Smart Grid technology company Silver Spring Networks has signed a strategic partnership with Energate to create a comprehensive demand response offering for utility customers.
Through the partnership, Silver Spring will expand its Demand Response portfolio to offer elements of Energate’s Consumer Connected Demand Response (CCDR) product set, including smart thermostats, load control switches, gateways, and software. The combined portfolio incorporates Silver Spring’s existing Advanced Metering, UtilityIQ and CustomerIQ applications.
Demand response programs will become more important to utilities as they develop their smart grids, allowing for load control and time-of-use pricing for customers.
The demand response (DR) industry will begin a period of dramatic growth in 2013, according to a recent Pike Research report, which forecasts market growth from $1.4 billion in 2010 to $8.2 billion in 2020.
Energate and Silver Spring are currently providing in-home technology for the Silver Spring deployment with Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s (OG&E) smart grid trial. Energate smart thermostats will enable participating OG&E customers to automatically control their energy use in response to time-of-use rates.
Energate’s Pioneer Z100 thermostat is the first thermostat that Silver Spring has qualified as interoperable with its Smart Energy Platform. The devices are also fully upgradeable over-the-air.
Founded in 2004, Energate’s offices are in Ottawa, New York and California.
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