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Demand Response Training & Engineering Blog

Structured learning tracks and hands-on implementation guides for baseline analytics, OpenADR interoperability, telemetry QA, and DR operations.

Featured Articles

Training

Beginner • 12 min read

Demand Response 101: Program Foundations

A practical primer on DR program structure, dispatch events, participant performance, and settlement fundamentals.

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Strategy

Beginner • 9 min read

How to Choose the Right Demand Response Program Type

Understand economic DR, reliability DR, and ancillary-service participation patterns for C&I and aggregated DER portfolios.

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Baseline

Intermediate • 8 min read

Demand Response Baselines: Methods and Tradeoffs

How to choose between X-of-Y, day-matching averages, median candidates, and EWMA baselines for different program goals.

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Baseline

Advanced • 11 min read

Same-Day Adjustment Design: Additive vs Multiplicative

Design transparent SDA controls with pre-event windows, caps, and audit outputs that can stand up in settlement reviews.

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Integration

Intermediate • 10 min read

OpenADR 2.0b VEN Operations Guide

Operational setup patterns for VTN profiles, device registration, polling intervals, and EiReport telemetry submission.

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Integration

Intermediate • 8 min read

OpenADR 3.0 Migration Planning for Operations Teams

A practical migration plan from pilot tests to stable OpenADR 3.0 VEN operations with measurable rollout milestones.

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Data Quality

Intermediate • 7 min read

Telemetry Data QA for Demand Response

Practical QA checks for duplicate timestamps, interval coverage, timezone alignment, and safe patching practices.

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Data Quality

Intermediate • 9 min read

Settlement-Grade Telemetry Architecture for DR

Build data pipelines that preserve interval integrity, timezone consistency, and audit traceability from ingestion to settlement.

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Learning Tracks

DR Program Fundamentals

Start with market roles, event lifecycle, and performance measurement before moving into analytics.

  • Demand Response 101
  • Program design patterns
  • Settlement readiness checklist

Baseline Engineering

Build robust baseline configurations with transparent methodology and same-day adjustment controls.

  • X-of-Y and alternatives
  • Same-day adjustment methods
  • Validation and backtesting

OpenADR Integration

Move from registration tests to stable telemetry exchange and operational monitoring.

  • VEN profile strategy
  • EiReport best practices
  • Interoperability QA workflows