Demand Resources in Wholesale Markets

Sustainable FERC Project
Project completed in January 2011.

Over a multi-year period (2008-2010), Synapse evaluated mechanisms to integrate demand resources into wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary services markets. One particular focus was the integration of energy efficiency resources into the RPM capacity market in PJM. Synapse also monitored New England, New York, and MISO wholesale markets for demand response integration. The work under this contract supported much of the basic research that led to three papers in the fall of 2010: Synapse comments on GSP MISO report on EE and DR potential; report for MA AG on demand response participation in day-ahead energy markets for FERC DR NOPR; and Earthjustice report on transmission planning for FERC Tx NOPR.