MCE Selects AutoGrid Flex(TM) for Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resource Management - Seite 2

"MCE's deployment of this DR pilot program using AutoGrid Flex provides further evidence that the energy industry is embracing the Energy Internet as a way to deliver cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy to their customers," said Dr. Amit Narayan, CEO of AutoGrid. "Flexibility management is Energy Internet's killer app, allowing utilities and energy service providers to lower costs, integrate renewables and drive deeper engagement with their customers."

A Comprehensive, Dispatch-Grade Flexibility Management Solution
AutoGrid Flex is a comprehensive software application suite for flexibility management at the grid edge. AutoGrid Flex enables utilities and energy service providers to predict and control millions of connected DERs across the Energy Internet, allowing them to balance energy supply and demand, increase customer engagement and deliver new value-added services. AutoGrid DROMS is an application within the AutoGrid Flex suite, and is the industry's only comprehensive, "dispatch-grade" demand response management system (DRMS), unifying all programs and assets, for all customer segments.

MCE selected AutoGrid DROMS as their DRMS solution for their pilot DR program because it:

• Supports all DR program types, all types of DERs and all customer segments, allowing MCE to manage both smart thermostats and pool pumps today and easily expand its DR program to new types of DERs and customers in the future.
• Provides a rich, engaging customer experience, with highly personalized programs and hassle-free enrollment and participation, increasing MCE DR program enrollment and customer satisfaction.
• Delivers dispatch-grade DR, with advanced analytics and machine learning at scale, providing MCE with reliable, accurate and highly targeted dispatch.
• Reduced deployment costs thanks to its easy configurability, flexible Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) architecture and rich APIs.

About MCE:
MCE is a not‐for‐profit, community‐based electricity provider that gives customers the choice of having 50 percent to 100 percent of their electricity supplied from clean, renewable sources such as solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal and hydroelectricity at competitive rates. MCE's service area includes Marin County, Napa County, and the cities of Benicia, El Cerrito, Lafayette, San Pablo, Richmond and Walnut Creek. By choosing MCE, customers help support new in‐state and local renewable energy generation. For more information about MCE, visit www.mceCleanEnergy.org.