by Rebecca Walker — March 30, 2011—The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) took the opportunity to note that the past week included a major milestone for demand response. DRSG is the trade group of companies that provide demand response (DR) and smart grid technologies, products and services.
“It was a good week for DR,” said Dan Delurey, President of DRSG. “After exhaustive stakeholder input, and after extensive deliberation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) arrived at a decision by a vote of 4-1 saying that demand response is equivalent to generation and supply side resources and thus deserves equal compensation in wholesale energy markets.”
He added: “DRSG applauds FERC’s leadership to foster the growth of demand response and deliver its benefits to consumers. This is just the latest such step by the Commission and we commend FERC for its efforts.”
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