Tampa Electric enhances auto price response with Comverge

Tampa Electric Company has selected Comverge's IntelliSource platform to support enhancements to its price responsive Energy Manager program, which allows residential customers to automate control of their energy usage using pricing tiers and dynamic price signals to reduce consumption during times of peak demand when electricity rates are at their highest. The platform automates high energy use appliance operations and collects metering information to calculate electricity bills for customers participating in the program.

Energy Planner uses smart thermostats to help residential customers control the operation of central heating and cooling systems, electric water heaters and pool pumps based on price tiers and dynamic price signals. This automated price responsive program allows Tampa Electric to offer four pricing rates for electricity (low, medium, high and critical) that provide lower rates approximately 87 percent of the time. Since 2008, the program has shed 3.1 kW/customer during winter peak and 2.0 kW/customer during summer peak.

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