Peak Energy Demand Helped by 320,000 SCE Customers Participating in Demand Response Programs
August 21 2015 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
It brings 1,118 megawatts into market,
resources exceeding most of state’s electric generating
plants
Southern California Edison (SCE) today announced the integration
of an estimated 1,118 megawatts of demand response resources into
California’s wholesale energy markets.
Demand response resources are most useful during peak periods of
energy consumption, such as hot summer days, to meet unexpectedly
high electricity demand or to help alleviate stress on the grid
during emergency conditions.
The 1,118 megawatts of demand response exceeds the capacity of
most of the state’s large electric generating plants and is made up
of the aggregation of more than 320,000 SCE customers participating
in demand response programs. Individually, these customers would be
too small and not allowed to participate in these markets.
These programs serve SCE’s residential, commercial and
industrial customers who, in exchange for bill reductions, have
agreed to reduce their energy consumption when called upon to do so
and in that way ease the stress on the electric system, especially
in times of peak power demand.
“SCE has worked diligently with the California Independent
System Operator (CAISO) to resolve challenging technical and
process issues to bring these resources to market,” said Marc
Ulrich, SCE vice president of Customer Programs and Services. “We
are committed to the use of clean, environmentally friendly
resources in meeting California’s electric needs, and we are very
proud to partner with our customers to help improve the reliability
of the system.”
This is a significant milestone for SCE since the effort
leverages the participation of thousands of customers to provide
additional benefits to all Californians. Yet participation in the
wholesale market, done this way, does not require any additional
effort by customers beyond signing up for the program of their
choice.
SCE has completed the first phase of integrating its demand
response resources into the wholesale markets and will work closely
with the CAISO, California Public Utilities Commission, California
Energy Commission, and other industry stakeholders to develop rules
that will allow for the market integration of the remaining 20
percent of SCE’s portfolio.
The full integration of SCE’s demand response portfolio into
CAISO markets will result in a more efficient energy market for
California and increased reliability for all customers. Revenue
generated by this participation in the markets will help offset the
prices that customers pay for power bought on their behalf by the
utility.
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California
Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a
population of nearly 14 million via 5 million customer accounts in
a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and
Southern California.
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