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This Startup Turns Electric Water Heaters into Grid Batteries

Shifted Energy

Shifted Energy is tapping water heaters in lower-income communities to create virtual power plants that help balance the grid, starting in Hawaii.

Posted March 7, 2023

Forest Frizzell, CEO of Shifted Energy, wants to make sure that the rewards from helping his home state of Hawaii move to 100 percent carbon-free electricity don’t just belong to the lucky few who can afford rooftop solar systems and home batteries.

That’s why his startup has built one of the country’s most advanced virtual power plants on a ubiquitous piece of Hawaiian household technology — electric water heaters.

As of last year, Shifted Energy had equipped more than 3,000 households in multifamily condos and apartment buildings on the islands of Oahu and Maui with its cellular-connected smart-water-heater control modules. Those families earn about $3 a month in utility bill credits for allowing Shifted Energy to turn those water heaters on and off to help balance the grid during sudden shifts in wind and solar power supply. This virtual power plant (VPP) offers the utility a collective capacity of up to 2.5 megawatts of fast-responding grid support.

Shifted Energy’s algorithms predict down to the kilowatt-hour just how much electricity each family needs to provide hot water at different hours of the day, giving utility Hawaiian Electric a resource that’s as reliable as a power plant in terms of flexibility and control. And, unlike a power plant, Shifted Energy can also remotely program water heaters to absorb excess solar power when more is being generated than the grid can handle.

The VPP is part of Hawaiian Electric’s Power Partnerships Program, a groundbreaking approach to enlisting customers to help balance island grids that are mandated by state law to run completely on renewable energy by 2045. Other VPPs from solar-plus-battery aggregators Swell and Sunrun are also participating in this program, but Shifted Energy’s water-heater fleet has been providing its second-by-second capabilities at full capacity for more than a year as those solar-battery projects have just been getting up to speed.

We’re more than a water-heater company,” Frizzell emphasized. The same algorithms that Shifted Energy has applied to electric water heaters can be applied to home batteries, electric-vehicle chargers and other household appliances.

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NV Energy to Release DER Potential & Forecasting RFP - Expression of Interest

NV Energy


Posted February 28, 2023

NV Energy will shortly release an RFP to procure services and software for distributed energy resources (DER) forecasting and valuation tools.  The software toolset should support DER forecasting for 20 years using a bottom up approach, i.e. from customer up through system level.  In lieu of a separate traditional and periodic energy efficiency market potential study, NV Energy would like the service provider(s) to use the software toolset to determining the technical, economic, and achievable potential for demand response, distributed generation, behind-the-meter storage, and electric vehicles.  This  includes determining the potential for integrated DER program approaches and special breakout scenario analysis for achievable program potential for enhanced approaches for low-income customers and historically underserved communities. In addition to the DER market potential study and licenses to the software, models, and analytical toolsets, NV Energy seeks associated configuration and training services for its Integrated Grid Planning (IGP) group so that IGP can generate quarterly and annual updates to DER forecasts along with updates to DER program and non-wires solutions cost-benefit analyses.

Service providers and vendors that are interested in this receiving this RFP—or interested in teaming arrangements—may notify NV Energy by submitting an expression of interest and capability via this link.

 

Duke Energy Job Opportunity: Demand Response Analyst II or Senior Demand Response Analyst

Duke Energy


Posted February 24, 2023

Position Summary

Position supports key initiatives related to demand response measurement & verification, regulatory compliance and operational support, and complex modeling demand response programs for portfolio planning and regulatory reporting purposes. Responsibilities include: the creation of analytics for product development and regulatory filing requirements emphasizing demand response (DR), load management (LM) and Direct Load Control (DLC); economic dispatch of DR, LM, and DLC programs; regulatory support of DR, LM, and DLC programs; provide project management and technical expertise on special projects requested of the Analytics department. Individuals in this role monitor compliance with program rules for markets organized under regional transmission organizations.

Responsibilities

Support Demand Response / Load Management / Direct Load Control strategy and programs

  • Evaluate the value of demand response programs, using SAS or another programming language to analyze meter data.
  • Ensure Midwest Demand Response compliance with applicable FERC, MISO, PJM and NERC filing requirements.
  • Perform analysis to help draft testimony on policy positions as well as analytical results as required relative to demand response programs.
  • Track and evaluate federal, state, and local policies related to demand response programs.
  • Support development of location based demand response, load management, and direct load control.
  • Communicate with large customers as needed.

Support other areas of the company with advanced technical expertise (e.g. Strategic Planning, Asset Planning, Products & Services, Rates).

  • Work with internal customers such as the trading floor, RTO compliance and FERC attorneys to provide analytical support for demand response program design and implementation
  • Provide expertise to project teams and other areas within the company.
  • Pro-actively seek opportunities to support internal and external customers

 Required/Basic Qualifications

Note: This posting is for one open position. Dependent on relative experience, the level to which a candidate is aligned is outlined below.

Demand Response Analyst II (Demand Response Management & Retail Programs Analyst II)

  • Bachelors degree
  • In addition to required degree, one (1) year minimum of related work experience
  • In lieu of bachelors degree AND one year minimum of related work experience listed above, high school/GED AND five (5) years minimum related work experience

Senior Demand Response Analyst (Senior Demand Response Management & Retail Programs Analyst)

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering, Market Research, Finance, Statistics, Business or Economics
  • In addition to required degree, three (3) years minimum of related work experience
  • In lieu of bachelors degree AND 3 years minimum of related work experience listed above, high school/GED AND seven (7) years minimum related work experience

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Siemens and EnergyHub Join Forces for Next Generation DER Management

Siemens


Posted February 9, 2023

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Advanced Energy Job Opportunity: Administrative Assistant III

Advanced Energy


Posted February 6, 2023


Job Description

North Carolina Advanced Energy Corporation (Advanced Energy) is a nonprofit energy consulting firm headquartered on NC State University’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh, NC. We strive to ensure that energy is clean, affordable, reliable, efficient and safe for all people. We work with electric utilities; state, federal and local governments; manufacturers and a variety of public and private partners in five markets: residential, commercial and industrial, motors and drives, renewables and electric transportation.

At Advanced Energy, we know that our organization thrives only when our employees are valued and supported. You will be aided in your career goals and be put in a position to excel. You’ll work on teams that promote idea sharing and challenge you to learn and expand your expertise. You’ll also be encouraged to seek work-life balance, with flexible hybrid schedules and an array of leave options so you can spend time with family and pursue personal interests.

We are also committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our staff is the most valuable resource we have, and we appreciate that our employees come from varied backgrounds, cultures and experiences. By providing a supportive and respectful environment that promotes creativity and collaboration, Advanced Energy makes a lasting, positive difference in all of the work we do.

Benefits – Visit our website for more information and a full list of employee benefits – www.advancedenergy.org.

Position Overview

Coordinate and perform administrative support activities for assigned business unit(s) and/or team(s).

Essential Functions

Administrative Support

  • Perform front office duties including welcoming visitors, answering multi-line telephone, providing information to callers and/or routing to other personnel and mail distribution. Will rotate regularly as receptionist as well as providing backup coverage during absences
  • Maintain calendars and scheduling for business units and teams
  • Create, update and maintain documents, reports and files (including presentations, graphs, spreadsheets, mailing lists, etc.) using MS Office software
  • Perform data entry into applicable databases
  • Coordinate staff travel and lodging
  • Respond to customer, supplier, vendor and public inquiries
  • Troubleshoot and remedy office equipment issues and provide support to staff
  • Transcribe minutes during meetings
  • Provide back-up support for other administrative assistants as needed
  • Assist with accounting processes such as processing credit card reconciliations and logging deposits
  • Prepare check requests for payments
  • Maintain and operate billing processes for teams to submit to accounting for invoicing 
  • Assist with data collection, preparation and reporting
  • Prepare and disseminate surveys to internal staff and/or external clients and compile information
  • Recommend and coordinate vendors supplying AE with products or services such as coffee, office supplies, beverages, etc. 
  • Assist with facility management by coordinating with cleaning crew, landlord or other relevant parties to address concerns
  • Provide USPS and FedEx shipping support
  • Mentor and provide training for junior administrative staff
  • Provide Human Resources administrative support as needed

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