Did you ever wonder why a number of electric utilities hand out
rebates for energy-efficient appliances? After all, you'd think these
firms want customers to burn more energy and rack up higher electric
bills. That's not the way they see it though.
A number of
utilities aim to operate near capacity to best utilize their own
infrastructures, and they dread summer heat waves or other periods of
high power consumption that can push their systems to the limit.
Building a buffer into their capacity means building costly new power
plants, and utility companies would like to avoid yet another financial
burden.
In response, many utilities, along with their biggest corporate customers, are working with Boston-based EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC) to help modulate energy consumption during peak usage times. (more)
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