Multiple factors — including ongoing threats to grid reliability and state and federal efforts to combat climate change — are driving an increased focus on energy efficiency and demand-side management.
At the same time, utilities are increasingly harnessing distributed energy resources to manage their loads more effectively, including with virtual power plants.
More broadly, utilities are using a variety of new resources and connected devices to balance the grid and meet demand, drawing on everything from smart thermostats to large-scale batteries.
This trendline looks at significant developments in energy efficiency and demand side management, such as Duke Energy’s “tariffed on-bill” efficiency program and Google’s carbon-intelligent computing platform, which it is using as a demand response mechanism.
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