More and more people are starting to consider flexibility of demand as a vital resource for developing our low carbon economy further. But what is it?Probably the best explanation is that that is featured on the California Public Utilities Commission (SPUC) website, which states
Demand response is end-use electric customers reducing their electricity usage in a given time period, or shifting that usage to another time period, in response to a price signal, a financial incentive, an environmental condition or a reliability signal. Demand response is among the Commission’s top energy priorities because it provides numerous economic and environmental benefits for California ratepayers.
Demand response in the UK has shown recent steady adoptance, with companies such as KiwiPower, OpenEnergi and Flexitricity all developing their suites of products and services. These have primarily be targetted at larger businesses – such as Supermarket groups, cold-store and green-house growers for example.
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