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Voltus highlights three exceptional Voltans in honor of International Women's Day
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March 8, 2021

Voltus highlights three exceptional Voltans in honor of International Women's Day

In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring three outstanding Women of Voltus. These women were selected by their fellow Voltans based on their bright, gritty, and good achievements at work and beyond.

The wo(man) in the arena - a guide to leadership at Voltus
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March 5, 2021

The wo(man) in the arena - a guide to leadership at Voltus

Voltus's Kelly Yazdani discusses four elements of our culture embodied by all Voltan leaders.

A V2G Tesla Model S would have paid for itself in ERCOT last week
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February 26, 2021

A V2G Tesla Model S would have paid for itself in ERCOT last week

The three central US power grids, ERCOT, SPP, and MISO, which represent 270,000 MWs of electricity demand (34% of total US demand), faced catastrophic power outages last week.

$445 Million per Hour
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February 17, 2021

$445 Million per Hour

That’s the value of economic loss occurring in the ERCOT region of Texas right now, based on the load sector weighted average of the Value of Lost Load (VOLL), the result of a study commissioned to London Economics by ERCOT in 2013.

Voltus in action - our real-time response to today's energy crisis
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February 15, 2021

Voltus in action - our real-time response to today's energy crisis

Right now, Texas is experiencing the most acute energy crisis in nearly 10 years. This afternoon, due to record low temperatures, load is forecasted to exceed system capacity by 10,000 megawatts.

Ontario energy consumers take note – Voltus secures its place as a leading provider of demand response in this month’s capacity auction
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December 18, 2020

Ontario energy consumers take note – Voltus secures its place as a leading provider of demand response in this month’s capacity auction

Ontario’s demand response market has grown for the sixth consecutive year and Voltus is continuing to grow with it. Voltus is now the 3rd largest demand response aggregator in the region.

Veterans Day – building purpose through a shared mission
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November 11, 2020

Veterans Day – building purpose through a shared mission

Reflections from Voltus's Stephanie Hendricks, U.S. Navy veteran, on this Veterans Day 2020.

When Economic Curtailment … Isn’t
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November 5, 2020

When Economic Curtailment … Isn’t

For certain businesses that can provide fast-response load curtailment, Operating Reserves (OR) is a better alternative, resulting in lower net electricity costs without the frequent hassles of economic curtailment.

Accelerating our mission – doing more good, faster
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October 29, 2020

Accelerating our mission – doing more good, faster

We founded Voltus with a clear vision – to become the world’s leading provider of demand response. We bring this vision to fruition each day by turning large energy users’ behind-the-meter assets into cash-producing distributed energy resources. Today, Voltus is the fastest growing demand response provider of all time.

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