FAST-DR Comes to Northern California
Posted by Allan on August 19th, 2009Smart grid software and hardware technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) helped Northern California power utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company and several of its commercial and industrial customers demonstrate that they can reduce power usage automatically and quickly—in less than 10 minutes—in support of grid reliability. This approach is sometimes called Fast-DR (fast demand response).
http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2009/08/19/smart-grid-success/