Simple Com Tools, manufacturer of the COM1000™ Industrial Internet Appliance™ and Conservation Resource Solutions, Inc. have teamed to help both electric utility and competitive electricity providers manage electric power grid reliability by enabling Real Time Demand Response Program management.

Demand Response programs are one method that an Independent System Operator may use to provide independent energy utilities with access to power on a fair and balanced basis. Demand Response programs are where local utilities and their enrolled customers can be called upon to reduce their electricity consumption in response to either system reliability problems or high wholesale market prices. These programs provide a lower cost, reduced risk, and more environmentally sound solution to managing capacity demands, helping to manage electric power grid reliability and prevent blackouts.

Under their partner relationship, Conservation Resource Solutions will utilize Simple Com Tools’ COM1000 as their preferred customer premise hardware enabling data collection and usage reporting.

From the press release:

"Simple Com Tools has enabled CRS to improve our service offering to our diverse utility and non-utility customer base and ensure a compelling ROI,” states Todd Moran, Managing Partner, Operations for CRS. Demand-side response is an excellent example of this. We look forward to continuing to provide quality, value added solutions to our customers using the COM1000.”