scale’s state-of-the-art distributed energy resources (DER) system for Bowery’s New Jersey facility. 

“With rapid advancements and near-constant rate of change in the field, 

sustainability and energy professionals had to prove to our judges that they were really the best of the best this year,” says Sarah Roberts, E+E Leader publisher. The panel of expert judges noted, “This project delivers significant benefits, right away, in terms of energy resilience, cost-effectiveness and sustainability… It demonstrates an attractive alternative to traditional load-balancing and backup. The project is noteworthy also because environmental sustainability benefits accrue at two levels: the business model of the end-user (indoor farming) and the direct benefits of the energy management solution itself.”

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Brave.

Since December of last year,  the truly brave men and women in the healthcare industry that are treating and saving the lives of COVID-19 patients come to work, put in uncountable hours, and in every second of that chaotic day risk exposure to the worst disease we have seen in a very long time.

New York City has been one of the worst-hit areas in the US. CPower wants to thank all of you in New York and in every US city dealing with the pandemic. As a small token of our appreciation to your selfless donation to humanity, we have come together to donate to our friends at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Flushing Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, and Presbyterian Hospital in NYC.

We encourage all of our friends, followers, and employees to find a way to support these true heroes. A sandwich, coffee, cash, or even a heartfelt thank you card is so meaningful to the selfless individuals in this great time of need.

It is said that in a time of crisis is when you see the true character of humanity.

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CPower Hires Seasoned Energy Leader to Drive DER and Business Development Strategies

Baltimore, MD (July 17, 2019) — CPower, a leading provider of commercial and industrial demand-side energy management programs, announced this week the hire of Mathew Sachs as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development.

Mr. Sachs is a well-known energy veteran with a successful track record planning, developing and implementing distributed and renewable growth strategies that leverage technological advances in solar, energy storage, intelligent software and other distributed energy resources (DERs). Mathew previously held executive roles at National Grid Ventures, KRoad DG and Yingli Green Energy focused on strategy, business development and inorganic growth through investment, partnership and acquisition.

The hire of Mr. Sachs further solidifies CPower’s plan to expand its DER and renewable energy strategy across North America by monetizing these types of assets for customers in regulated and deregulated energy markets. Mr. Sachs will put increased focus on growing strategic business and partnerships with organizations who share similar goals, strategies, and emphasis on customer experience.

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CPower Acquires Leading Energy Efficiency Project Monetization Firm Electric Market Connection (EMC)

BALTIMORE, MD (July 15, 2019) — CPower announced today that it has acquired Electric Market Connection (EMC), a leading service provider of energy efficiency measurement and verification and project monetization services in the PJM market.

CPower is one of the largest providers of demand-side management solutions to commercial and industrial customers in the U.S., and this acquisition further strengthens its industry-leading service offerings.

EMC pioneered a strategy of aggregating energy efficiency projects to unlock additional value for its customer in PJM. Since 2010, EMC has been a leader in helping customers maximize their energy efficiency investments.

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LS Power to Acquire CPower Energy Management

BALTIMORE, MD (November 29, 2018) — LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC (“LS Power”), a U.S. power and energy infrastructure owner, through a private fund it manages, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. (trade name “CPower”) from H.I.G. Capital. CPower is a leader in Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resources in North America and will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity under the LS Power umbrella of companies. The transaction is expected to close in December 2018. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Founded in 2014, CPower is a demand-side energy management company that helps organizations save on energy costs, earn revenue through energy curtailment, increase grid reliability, and achieve sustainability goals. This acquisition underscores LS Power’s ongoing focus on deploying its considerable power market expertise in critical and growing sectors of the market.

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“Unequaled Commitment to Its Clients’ Success”: CPower Awarded 2018 Customer Value Leadership Award for North American Demand Response Industry

BALTIMORE, MD — Frost & Sullivan, a global growth partnership company focusing on growth, innovation and leadership, has recognized CPower Energy Management as the 2018 Customer Value Leader in the Demand Response Industry.

“To achieve leadership in customer value is never an easy task,” said David Frigstad, Chairman of Frost & Sullivan, “but it is one made even more difficult considering today’s competitive intensity, customer volatility, and economic uncertainty… Within this context, your receipt of this Award signifies an even greater accomplishment.”

John Horton, President and CEO of CPower, added, “It is an honor to receive this award, mainly because of everything it stands for—Customer Value Leadership. Our slogan at CPower is ‘We’re Here To Help’. This means we’re going to help our customers master their organization’s energy spend, improve their bottom line and enhance their sustainability efforts. When our customers succeed, we are in alignment with everything we stand for here at CPower.”

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Innovative Stem, CPower Partnership Generates Energy Innovation Award for California State University, Dominguez Hills

BALTIMORE, MD, and Millbrae, Calif., —When CPower Energy Management and California-based Stem Inc. announced their partnership in 2017, they knew their leading-edge AI-powered energy storage + demand response program would pay dividends for customers. Neither company, though, anticipated that it would be award-winning. At least not so soon.

That changed on February 2, when Smart Energy Decisions announced that Stem-CPower customer California State University, Dominguez Hills, has been awarded their 2018 Innovation Award in the Customer Project/Onsite Renewable Energy category.

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CPower Embraces the Changing ERCOT Energy Market Through the Strategic Leadership of Joe Hayden

BALTIMORE, MD, Richmond, VA — CPower Energy Management, a national leader in demand-side energy management solutions, has appointed Joe Hayden to lead their Texas-based ERCOT sales and fulfillment teams.

“With recent generation plant closures and increased energy consumption, the ERCOT market is experiencing a lot of evolution and change. A future where demand-side management is an even greater function of grid reliability and energy spend management is very plausible,” said Glenn Bogarde, CPower’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “To ensure CPower’s success in managing these changes and creating more opportunities for our customers, the addition of Mr. Hayden is essential.” Bogarde added, “Joe’s proven experience in aligning solutions to specific customer needs in complex and evolving markets will be a significant benefit to CPower and the customers we serve in ERCOT.”

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CPower Retained By Commonwealth of Virginia To Provide Demand Response Services

BALTIMORE, MD, Richmond, VA — CPower Energy Management has received a Notice of Intent to Award from the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide curtailment and demand response (DR) services to facilities statewide. This is CPower’s third consecutive demand response contract with Virginia.

The renewed contract was awarded through a competitive procurement process. It will cover 135 accounts across the state, including K-12 schools, public universities, airports, and municipal buildings. The program is managed and overseen by the Virginia Division of Energy’s Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME).

In 2017, CPower enrolled 78 MW in PJM Interconnection’s demand response program on behalf of the state. CPower also enrolled 7 MWs of additional capacity in the form of completed energy efficiency projects that qualified to earn additional revenue from the forward capacity market.

“We are proud to have CPower as our partner again for the next three years,” said Nam Nguyen, manager of DMME’s Virginia Energy Management Program. “The whole CPower team, and Leigh Anne [Ratliff] in particular, has always been dedicated to both providing the best service and increasing enrollment to benefit the state.

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CPower Contracts with SCE to provide 35 MWs of DR Capacity under Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM)

CAMPBELL, Ca., Nov. 7, 2017 —  CPower, a leading provider of commercial and industrial demand response in California and the US, announced today it has contracted with Southern California Edison to provide 35 megawatts (MWs) of the utility’s 100 MW capacity procurement as part of the 2018/2019 Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM), a pilot program entering its third phase.

The announcement comes as demand response in California continues evolving and becomes more integrated with other resources into the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) markets.

Jennifer Chamberlin, CPower’s Executive Director for California, has more than 15 years of experience in the Golden State’s energy industry and believes CPower is positioned to help the state achieve its clean energy and grid reliability goals with the DRAM program while helping organizations earn revenue through curtailment.

“The DRAM Pilot is an exciting way for customers to participate directly in the CAISO markets,” Chamberlin said. “Our customers offer load curtailment that can be used to meet grid needs instead of turning on a power plant, helping to support the CAISO grid with a carbon-free resource attained by allowing customers to respond to market prices and reduce energy consumption when the system needs it most.”

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CPower Appoints JP Harper VP National Accounts, GM California Market

September 21, 2017 –CPower Energy Management, a national leader in demand-side energy management solutions, has appointed JP Harper to lead its national sales and California market teams.

“Our executive team set out to find an executive leader to be highly focused on the fast-growing California market and our national customer accounts that extend across multiple open energy markets,” said Glenn Bogarde, CPower’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We are very excited to bring JP on to fill this new executive position. His experience and qualifications make him uniquely qualified to lead the company’s expansion in these markets.”

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Navigant: New Demand Response/Energy Storage Partnership Poised to Reduce Customer Deployment Hurdles

CPower and Stem partnership highlighted by Navigant Research.

September 12, 2017 – “[…] a recent partnership announcement by CPower and Stem will combine Stem’s energy storage capabilities services with CPower’s DR and curtailment services to better manage customer energy load and spend. Given the current contracting and revenue models that each vendor provides, an integrated Stem/CPower offering has the potential for an improved customer savings business case that can exceed the business case of each technology individually.”

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Stem and CPower Announce Energy Management Partnership

Demand response, intelligent energy storage leaders to jointly offer integrated demand-side solutions

MILLBRAE, CA and Baltimore, MD– August 8, 2017 – Stem, Inc., the leader in intelligent energy storage services, and CPower, the leader in demand response (DR) and demand-side energy management services for commercial and industrial customers, announce a new partnership to deliver a unique demand-side energy solution to customers across the U.S., starting in California.

The partnership will combine Stem’s energy storage services with CPower’s demand response and curtailment services to offer customers an integrated solution for managing electricity demand. In so doing, Stem and CPower co-optimize two increasingly important resources at the customer facility level to provide customers with both a steady revenue stream and substantial energy savings, all while alleviating stress on the grid.

The Stem-CPower partnership is ideal for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers who are interested in optimizing operations, increasing profitability and advancing sustainability. Customers can now take advantage of the confluence of energy management technologies and smart grid opportunities by automatically reducing load when prices peak, earning revenue through DR and supporting a modern, resilient grid for their community.

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CPower Acquires Leading Energy Efficiency Measurement Firm

BALTIMORE, July 7, 2017

CPower announced today that it has acquired eCap Network, a leading provider of energy efficiency measurement and verification services in the PJM market.  The purchase is part of CPower’s ongoing efforts to expand its demand-side management services nationwide.

Already one of the largest providers of demand response to commercial and industrial organizations in the US, CPower is deepening its commitment to energy management capabilities by enhancing its energy efficiency expertise through the acquisition of eCap.

eCap has a strong reputation for helping customers monetize their energy efficiency projects in PJM and was an early market entrant in the energy efficiency measurement and verification niche.  

John Horton, CPower’s President and CEO, believes the acquisition will help CPower provide its customers with an opportunity to create more value from their energy efficiency projects as the PJM market evolves to meet the grid’s reliability needs of the future.   

“eCap specializes in qualifying and capitalizing energy efficiency projects in PJM’s complex markets,” Mr. Horton said. “eCap’s team has years of experience and, like CPower, is committed to helping customers achieve and exceed their energy management goals. We’re thrilled to have their expertise in-house to complement our extensive demand-side management product offering.”

The changing nature of PJM’s Reliability Pricing Model favors capacity offerings from both demand response and energy efficiency resources. With the acquisition of eCap, CPower is in prime strategic position to help their customers earn revenue with both.

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CPower signs contract with PECO to help business customers in Pennsylvania reduce electricity demand during peak hours

Leading curtailment service provider to offer commercial and industrial demand response resources to meet PA Act 129 state-mandated load reduction targets

BALTIMORE, April 18, 2017

CPower, a leading provider of demand-side energy management services to commercial and industrial customers, today announced it has been selected by PECO Energy Company (PECO – an Exelon Company) as one of the curtailment service providers to facilitate PA Act 129 demand response services during peak hours in the utility’s service areas.

PECO is the largest electric and natural gas utility in Pennsylvania, serving approximately 1.6 million electric customers and more than 511,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. The multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with CPower will ensure grid reliability by enabling commercial and industrial companies to participate in PECO’s Act 129 demand response programs. CPower helps clients optimize energy savings and earnings via effective load curtailment strategies, including temporarily reducing or shutting down industrial processes, turning off lights in groups or sequences, cutting back HVAC systems, or shutting down large motors and compressors.

“CPower is excited to provide demand-side resources to help PECO support grid reliability and meet the state’s aggressive energy reduction goals,” said Glenn Bogarde, Senior Vice President, CPower.  “The new PA programs will provide compounding value and a great opportunity for businesses to improve their bottom line and help the community by keeping the power system sustainable and stable during times of high use.”

This Commercial and Industrial Demand Response Program will be offered during the summer months (June – September) of the Act 129 program delivery years starting in 2017 until 2020.  The program is unique in that it allows for enrollment in addition to existing PJM programs, increasing the financial incentives available to participants. CPower will launch the program on June 1, 2017, and is currently recruiting participants for the 2017 performance season. Learn more at: https://cpowerenergy.com/pecodemandresponse/

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CPower to help reduce electricity demand during peak hours in National Grid’s New England service territory

Offers Massachusetts and Rhode Island Business Customers New National Grid Demand Response Program to Boost Energy Savings

BALTIMORE, Md. (Mar 28, 2017)

CPower, a leading provider of demand side management services to commercial and industrial customers, announced it has been selected by National Grid to provide demand response services to help reduce up to 45 MW of energy use during peak hours in the utility’s service territory.

National Grid’s electricity business customers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island can now earn up to $35,000/MW and become more energy efficient by participating in this innovative demand reduction program launched in late January. The two-year program could save enough energy during summer peak hours to power more than 20,000 homes — roughly the size of the town of Medford, MA or East Providence, RI.

“We are pleased to offer this innovative program that will give customers the technology and information they need to make more informed choices about energy-efficiency,” said Carlos Nouel, Vice President of New Energy Solutions, National Grid. “National Grid hopes to demonstrate that this program and others like it are cost-effective game changers that will revolutionize how customers and business use and budget for their energy.”

“As a leading energy management company with over 15 years of demand response experience in New England and nationwide, CPower is well positioned to provide National Grid with the demand side resources required to meet the region’s aggressive energy management goals,” said Glenn Bogarde, Senior Vice President, CPower.  “Large energy users who register to participate in this new incentivized program now have the opportunity to reduce their electricity spend in 2017 and beyond while simultaneously supporting grid reliability.”

The National Grid program offers financial incentives to qualified participating businesses for reducing electricity consumption during times when demand for electricity is at its highest. When notified by National Grid about grid events, CPower will ask participating customers to reduce electric use for at least 20 hours over the summer, typically in one-to-four hour increments. Participating businesses are eligible to receive up to $35 for every kilowatt-hour curtailed during these reduction periods.

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CPower to help business customers reduce electricity demand during peak hours

Leading curtailment service provider to provide commercial and industrial demand response resources to meet PA Act 129 state-mandated load reduction targets

BALTIMORE, Md. (Jan 18, 2016) –

CPower, a leading provider of demand-side energy management services to commercial and industrial customers, today announced it has been selected by FirstEnergy’s (NYSE: FE) Pennsylvania utilities to provide PA Act 129 demand response services during peak hours in the Met-Ed, Penn Power and West Penn Power service areas.

“CPower is excited to provide demand-side resources to help Pennsylvania’s forward-thinking utilities meet the state’s aggressive energy reduction goals and support grid reliability,” said Glenn Bogarde, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, CPower.  “We will deliver the best possible solutions for FirstEnergy’s Pennsylvania utilities, working with new and existing commercial and industrial customers to optimize overall energy savings and earnings.”

Demand response programs reward electricity users for reducing consumption when alerted by a utility or independent system operators (ISO) such as PJM Interconnection, the grid operator that services 13 states and the District of Columbia.  Those reductions improve the performance of the regional electric grid, particularly during hot summer months or deep winter chills when energy usage increases. Participants are compensated based on how much electric load they commit to curtail when notified by the utility about a peak demand event during periods of potential grid stress conditions.

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CPower Acquires Johnson Controls’ Integrated Demand Resources Business

Enables CPower to strengthen its position as industry leader in Demand Response

Combination will assist CPower and Johnson Controls’ customers in expanding their Demand Response participation

BALTIMORE, Md. (May 2, 2016) –

CPower announced today that it has acquired Johnson Controls’ Integrated Demand Resources (iDR) business. The purchase is part of CPower’s ongoing efforts to expand its Demand Response portfolio nationwide. For Johnson Controls, the transaction is part of a continuing strategy to invest in its building management technologies designed to deliver energy and operational efficiency to its customers.

The two companies will establish a long-term collaboration to create one of the leading providers of demand response in the market to bring greater value to customers.

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May 4, 2023

CPower at Microgrid Knowledge 2023

Where: Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA 

When: May 16-17, 2023 

Visit the CPower team at Booth 1206 to learn how you can improve your operations with microgrids and distributed energy resources. CPower will be on-site to discuss how EnerWise™  Site Optimization makes estimating and delivering the value of DER projects easier.  

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January 26, 2023

Geneva Businesses Get Paid for Reducing Power Use to Ensure the Community’s Lights Stay On

The City of Geneva today showcased the value that area businesses have received by working with CPower Energy (“CPower”), the city’s demand response and energy efficiency program administrator. CPower’s demand response program pays Geneva-area business for conserving energy when the grid is stressed.

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