The request for proposals (RFP) calls for proposals for 50MW of demand response peak capacity, with a deadline of October 29, 2008 for capacity available by December 2009.
Customer participation in any bidder’s program is entirely voluntary, and will involve only a few hours each year.
Customers who participate in demand response programs typically receive some sort of incentive for reducing load on the system, while the utility benefits by having access to power at a lower cost than might be available on the wholesale market during peak periods.
Joe Barra, PGE’s director of customer energy resources, said: PGE is already a leader in finding ways to partner with our customers to help meet the demand for electricity in our service territory. Now we are ready to take this a step further by looking for new demand-response options. We see this as a way to help meet our customers’ need for reliable electricity, manage power costs, and reduce our impact on the environment.
