The OpenADR Alliance has released two new online tools to help utilities maintain better grid reliability through use of Automated Demand Response (ADR), while providing customers with demand response-enabled products delivering enhanced energy efficiency. The Deployment Map is a database containing OpenADR 1.0 and 2.0 deployments worldwide and provides information on OpenADR utility programs, including the location, status, user category, project timeline, OpenADR Profile, and links to more information. Demand Response plays a vital role in grid stabilization during peak seasons, easing severely constrained electrical grids around the world. Future energy crises caused by electricity demand exceeding system capacity can be postponed or even averted through Demand Response systems. In the US, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) defines DR as “changes in electric use by demand-side resources from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity, or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of […]