Direct Energy Business Unveils Service Alerting Customers to Likely 5CP Days in PJM Region

Direct Energy Business is now offering an email alert service in the PJM region as part of a new pilot program for 2013.

This free service includes email notifications throughout the summer months that will alert customers if a particular day shows medium or high probability of being one of PJM's coincident peak days.

Additionally, customers will have access to additional data that provides the details behind why the probability is medium or high.

In the PJM region, data from the five coincident peak days, as selected by the Independent System Operator (ISO), determines a business' peak load contribution (PLC), also known as a capacity tag for invoicing purposes. If customers can be forewarned of when these five days might occur, they have the opportunity, if they choose, to attempt to curtail or otherwise lower their demand during on-peak hours.

Factors such as weather, offline power plants, and monitoring PJM's grid demand reports and forecasts allow Direct Energy Business to provide customers with an estimate of how likely it may be for PJM to hit a coincident peak day on a particular day in the summer.

"Last year, our portfolio strategy team provided a similar alert system to PowerPortfolio customers in PJM as part of our consultative services, which received positive feedback. This sparked the creation of the peak demand probability alert service," said Mike Senff, vice president of sales and marketing of Direct Energy Business.