Emergent Energy

Revenue Programs

Demand Response Revenue

Your facility already has flexible load. PJM and its sister ISOs will pay you to make it dispatchable. We turn that latent flexibility into annual capacity revenue — with no capital investment and no disruption to production.

Revenue indexed to cleared PJM capacity priceZero capital required

Program Components

End-to-end demand response, run for you

PJM Capacity Market Revenue

We enroll your curtailable load into PJM's Reliability Pricing Model and adjacent ISO programs. Capacity payments arrive monthly, indexed to your cleared MW and the price cleared in PJM's Base Residual Auction for your locational deliverability area — with zero capital outlay.

Load Curtailment Planning

We profile every shedable load — chillers, compressors, batch processes, lighting — and engineer a curtailment playbook that hits your committed MW without disrupting production or tenants.

Event Management & Dispatch

When the grid calls an event, our operations team coordinates dispatch end-to-end: advance notice, automated control signals, live load tracking, and post-event reporting. Operators stay in control; we handle the grid.

Compliance & Measurement

Baseline calculation, telemetry, and M&V documentation that satisfy PJM, NYISO, ERCOT, and CAISO settlement rules. Audit-ready records mean payments clear on schedule and penalties stay off the books.

Behind-the-Meter Generation

On-site generators, battery storage, and CHP can be enrolled alongside curtailable load to stack capacity, ancillary services, and energy market revenue from the same assets.

Size your demand response revenue

Send us 12 months of interval data and we'll quote your expected capacity payment, dispatch plan, and enrollment timeline.

Demand response questions building owners ask

What is demand response, in plain terms?

You agree to reduce electrical load when the grid operator calls an event, and you are paid for committing that capacity whether or not events are called. In the PJM footprint that means enrolling a curtailable load amount, responding when dispatched, and being measured against a baseline of your normal consumption.

How much load do we need to participate?

There is a practical minimum, but aggregation is the usual answer for smaller sites: several buildings enrolled together can meet a threshold none of them meets alone. The real question is not total load but how much of it is genuinely curtailable without affecting production or occupants — which is what the curtailment plan establishes.

Will curtailment disrupt operations?

It should not, because the curtailment plan is written before enrollment and identifies exactly which loads shed, in what order, and for how long. Typical candidates are non-critical HVAC, lighting in unoccupied zones, and deferrable process loads. Anything tied to product quality, safety, or occupant comfort stays off the list.

How is our payment calculated?

Capacity revenue is based on the load you commit and the clearing price for your zone and program year; energy payments apply to actual reduction during events. Because both depend on a measured baseline, metering quality directly affects what you are credited — an understated baseline understates your performance.

What happens if we cannot perform during an event?

Programs assess a shortfall against your commitment, which is why the enrolled amount should be conservative and grounded in metered load data rather than an optimistic estimate. We size the commitment from actual interval history and monitor performance during events so shortfalls are caught while there is still time to shed more.

Do we need submetering to participate?

Not strictly — settlement runs off the utility meter. But circuit-level data is what tells you which loads can actually be shed, verifies that they shed when dispatched, and supports a dispute if measured performance is questioned. Sites with existing monitoring generally commit more confidently because the curtailable amount is known rather than assumed.

Can demand response run alongside rebates and efficiency work?

Yes. Efficiency projects lower consumption; demand response pays for flexibility during a limited number of hours. They are settled separately and can proceed in parallel, though permanent load reduction does change the baseline your commitment is sized against, so the two are worth planning together.

Why trust us

  • NMSDC Certified MBE

    Minority Business Enterprise certified

  • ENERGY STAR Partner

    Benchmarking and Portfolio Manager reporting

  • ISO 50001 Aligned

    Energy management system practice

  • PECO / PPL / FirstEnergy Trade Ally

    Registered across three PA utility territories

  • 100+ Active Projects

    Commercial and industrial facilities

  • 38 Sites Monitored

    Continuous circuit-level measurement