Demand Response & Flexibility
Load flexibility, demand response, virtual power plants
Map, monetize, and dispatch your demand-side flexibility. Identify which loads can be curtailed, shifted, or interrupted — then participate in demand response programs, wholesale markets, and ancillary services. Aggregate distributed flexible assets into a virtual power plant portfolio that generates revenue from the grid services your operations can provide.
Key capabilities
Load flexibility mapping
Audit every load in your portfolio to classify flexibility potential — curtailable, shiftable, interruptible, or baseload. Quantify the MW and MWh of flexibility available by time of day, season, and operational constraint. Maintain a live flexibility register that updates as production schedules and equipment availability change.
Demand response programs
Participate in utility and grid operator demand response programs — capacity markets, emergency curtailment, economic dispatch, and interruptible supply tariffs. Manage program enrollment, baseline calculations, performance measurement and verification (M&V), and settlement across multiple programs and jurisdictions.
Virtual power plant
Aggregate distributed flexible assets — batteries, EV chargers, HVAC systems, industrial processes, backup generators — into a single dispatchable portfolio. Bid aggregated flexibility into wholesale energy, frequency regulation, and reserve markets. Coordinate dispatch across assets while respecting each site's operational constraints.
Industrial process scheduling
Optimize energy-intensive process scheduling against time-of-use tariffs, real-time market prices, and demand charge windows. Shift batch processes, compress production into off-peak hours, and exploit thermal storage in heating and cooling systems to decouple energy consumption from production timing.
EV fleet charging
Smart charging optimization for commercial and industrial EV fleets. Schedule charging sessions to minimize demand charges, exploit off-peak tariffs, and participate in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services. Balance fleet readiness requirements against energy cost optimization with configurable departure time and minimum state-of-charge constraints.
Flexibility market participation
Bid flexibility into wholesale and ancillary service markets — frequency containment reserves, automatic frequency restoration, reactive power, and balancing markets. Automated bidding strategies with price floor/ceiling rules, position limits, and performance tracking. Settlement reconciliation against market operator payments.
How it connects
Demand Response & Flexibility uses real-time load data from Facilities & Metering to quantify available flexibility. Dispatch signals coordinate with Battery Storage for co-optimized response. Flexibility revenue streams feed into Procurement cost models, and curtailment events are reflected in Carbon & ESG emissions calculations.