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The Secret to Never Missing a Single Global Adjustment Peak With Remote Monitoring

In this video, Behdad and Colin explains how you can add and improve peak predictions

May 10, 2023
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What are Distributed Energy Resources (DER)?

Distributed Energy Resources, or DERs, are smaller electricity supply or demand resources that can help

May 4, 2023
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How Energy Storage Can Affect The Grid And Your Operations

Electrical grids around the world had always faced one problem: Energy is consumed as it’s

April 27, 2023
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What Is Energy Peak Demand in Ontario?

‍ You may have seen your electricity bills mentioning various types of charges based on

April 21, 2023
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Why the Ontario Energy Grid Wants You to Be More Efficient

The Ontario Energy Board introduced a new pricing plan, starting on May 1st, several utility

April 20, 2023
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Why Predicting the Top 5 ICI Peaks is Impossible Without AI

With the increased number of ICI participants and embedded energy resources like generators and battery storage coming onto the grid, predicting the top 5 coincident peak hours is increasingly difficult. Read on to learn why AI is a necessity for predicting the Top 5 Peaks.

December 31, 2022
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Why IESO Power Data isn’t enough when ‘chasing peaks’ for Global Adjustment

Historically IESO data has worked out well. For the past 10 years, proactive Class A customers have been able to hit all 5 coincident peaks with 10-14 curtailments. Depending on your definition of curtailments and how much time you need to react, 14 curtailments a year to save up-to 40% on your hydro bill is a worthwhile endeavor.

December 31, 2022
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Why Energy Budgets are like Credit Cards – and why that’s a bad thing

Have you noticed how much easier it is to buy something that you will pay off in a month- vs taking out all the funds from your checking account right now? It’s the reason companies like Affirm are all over e-commerce these days. All those buy-now-pay-later commercials on TV work. Energy bills have the same effect. In most cases electricity and natural gas are charged on a monthly basis – this adds yet another level of dissonance between the energy used and the direct hit to the bottom line.

December 31, 2022
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Why Edgecom Energy?

We reduce energy costs and emissions for large energy users by helping decision makers understand, improve and control how they consume energy and water. This is achieved through solutions that involve a combination of custom software and hardware, and our team’s uncompromising focus on customer success and customer service.

December 31, 2022
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