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ENBALA Celebrates 10 Years of Modernizing Power Systems
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May 31, 2013

ENBALA Celebrates 10 Years of Modernizing Power Systems

By Michael Guta
TMCnet Contributing Writer

Fossil fuels are a finite and dirty resource that will increasingly become more expensive as the quantity starts dwindling. This can be seen in regions without these resources where they have to pay higher than average rates for energy. Puerto Rico is a good example where prices are twice what it costs in mainland U.S. In order to cope with these high prices, Puerto Rico and other cities and countries around the world are implementing alternative energy policies and modernization of current systems for a sustainable and long-term energy resource.


These municipalities seek the services of power companies that have a modern approach to energy creation and management. ENABLA is a smart grid technology company that has been introducing innovative ways to support reliability and efficiency. The company is celebrating its tenth year anniversary this week by highlighting some of its accomplishments in the industry.

Creating a management system that is able to implement an intelligent delivery system for energy is key to reducing waste. The mandate that has been put in place in most developed countries to install smart meters by 2020 is one of the tools energy companies will use to manage energy more efficiently.

The technology ENABLA uses improves the reliability and efficiency of the grid by engaging demand-side loads and having a positive impact on the environment. An Impact Qualification Report performed by the Bloom Centre for Sustainability showed greenhouses gases were reduced by 550,000 tons for every 100 MW of Grid Balance it provides.

"From the company's original vision, ENBALA has evolved and grown into a serious player in the smart grid market. We are extremely pleased with the company's growth and success over the past ten years, from providing Grid Balance services to PJM Interconnection and Ontario, to integrating wind generation for utilities in the Canadian Maritimes, all through the engagement of commercial and industrial loads," said Ron Dizy, president and CEO of ENBALA.

In the 10 years the company has been providing energy solutions, it has received 15 awards including the Ontario Energy Association Award of Excellence, Climate Change Business Journal Achievement Award, and Global Clean Technology Top 100.

By bridging the gap between large-scale electricity consumers, system operators, and utilities ENABLA provides a network in which these sectors can work together to improve overall performance of the grid in real-time.

Based on the site's flexibility, qualified users are paid to participate by increasing and decreasing their consumption second-by-second. This allows power system operators access to actionable data to manage the system to balance supply and demand. The benefit for utility companies is the system becomes more reliable and efficient by engaging the customer's demand side storage.

"It is invigorating and rewarding to see an idea progress into the thriving company that ENBALA is today. ENBALA's talented staff, investors and partners have played a major part in our growth and we really appreciate their support. I'm thrilled by ENBALA's development over the past ten years and look forward to our continued success in the years to come," said Malcolm Metcalfe, founder and CTO of ENBALA.




Edited by Jamie Epstein


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