How California Leveraged Grid-interactive Small Buildings as a Resource
During August 14 – 21, 2020, the California grid experienced Stage 3 emergency conditions with forecasted daily capacity shortages of up to 4,400 MW. The deficit resulted in rolling blackouts. By Monday, through a combination of dispatching existing demand response (DR) capacity and enabling automated voluntary end-user conservation efforts, there was a significant reduction in demand which prevented further blackouts.
