Energy Demand Response Support

The CRS team has several years of hands-on, real-world market experience in the successful implementation and operation of energy Demand Response Programs from start to finish throughout North America. CRS advises clients on how to evaluate, design, develop, implement, and commercially operate effective Demand Response Programs:

• Market entry support: comprehensive evaluation and support of market participants’ first time entry into new demand response markets throughout the United States and Canada.
• Evaluation of demand response options for your customers, including real-time dynamic price response, day-ahead demand response, reliability/reserves driven demand response and/or targeted distribution network offerings.
• Program technical assessment and value proposition analyses.
• Meter infrastructure and data requirements.
• Measurement and Verification (M&V) plan support and baseline algorithm options.
• Program communication, actionable market information and event notification systems tailored to your needs.
• Customer site surveys and load management audits to validate discretionary loads for shedding, qualifying emergency generation assets and optimal metering configurations for demand response.
• Training and briefing seminars for your internal team members and customers.
• Operational maintenance and troubleshooting expertise/support for pulse capable metering systems in the field.