Demand Response

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PJM Drops Non-capacity Backed Load, Shifts Focus to Resource Queue, PRD
PJM has withdrawn its non-capacity backed load proposal, shifting the focus of its solution for rising large load additions to creating a parallel resource interconnection queue and reworking price-responsive demand.
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Officials Discuss Ways to Educate Customers on Efficiency
Rising demand and power bills are giving an extra push to expand demand-side management programs, but experts said the industry needs to do more to educate consumers to take advantage of the resources.
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New England Energy Experts Talk Renewable Development Under Trump
Energy experts and officials stressed the importance of proactive transmission planning, interconnection reform and increased demand-side flexibility at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
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NYISO Monitor Report Highlights Generator Outages During Heat Wave
As NYISO continues its Capacity Market Structure Review, the Market Monitoring Unit used its second-quarter State of the Market report to highlight potential issues with how the ISO forecasts resource availability.
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CPUC Shifts More Attention to DR with New Rulemaking

The California Public Utilities Commission is preparing to overhaul its demand response programs, policies and data systems to ensure uniform DR standards statewide and better position the Golden State to meet its energy policy and emissions goals.

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MISO Recounts Tough Summer; Monitor Praises Lack of Emergencies
MISO said 2025 was the most demanding summer since 2012, though it steered the grid with only a single maximum generation event.
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PJM Revises Non-capacity Backed Load Proposal
PJM revised elements of its proposal to create a non-capacity backed load product for large loads as the Critical Issue Fast Path embarks on determining how to address the reliability challenges posed by accelerating data center load growth.
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Power Play: Extreme Heat is Set to Test Grid Reliability, Human Resiliency
Heat affects the full length of the electric supply chain: from generation, through the grid, to utilities’ customers, says columnist Dej Knuckey.
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PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Sept. 11, 2025
PJM's Operating Committee heard an update on the Aug. 11 load-shedding event in Baltimore, which brought 20 MW offline for about half an hour following equipment failures at the Brandon Shores substation
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Common Charge Wants to Grow Distributed Resources to Meet Spiking Demand
Amid rising demand for power, a new coalition called Common Charge has launched to encourage distributed solutions such as virtual power plants that can be deployed quickly and cheaply.

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