{"id":9291,"date":"2015-01-26T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2015-01-26T14:34:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:34:52","slug":"demand-response-a-valuable-tool-that-can-help-california-realize-its-clean-energy-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/01\/26\/demand-response-a-valuable-tool-that-can-help-california-realize-its-clean-energy-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand Response: A Valuable Tool that Can Help California Realize its Clean Energy Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/californiadream\/files\/2015\/01\/Cover-photo-image-300x2001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4611\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/californiadream\/files\/2015\/01\/Cover-photo-image-300x2001.jpg\" alt=\"rp_Cover-photo-image-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>A tool only has value if it\u2019s used. For example, you could be the sort of person who\u2019s set a goal of wanting to exercise more. If someone gives you a nifty little Fitbit to help you do that, and you never open the box, how useful, then, is this little device? The same is true about smart energy management solutions: good tools exist, but whether it\u2019s calories or energy use that you want to cut, at some point those helpful devices need to be unpacked. The same is true for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/climate\/demand-response\">demand response<\/a>, an energy conservation tool that pays people to save energy when the electric grid is stressed.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s electricity industry stands at a crossroads. The state got an early start on creating laws and policies to cut carbon pollution, and is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/sites\/default\/files\/content\/carbon-market-california-year_two.pdf\">reaping the benefits <\/a>of these policies through reduced emissions and healthy economic growth. That said, California can\u2019t cut carbon emissions and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels without having alternatives to choose from \u2014 some focusing on promoting renewable energy, others on smarter energy management tools. Demand response is one of these tools, and a critical one. This highly-flexible, cost-effective resource should play a key role in California\u2019s clean energy future, but several barriers stand in the way of unleashing its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to think of California as anything but forward-thinking, but, right now, the state\u2019s demand response programs are lagging behind those in other states and regions of the country like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/legal\/staff-reports\/2014\/demand-response.pdf\">Mid-Atlantic<\/a>. There is good news, however, because demand response is an evolving resource. And, with advances in smart grid technologies, demand response has the potential to improve our energy mix in California. In EDF\u2019s new report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/sites\/default\/files\/demand-response-california.pdf\"><em>Putting Demand Response to Work for California<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>we offer recommendations on how to unlock demand response as an important part of the overall strategy for California\u2019s bright energy future<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->[Tweet &#8220;What&#8217;s not to love about cost-effective, people-powered energy mgmt? New EDF report on #demandresponse in Cali: www.edf.org\/cMT&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Demand response works by empowering customers to shift their energy use to times of day when there is less demand on the power grid or when renewable energy is more abundant. When energy demand goes up, this puts stress on the electric grid and encourages the use of \u201cpeaker plants\u201d \u2013 dirty, typically coal-fired power plants reserved for use only a few days a year to accommodate \u201cpeak\u201d electricity demand. Instead of turning on one of these expensive, polluting peaker plants, utilities can leverage demand response by asking customers to turn off non-essential appliances (like pool pumps, unused lights, idle water heaters, etc.), or delay the use of certain appliances (like dish washers) to a time of day when clean, renewable energy sources are more abundant. This \u201cpeople-powered\u201d solution saves customers money, prevents blackouts, avoids carbon pollution, and helps integrate more renewables like wind and solar onto the electric grid.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, demand response is good for people, businesses, and the environment \u2013 as demonstrated throughout the U.S. For example, in PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator that covers all or parts of 13 states (and Washington D.C.) throughout the Midwest and Northeast, demand response programs saved electricity users <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2014\/09\/prweb12182218.htm\">$11.8 billion<\/a> in 2013 alone. Demand response also <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/06\/30\/resiliency-demand-response-can-help-prevent-blackouts-in-the-northeast\/\">helped avoid blackouts<\/a> during extreme weather events in the Northeast region of the United States between 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>EDF\u2019s demand response report calls for three actions to advance the resource in California:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Identify<\/strong> the range of benefits demand response can offer, such as helping to reduce the cost of electricity for customers, integrate renewables, and improving grid reliability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spur <\/strong>the rapid adoption of demand response programs by ensuring fair compensation for the value it provides to utilities, customers, the grid, and others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Properly account<\/strong> for all types of demand response in energy forecasts so the state can rely upon this tool when assessing energy supply and demand for the future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>While much more work needs to be done to follow through on the actions outlined above, significant change is already underway in California and much of the United States. For example, California recently passed S.B. 1414, which will help <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/08\/18\/edf-is-calling-for-more-demand-response-in-california-and-why-you-should-too\/\">accelerate<\/a> the use of the resource. Likewise, the state\u2019s Public Utilities Commission (which is responsible for regulating the electricity industry) has been investigating how to increase the resource in its \u2018demand response\u2019 docket. EDF has been heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/08\/05\/the-chance-for-demand-response-to-thrive-in-california-all-hinges-on-one-vote\/?_ga=1.163133564.1397827302.1395778394\">involved<\/a> in this case, given how important demand response could be in helping to lower customer energy costs and providing environmental benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take demand response out of its box and start using this powerful tool to move California toward a low-carbon, clean energy future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo source: iStock<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post originally appeared on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/californiadream\/2015\/01\/26\/demand-response-a-valuable-tool-that-can-help-california-realize-its-clean-energy-potential\/\">California Dream 2.0 blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tool only has value if it\u2019s used. For example, you could be the sort of person who\u2019s set a goal of wanting to exercise more. If someone gives you a nifty little Fitbit to help you do that, and you never open the box, how useful, then, is this little device? 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