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Fixing DERs: Bringing Performance Into the Open

Fixing DERs: Bringing Performance Into the Open

As distributed energy resources (DERs) rapidly grow, utilities face challenges in measuring their impacts on the grid. Current data inadequacy hinders effective planning, necessitating standardized, meter-based measurement approaches to assess combined effects of DERs a…

Demand Flexibility Isn’t New. But Making It Work Is.

Demand Flexibility Isn’t New. But Making It Work Is.

Demand-side measures are faster and cheaper than new generation, offering utilities effective energy savings and flexibility. However, inconsistent performance measurement and undervaluation hinder their potential. A framework for real-time insights and portfolio-wide v…

Circuitry Resembling a City

There Will Never Be One DERMS to Rule Them All

…and it’s only getting more complex, with no end in sight. It’s time to embrace the “distributed” in Distributed Energy Resources. “The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” ― Andrew S. Tanenbaum Distributed…