The role of demand response in ancillary services markets

Many Regional Transmission Organizations / Independent System Operators are structuring the rules of ancillary services markets such that demand response can participate along side traditional supply-side resources. EnerNOC is one of the few curtailment service providers that actively bids demand response resources into reserves markets. This paper will detail how EnerNOC works with commercial and industrial customers to provide reliable reductions in these markets. In the last five years, EnerNOC has developed technology to facilitate and monetize demand response. Advanced metering now facilitates measurement and verification of performance and settlement process. EnerNOC´s Network Operations Center can fully automate demand response at customer sites. Such automation enables market participants to provide relief quickly and easily, making demand response a valuable asset for participation in ancillary services market.