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Energy Performance Program ā€“ The new and easy way to receive incentives for energy savings

The IESO has released the draft agreements for the new Energy Performance Program (EPP). This program is a new approach to energy savings which takes a look at the total building energy consumption instead of looking at specific equipment.

December 31, 2022
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Edgecom Energy Partners with Alert Labs

Alert Labsā€™ Partnership with Edgecom Energy provides turn-key flood detection and water monitoring.

December 31, 2022
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Dunn Paper Success Story ā€“ Accurate Peak Predictions with pTrackā„¢

pTrackā„¢ helped Dunn Paperā€™s facility in St. Catherines increase their Global Adjustment savings.

December 31, 2022
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DR Standby and Activation Calls Explained

Over the past few weeks, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has issued an unusually high number of standby calls to participants in the Demand Response (DR) program. Although this might be frustrating for DR participants and has kept us all busy recently, there are good reasons to explain the recent increase in calls. This blog post will briefly outline why standby and activation calls are issued in normal circumstances and will explain the IESOā€™s recent increase in calls.

December 31, 2022
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Demand Response: Ontarioā€™s Capacity Auction Program

In modern grids, optimizing efficiency in electricity consumption and reducing strain on grid infrastructure has

December 31, 2022
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Demand Response FAQ

Over the past few years, Edgecom Energy has gained a lot of experience as a Demand Response Aggregator in the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)ā€™s Demand response program ā€“ now called the Capacity Auction. In this time, we have also received and answered a wide variety of questions from our customers relating to the program and how it works. In this post, youā€™ll find a selection of these questions and answers.

December 31, 2022
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COVID-19 will lead to a huge spike in Global Adjustment in 2021

In our last blog post; we explored the impact COVID-19 will have on The Ontario Electricity Demand and how this may impact the Top 5 Coincident Peaks for the Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) program.

December 31, 2022
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COVID-19 Recovery Post Hiatus & The Future of the ICI Program

Learn about the return and future of the ICI program.

December 31, 2022
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Common Electricity Definitions ā€“ Learn the Electrical Lingo

Every industry has specific jargon and terms that are supposed to make communications easier. Not only do some of these confuse regular customers, but they also confuse industry professionals as the same thing is called different names by different people. See our list of common industry terms below: ICI ā€“ Industrial Conservation

December 31, 2022
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