Dive Brief:

• The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in Ontario is now using ENBALA Power Network's GOFlex smart grid platform to provide grid-balancing services with the aid of large industrial, commercial and institutional customers.
• ENBALA has been contracted to provide up to a maximum of four megawatts of aggregated flexibility from health care centers, commercial accounts and retail outlets.
• This regulation service, which until now has been provided by power generators, balances supply and demand on a second-by-second basis.​

Dive Insight:

ENBALA has pioneered grid-balancing technology. It has been providing similar frequency regulation service to PJM Interconnection for two years. “It’s a very demanding product, so it means every four seconds we get a signal from PJM. Literally, every four seconds. That’s 7.88 million times per year. We get a signal from PJM saying we need a little more power or a little less power in the power system,” ENBALA CEO Ron Dizy told Utility Dive.