Company Hits Home Run in First Ever ISO-NE Test

On Friday, August 20th, ISO-New England ran its first full-scale Demand Response Program test. The surprise test was conducted to verify that demand response providers can deliver their committed capacity. Preliminary results are now in, showing that EnerNOC over performed, delivering even more capacity than it committed to ISO New England's various programs.

Fire Up Those Generators

As shown by the graph, EnerNOC's generator customers delivered in a big way. Pictured is the load profile of a large blue-chip company's mission-critical data center. In a snap, EnerNOC helped this customer remove nearly eight megawatts (MW) of power demand from the grid by firing up its backup generation resources.

In this image, the blue line represents the customer's load during the event day, and the red line represents the customer's baseline load (as calculated from its historical consumption data). As shown in the image, the customer's draw on the grid dropped precipitously during the event window, which lasted from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Adjust the Air Conditioning

While EnerNOC provided capacity by firing up some customers' backup generation resources, EnerNOC helped many other customers participate by dimming lights, adjusting thermostats, and taking other load shedding measures.

This graph represents a facility owned by a municipal customer. The substantial amount of "negawatts" from this site were achieved by turning off unnecessary lighting and adjusting thermostats.

EnerNOC Technology Reaches Another Milestone

Once again, EnerNOC technology did its thing. Just 15 minutes into the notification period, EnerNOC had delivered more than 100% of its committed capacity to ISO-New England and maintained this level of response throughout the entire event.

During this event, EnerNOC's monitoring capabilities really made a difference. Customers were able to watch their performance in real time as the event unfolded. In some cases, this allowed customers to earn even more financial reward than they had expected.