Tag Archives: demand response

Demand Response Need Not Cause Customer Pain

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor At least in some parts of the U.S., demand response has been an important factor in energy planning since the 1980s.  When I was an account representative in Northern California in the … Continue reading →

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Demand Side Management and Its Impact on Wholesale Electricity Markets

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Enerdynamics

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor The debate over the impact of demand response and energy efficiency in the wholesale power markets remains active. On the surface, there is an intuitive belief that if we better manage and even reduce demand, … Continue reading →

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The Future of Electric Utilities, Part I

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Enerdynamics

Image via Wikipedia by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor At Enerdynamics, we often end our classroom sessions with a quote from business guru Peter Drucker:  “The corporation as we know it, which is now 120 years old, is … Continue reading →

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How to Understand Electric Market Structures

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Enerdynamics

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor Understanding how electric markets are structured used to be simple. Just figure out who the vertically integrated utility is, then who regulates it and how. But since the days of deregulation (or … Continue reading →

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Smart Grid Enables Electric Market Participation by All Customers

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President In continuing our discussion of Smart Grid applications, another key function of the Smart Grid is to use communications, monitoring and control technologies to enable a host of new services. Such services allow customers to … Continue reading →

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