Voluntary consumer decisions to purchase electricity supplied by renewable energy sources represent a powerful market … traditional utilities and from marketers operating in states that have introduced competition into their retail electricity … electricity provider. Currently, more than 600 utilities, or about 20% of utilities nationally, offer green power programs to …

Peak power demand issues have come to the fore recently because of the California electricity crisis. Uncertainties … surrounding the reliability of electric power systems in restructured markets as well as security worries are the latest reasons … difference between peak demand and average demand, and the necessity for real-time delivery of electricity all make the …

advantages that restructuring can offer. Electricity is a form of energy that is difficult to store economically in large … quantities. However, loads often have some ability to (1) conveniently store thermal energy and (2) defer electricity consumption … cases they can also be used to provide system reliability reserves. Fortunately too, technology is helping. Advances in …

Energy economists have long argued the benefits of real time pricing (RTP) of electricity. Their basis for modeling … customers response to short-term fluctuations in electricity prices are based on theories of rational firm behavior, where … institutional customers in the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation service territory that have faced day-ahead electricity market …

, control, and transmit electricity in support of the basic services of generating capacity, energy supply, and power delivery … importance of ancillary services for both bulk-power reliability and support of commercial transactions. Balancing generation and …

/provinces with demand response (DR) in the electricity sector. Demand-side resources are often overlooked as a viable option for … the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging …

availability, dispatchability, diversity, and reliability of generating alternatives are also considered in the decisionmaking …-owned utilities (IOUs) and nonutility electricity generators (NUGs) when making decisions on technologies for new generating plants …

event of an emergency. With California electricity providers stretched to their limits last winter and spring, the … California Energy Commission (CEC) wanted to test its new Automated Emergency Response System in the event of an electricity … electricity demand is significant. The U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) offered to coordinate the federal agencies participating in …

Renewable energy certificates (RECs) represent the attributes of electricity generated from renewable energy sources …. These attributes are unbundled from the physical electricity, and the two products-the attributes embodied in the … certificates and the commodity electricity-may be sold or traded separately. RECs are quickly becoming the currency of renewable …

Responsive load is the most underutilized reliability resource available to the power system today. It is currently not … Electric Reliability Council (NERC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC …), New York State Reliability Council (NYSRC), and New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) rules are beginning to …