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Grid Services - Benefits, Opportunity, and Value

Grid services provide dynamic load control to support the electric grid including shedding, shifting, and modulating loads. Modulating loads provide ancillary services (e.g., frequency regulation) and voltage control.  Grid services support the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity by providing value through avoided electricity system costs (generation and/or delivery costs).

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SEE Action - Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings: An Introduction for State and Local Governments

This report describes GEBs in the context of state and local government interests and highlights trends, challenges and opportunities for demand flexibility. It also provides an overview of valuation ... This report describes GEBs in the context of state and local government interests and highlights trends, challenges and opportunities for demand flexibility. It also provides an overview of valuation and performance assessments for demand flexibility and outlines actions they can take, in concert with utilities, regional grid operators, and building owners, to advance demand flexibility. See Appendix B, which shows a handful of examples of integrated DSM utility programs.
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GEB Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps

This report evaluates state-of-the-art and emerging building technologies that have significant potential to provide grid services. The report also identifies major research challenges and gaps facing... This report evaluates state-of-the-art and emerging building technologies that have significant potential to provide grid services. The report also identifies major research challenges and gaps facing the technologies as well as opportunities for technology-specific R&D. See Appendix A.1 Grid Services, which provides the market sizes addressable by demand flexibility in buildings for various grid services.
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2025 California Demand Response Potential Study – Charting California’s Demand Response Future: Final Report on Phase 2 Results

This report provides data-driven insights as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) evaluates how to enhance DR’s role in meeting California’s resource planning needs and operational re... This report provides data-driven insights as the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) evaluates how to enhance DR’s role in meeting California’s resource planning needs and operational requirements. The study defines four types of grid services and their benefits (shed, shape, shift, shimmy/modulate) and estimates the potential size and cost of future DR resources for California's three investor-owned utilities (IOUs).
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A National Roadmap for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

This report identifies the most important barriers and outlines the key opportunities for full implementation of GEBs and associated demand flexibility. Chapter 2 - The $100B GEB Opportunity discusses... This report identifies the most important barriers and outlines the key opportunities for full implementation of GEBs and associated demand flexibility. Chapter 2 - The $100B GEB Opportunity discusses the benefits analysis from U.S. GEB deployment.
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