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Thank you Congressman Sean Casten and Senator Richard Durbin for introducing the REDUCE Act highlighting how important it is to make access for #demandresponse and #virtualpowerplants more equitable across all US states. Aggregated #DR resources have brought thousands and thousands of MW to market where states alone did not. Now, it's more important than ever to allow these resources to bring economic relief and grid reliability to states seeing unprecedented load growth and rising electricity prices. These are also not small savings amounts we're talking about. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) VPP Liftoff Report (thank you Jen Downing and Jigar Shah!) highlights how deploying VPP capacity is urgently needed to address meet growing peak demand and save Americans billions. So why should local businesses and consumers in some states benefit from this and not others? I can't come up with a good reason. Hopefully the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will now open a rulemaking to fix this inequity once and for all. PS: "REDUCE" stands for: Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy. So true. https://lnkd.in/gPT9H95D #energytransition #DR #DERs #VPPs #Order2222 Neil Chatterjee
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3moKudos to Congressman Sean Casten and Senator Richard Durbin for championing the REDUCE Act! It's crucial to ensure equitable access to demand response and virtual power plants across all US states. Aggregated DR resources have already significantly boosted market capacity, providing much-needed economic relief and enhancing grid reliability amidst rising load demands and electricity prices. The DOE's VPP Liftoff Report underscores the urgency of deploying VPP capacity to meet peak demands and save billions. It's high time for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to address this inequity. How do you envision the REDUCE Act transforming the energy landscape and supporting local businesses and consumers nationwide?