Demand Response Programs Help Utilities Avoid Rate Hikes (Energy Priorities)

Energy Minute: Demand response is a program where electricity customers reduce their consumption at critical times. It's a way for utilities to avoid large capital expenditures and postpone rate hikes. (Podcast)

by Denis Du Bois
October 27, 2006

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