Energy Crisis
Firms baulk at ‘worrying’ number of calls to cut power supply
Companies on demand-response contracts have seen calls to disconnect from grid soar this summer, when pressure on energy system should be lowest
Large companies that are contracted to reduce power consumption when asked to do so are growing increasingly frustrated at the “unprecedented” number of times they are being told to disconnect from the grid in a bid to balance the country’s creaking energy system, an industry body has warned.
The Demand Response Association of Ireland (DRAI), which represents firms that aggregate and sign-up businesses to demand response contracts, said its members were undertaking “intense customer management” ...