PowerFlex successfully participated in last week’s demand response events in California, helping customers monetize their onsite battery energy storage systems while propping up the state’s beleaguered power grid.

A heatwave that sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits in some parts of the state prompted the California Energy Commission (CEC) to trigger four demand response events during the week of July 8 as part of its Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program.