U.S. Mid-Atlantic market

Five hours set your capacity charge. Most sites find out afterwards

Across the U.S. Mid-Atlantic's 13 states, your capacity obligation for the year is set by your demand during five coincident peak hours. Everyone knows this and almost nobody gets useful notice, because a typical demand response call arrives 30 minutes to 2 hours before the window. Edgecom forecasts peak days ahead, so the response is a plan rather than a fire drill.

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Sample data. pTrack® forecasts the PJM summer peaks that set your capacity charges.

5
coincident peak hours set the capacity charge for the year
20+
hours of U.S. Mid-Atlantic demand response activation per year, events 30 minutes to 2 hours
2.7 wks
fastest payback on record, at a site outside Pittsburgh
30-70%
of a C&I bill can be demand charges alone

Four things that decide what a U.S. Mid-Atlantic site actually keeps

Two sites with identical load can end up with very different outcomes in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic. The difference is how much warning they get and how much of the earnings someone else takes.

Warning

Days instead of minutes

A 30-minute to 2-hour call forces a choice between the capacity charge and the production schedule. Days of warning lets the schedule absorb it, which is the entire difference in opportunity cost.

Capacity

Five hours, twelve months of cost

Your peak demand during five coincident peak hours sets the capacity charge you carry all year. Forecasting those hours correctly is the fastest return available in this market.

Activations

A real commitment, planned for

Expect 20 or more hours of demand response activation in a year, in events running 30 minutes to 2 hours. A site that knows that in advance builds a curtailment plan it can actually honour.

Economics

A flat fee, not a cut

Shared-savings aggregators keep 15 to 20% of what you earn and you have to trust their arithmetic about how much that was. Edgecom charges a flat, transparent fee.

How a U.S. Mid-Atlantic site runs a peak day

1

Forecast first

The peak-day call arrives with enough notice to move a shift, stage a batch differently or pre-cool, rather than to stop a line on short notice.

2

Curtail to a plan you approved

The reduction is sized to what your operation can genuinely give up, agreed before the season rather than negotiated during an event.

3

Prove and settle

Performance is measured against commitment and reported, so the capacity saving and any program earnings both arrive with evidence attached.

What to check before signing with anyone in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic

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How much notice will I get? Ask for it in hours. A typical event call is 30 minutes to 2 hours. Edgecom forecasts peak days ahead, which is a different kind of commitment to ask of a plant.
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How many hours am I committing? 20 or more hours of activation in a year is a realistic planning assumption, in events of 30 minutes to 2 hours.
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What does the counterparty keep? Shared-savings models take 15 to 20% of your earnings. A flat fee is checkable on an invoice.
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How fast can this pay back? Under a year for 98% of customers. The fastest on record is 2.7 weeks, at a site outside Pittsburgh.
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Edgecom is FERC licensed and serves U.S. Mid-Atlantic facilities through our regional demand response program.