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Now is the Time to Embrace 'Virtual Power Plants': Here's Why
Super Bowl Offers Lesson on Grid Flexibility
VPPs: GridFuture Turns Knowledge into Action
CPower Writes ‘Big Checks’ to Education Customers in Texas
ChatGPT on Optimizing DERs: What It Got Right and What We Would Add
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Now is the Time to Embrace ‘Virtual Power Plants’: Here’s Why
The energy transition is one of the most complex undertakings in human history, but one thing is clear — the grid of the future will be cleaner, more decentralized and...
Read moreSuper Bowl Offers Lesson on Grid Flexibility
The Super Bowl has been described in many ways, primarily according to one’s opinion of the National Football League’s annual championship game. Grand. Spectacular. Hyped. Excessive. And, just when you...
Read moreVPPs: GridFuture Turns Knowledge into Action
Energy industry stakeholders recently convened at CPower’s GridFuture conference to pave the way for a better tomorrow for generations to come. Path-blazing customers and partners, government officials and executives from...
Read moreCPower Writes ‘Big Checks’ to Education Customers in Texas
Two large Texas energy users recently shared how much revenue they have earned for improving grid reliability. In separate public events, CPower recently presented San Jacinto College and the Houston...
Read moreChatGPT on Optimizing DERs: What It Got Right and What We Would Add
Contrary to what it may seem, artificial intelligence has not taken over the world, or at least not yet. But you can be excused for believing that AI is in...
Read moreRising Capacity Prices Boosting Demand Response Earnings in New York
Surging capacity prices present swelling opportunities for commercial, industrial and institutional energy consumers willing to shed load in New York. With prices up 300% since 2019, participants in the New...
Read moreNew 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 moreWebinars
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...
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