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Right-Sizing Battery Storage: Using Load Profiles to Prove ROI to Clients
How DER and Solar Providers Can Move Beyond Guesswork and Build Stronger Business Cases for Battery Storage Battery storage is one of the most powerful additions to a commercial solar or distributed energy resource project. It can reduce demand charges, improve solar self-consumption, provide backup capability, support time-of-use arbitrage, and give clients more control over…
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Understanding Behind-the-Meter Demand: A Guide to Load Management for Small Utilities
Introduction: The Load Is Changing Faster Than the Grid For many utility cooperatives and small municipal utilities, load management used to be a relatively predictable exercise. Residential peaks were driven by weather. Commercial peaks followed business hours. Industrial customers were large, visible, and usually known by name. Planning departments could rely on feeder histories, monthly…
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The Hidden Cost of Peak Demand: How 15 Minutes Can Double Your Utility Bill
For many facility managers, the most frustrating utility bill is the one that seems unfair. The building did not operate twice as long.The tenants did not use twice as much energy.Production did not double.The HVAC system did not suddenly run for 24 hours a day. And yet the bill comes in far higher than expected.…
