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Demand Response
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Rural Spectrum Scanner
CGB Issues Declaratory Ruling on Demand Response Calls and Texts
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has granted Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Petition for Declaratory Ruling, which asked that the Bureau clarify that utilities have prior express consent…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Utilities Petition FCC for Updates to TCPA Guidelines to Allow “Demand Response” Calls and Texts
Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to permit calls and texts under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Denies CPower’s Complaint Requesting Revisions to PJM’s Tariff Governing Curtailment Service Providers
By Alex Spratley, Mary-Kate Rigney
On September 19, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) denied Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC’s (“CPower”) complaint against PJM Interconnection, LLC (“PJM”) alleging that PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”)…
Global Power Law & Policy
FERC Approves Enforcement’s Settlements With Two Demand Response Providers
By: Kimberly B. Frank, Ruta K. Skucas, Maria C. Faconti, and Theodore L. Kornobis On 22 May 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two orders approving stipulation and consent agreements that…
Washington Energy Report
Energy Demand Response Programs and Patent Exposure
By Gregory Len, Dustin Ferzacca
“Recently, demand response opportunities for residential customers have been expanding. Where these programs allow energy providers to directly control, through the internet, consumers’ smart thermostats and appliances, energy providers may…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Issues Order No. 2222-B, Setting Demand Response Opt-Out for Further Consideration
By Katherine O'Konski, Russell Kooistra
On June 17, 2021, FERC set aside its previous decision in Order No. 2222-A that allowed state regulatory authorities to prohibit demand response resources from participating in distributed energy resource…
Inside Energy & Environment
FERC Reconsidering Limits On Retail Regulator Control Over Aggregating Demand Response
In a recent order, FERC pulled back, for now, its decision to sharply limit the ability of retail regulators to prohibit distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators from bidding retail customer…
PURPA and Distributed Energy Resources Blog
The Death of the Demand Response Opt-Out?
By Jennifer Key
It has been more than a month since FERC proposed eliminating the state opt-out with regard to retail customer participation in demand response programs in organized wholesale markets. In its…
Inside Energy & Environment
FERC Upholds Rule Opening Electricity Markets to Distributed Resource Aggregators and Acts to Restrict State Regulator Interference
In two recent orders, the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) continued its push to enable distributed energy resource (“DER”) aggregators to compete in organized wholesale electricity markets. DERs are located…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Exempts Certain Demand Response Programs from NYISO’s Buyer-Side Market Power Mitigation Rules
By Miriam Archibong, Adrienne Thompson
On February 18, 2021, FERC denied a rehearing request for an order it issued in October of 2020 that stated that payments received under the Commercial System Distribution Load Relief…