Nearly all byproducts of combustion emissions have serious negative impacts on the environment and health (CO2, NOx, SOx), and researchers say that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) may be a main culprit of asthma rates almost doubling since 1984.**
In 2007 alone, US generators and combined heat and power facilities created 2,517 MILLION METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
Natural gas-fired generation has almost doubled since 1996; increasing from 455 million MwH to 897 million MwH, and accounted for 21.6 percent of total generation in 2007. *
Well over half of the oil and petroleum products consumed in America*approximately 12 million barrels per day, or more than 600 gallons for every man, woman, and child each year*now come from abroad
The U.S. government projects that the level of imports will only continue to rise, reaching between 16 and 21 million barrels per day by 2025 ***
* Source: Energy Information Administration **Source: Todd Zwillich, Web MD *** Source: 'Over a Barrel'; John Duffield; Stanford University Press
Demand response programs exist in energy markets across North America, and each region has opportunities that help meet their unique energy reduction goals. This is actually an "insurance policy" for the ISO that they can rely on during the hottest, most humid summer days when the demand for electricity approaches the available supply.
The goal to developing a "Smart Grid" is to upgrade our electric grid to be more efficient, more reactive to real-time grid conditions, and promote more sophisticated demand management strategies. Commercial & Industrial implementation of Demand Response are the most effective form of smart grid implementations, and among the most complex.
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