Acclaim Energy Advisors Partners with AT&T to Offer Dynamic Load Optimization

AT&T and Acclaim Energy Advisors today announced a strategic agreement to provide business customers with dynamic load optimization services to reduce customers' costs while protecting sensitive equipment from power surges and helping restore reliability to the power grid.

Powered by AT&T, the Acclaim Energy DLO365 or Dynamic Load Optimization will utilize smart grid technology to provide low cost, intelligent power metering and control systems that enable remote monitoring and switching of loads from the grid to standby generators within seconds. DLO365 can automatically reduce energy loads as small as 100 kW across many customer sites when called upon either by a grid operator or another demand response program manager, the companies said.

"With the continued expansion of our AT&T Smart Grid capabilities, we collaborated with Acclaim Energy to help bring to market a unique solution that directly addresses ongoing power grid issues," said Abhi Ingle, Vice President of Industry and Mobility Application Solutions Group, AT&T Business and Home Solutions.

"Although grid challenges are growing nationwide, we're introducing this service first in Texas due to its acute electricity generation problems and potential reliability issues in 2012 and beyond," said John Elder, Acclaim Energy Advisors CEO. "Together with AT&T, we can assist organizations that want to manage energy smartly, generate income and help avert costly grid failures that impact economic growth and quality of life for residents."

The companies said that, among other things, DLO365 allows customers to participate year-round in electricity curtailment programs that generate revenue for customers, and reduces peak consumption for increased savings.

Aside from various other opportunities for curtailment revenues, the program is designed to enable customers to participate in the ERCOT TDUs' commercial load management programs, whose budgets and participation levels have recently been increased for this summer due to the current supply conditions in ERCOT.