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Demand Response

Generate a new revenue stream for your business while helping to stabilize the grid, with our demand response program.

Manage your energy costs during peak periods

As one of the largest demand response provider in ERCOT, we help you reduce consumption during peak periods with minimal disruption to your business – managing costs while contributing to a balanced grid that will benefit your business.

With more than 575 MW of dispatchable load under contract, Shell Energy manages approximately 25% of the demand response in ERCOT.

575 MW

As one of the largest demand response provider in ERCOT with more than 575 MW of dispatchable load under contract.

25%

Shell Energy manages approximately 25% of the demand response in ERCOT

Manage costs with demand response

Our demand response agreements provide you with unique insights into your energy environment with advance notice of peak days, which can help you:

  • Reduce energy consumption during peak periods of demand on the grid

  • Manage energy costs through insights and peak day notifications

  • Support your sustainability goals

Demand response plans that meet your needs

  • Economic demand response

  • Call-option-based demand response

  • ISO capacity, emergency, and ancillary demand response

  • Utility emergency and tariff cost management response

  • Combinations of the above during different times of the day and year

How do you know when demand response is needed?

We will alert you of an upcoming demand response event as soon as we receive notification from either PJM or ERCOT.

These notifications range from 10 – 120 minutes prior to an event, as determined by the governing authority. Both organizations allow demand response programs year-round.

Who do we help?

Manufacturers

Hospitals

Retail

Schools and universities

Grocery stores

Data Centers

Commercial buildings

Where is demand response available?

We are a Curtailment Service Provider (CSP) in PJM and a Level IV Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) in ERCOT. This means we offer our demand response program wherever PJM and ERCOT operate, which includes:

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