Distributed Energy Helped Fight California’s Grid Outages, But It Could Do Much More
During last week’s heat-wave-driven grid emergency in California, grid operator CAISO and the state’s utilities sent out desperate calls to demand response providers, behind-the-meter battery aggregators, electric-vehicle charging providers, microgrid operators and backup generator owners, seeking whatever help they could provide.The call was answered. According to CAISO and the California Public Utilities Commission, consumer conservation...
