Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) — Enrollment
Offers grid-support incentives for customer demand-management participation to strengthen real-world implementation.
The California Energy Commission's Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program provides financial incentives to California electricity customers who reduce consumption or deploy backup generation capacity during extreme grid stress events occurring between May and October each year. The program is funded by California's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which is derived from cap-and-trade auction proceed…
Provides financial incentives to California electricity customers who reduce consumption or deploy backup generation during grid stress events from May through October.
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