Demand management & demand response
Demand charges are the fastest-growing line on a commercial electric bill in the Midwest and Northeast. ecoDMT™, the demand-management engine inside ecoSEMS®, lowers your billed peak automatically and turns your flexible load into demand-response revenue.
Control before capital
Before you buy a single panel or battery, ecoDMT finds the savings already inside your building: staggered compressor starts, pre-cooling ahead of the peak window, HVAC and lighting coordination, and EV charger throttling. Customers with existing solar add 15–30% to their savings this way.
Peak forecasting
Machine-learning forecasts of tomorrow’s load and the utility’s peak window from weather, production schedules and history.
Load sequencing
Prevents coincident starts of chillers, compressors, ovens and packing lines without shortening cycles or violating process limits.
Ratchet defense
Tracks your rolling 11-month peak and protects it, because one bad interval otherwise costs 12 months of demand charges.
Solar-aware dispatch
Manages site load against real-time solar production so exports never mask a demand peak.
Demand response enrollment
Automated participation in PJM Emergency/Economic DR, MISO LMR, NYISO SCR, ISO-NE Active Demand Capacity Resources and utility programs.
Verified savings
Monthly measurement against a weather-normalized baseline so finance can see the return.
What you get
Tariff analysis
We read your rate schedule line by line: demand ratchets, TOU windows, capacity and transmission pass-throughs, power factor penalties.
Metering & integration
Interval metering, sub-metering and integration with BAS, PLC and refrigeration controllers.
Control strategy
Written operating limits agreed with your plant and quality teams before any automation runs.
Program enrollment
We handle registration, testing and settlement with the ISO or utility demand-response administrator.
Reporting
Dashboards for operations and a monthly savings statement for finance.
Storage upgrade path
When the model shows a battery beats the next-best use of capital, ecoDMT already has the dispatch logic to run it.
Questions
What is a demand charge?
A monthly charge based on the highest average power (kW) you draw in any 15- or 30-minute interval, regardless of how much energy you use overall. On many C&I tariffs it is 30–60% of the bill. Demand charges explained →
How much does demand response pay?
Program payments vary by ISO and utility. Capacity-based programs in PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE and utility programs such as Con Edison CSRP and Mass Save ConnectedSolutions pay per kW of committed reduction per season; the free energy model estimates your site’s potential.
Will demand management disrupt production or product quality?
No. Every control action operates inside limits your operations and quality teams set, and ecoSEMS logs conditions continuously. Cold rooms stay in range, cleanrooms stay in pressure and production schedules are respected.
