“Absolutely utilities can benefit [from DERS],” said Hal Corin, director of Development at Viridi, a battery energy storage provider. Corin was a speaker at POWER’s recent Experience POWER conference in October of last year in Denver, Colorado. “Demand response [DR] benefits utilities by avoiding the use of most costly peaker plants or less-desirable rolling blackouts,” said Corin. “They benefit from DSM [demand-side management] by lowering relative cost of operations through reduced generation while achiev ...