The third volume of CPower’s State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America (June 2021) provides a breakdown of the most important issues, trends, and regulations designed to help commercial and industrial organizations make better decisions about their energy use and spend. The report takes up questions such as: FERC 2222 is poised to usher DERs into the wholesale energy markets in the US. How are the markets responding? How will California rebound after suffering its first blackouts in nearly 20 years?; What has Texas learned from the devastating grid failure this past February?; What will New England and PJM do to appease states that are angered at the policies they feel affect their desired fuel mixes?; and How is New York tracking toward its climate goals and what market designs might it employ to help achieve them?
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