The program will initially target commercial and industrial customers of four power distributors within the seven-state Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) service area including Memphis Light, Gas and Water; Nashville Electric Service; Knoxville Utilities Board; and Huntsville Utilities.
The contract, which is part of TVA’s energy efficiency and demand response plan, follows a successful demand response program between EnerNOC and TVA in summer 2008, during which EnerNOC delivered demand response capacity where and when needed.
EnerNOC was selected by TVA in part because of its ability to deliver demand response capacity within five minutes of notification. EnerNOC’s systems for automated curtailment enable it to remotely manage thousands of end-user sites from its Network Operations Center (NOC) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jim Purcell, energy services manager at Nashville Electric Service (NES), said: Our customers valued last summer’s demand response program. In partnership with TVA and NES, EnerNOC is delivering a valuable service which saves customers on their electricity bill, and we are happy to see the program continue.
