Eskom Demand Response Aggregation Pilot Programme (DRAPP)
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 03:59AM An ESI Africa Online article publish on 4 January 2012 reported on the Eskom Holdings appointment of intelligent energy management solutions provider Comverge to manage its complex supply and demand challenges by creating and co-managing Africa’s first open market for demand response resources.
Comverge assist Eskom to register, dispatch and operate a new competitive demand response market in South Africa for an initial 500MW of demand response resources. In addition, the agreement calls for Comverge to provide at least 100MW directly as one of the new curtailment service providers (CSPs) serving this newly established market.
Andrew Etzinger, senior general manager Integrated Demand Side Management at Eskom, is reported to have said “We are excited to launch the Eskom Demand Response Aggregation Pilot Programme (DRAPP) to leverage the power of demand response to help ensure greater grid reliability across South Africa,” and that “With Comverge, we will deliver a comprehensive and very successful programme to benefit local companies and help us optimise energy usage.”
A copy of the ESI Africa Online article is available here.
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