Demand response (DR) is when a user turns down their electricity use when their provider is in short supply. Revenue from demand response programs can be lucrative, but successful participation can be difficult without automation to guide curtailment activities. Advance notice can be as short as ten minutes and DR events usually last from 2 to 4 hours. In extremely hot or cold years it may require participation of 50-100 hours per year.

It is risky to attempt this by manually turning equipment down. Spara Demand Response eliminates risk and guesswork by implementing pre-defined control schemes to coordinate tightly with these externally triggered events. With even just a moment's notice, the Spara system begins curtailing loads based on rules set by the user. Because these rules maintain the highest priority, the building or factory’s processes remain secure.

Optimize Participation for Even Greater Savings

At the heart of Spara Demand Response is Embedded Operator Intelligence™, where years of experience are made available to the end user in the form of pre-set curtailment strategies. Powerit has packaged intelligent load shedding into a synchronized energy management strategy that can be adjusted at any time. Additionally, the system is designed to work with existing control systems and can even economically add control and monitoring where none exists.

Spara Demand Response allows users to fine-tune their curtailment strategies and reliably shed even more power (kW) by connecting to loads they previously thought were untouchable. More load shedding means even greater DR revenue. And for those who want the ultimate automated experience and the highest DR payments, Spara Demand Response supports Auto-DR whereby the entire event is automated – from first communication from the utility to the control of individual loads.