Ways to participate
The route depends on what your site already has. Each one is assessed against the programs available in your territory.
Solar, or solar plus storage
Reduce what the site buys from the grid, and provide eligible export or coordinated response where the program permits.
We’d review: Solar capacity, generation history, any batteries, and interconnection details.
Battery storage
Discharge during a requested period, or shift when the battery charges.
We’d review: Power capacity in kW, stored energy in kWh, and what the battery is primarily there for.
Generators
Supply onsite load, or export where the applicable arrangement permits.
We’d review: Capacity, fuel, permits and operating classification.
Production scheduling
Move suitable processes away from requested peak periods.
We’d review: Industry, processes, shift patterns, operating hours and major equipment.
Flexible building loads
Adjust cooling, refrigeration, pumping or charging for a defined window.
We’d review: Equipment, controls, any thermal storage, and your operating constraints.
From assessment to participation
- 01
Understand your site
We gather usage, assets and operating limits.
- 02
Review your options
See which programs the site is eligible for.
- 03
Get enrolled
We coordinate enrollment with the provider.
- 04
Participate and earn
Respond to events and track what you earned.
Effiqor coordinates the journey with demand response providers. Eligibility and earnings depend on your location, assets and program.
Earning mechanisms
Demand response is not one payment
A site can earn through several mechanisms at once, and they behave differently. Three of them pay you. The fourth lowers your own bill.
Capacity
Paid to be available when the grid is short.
Energy
Paid to reduce when prices run high.
Ancillary services
Paid to respond fast as supply shifts.
Demand charge
A saving on your own bill, not a payment.
Illustrative. Which mechanisms apply, and what they are worth, depends on your market and what your site can reliably offer.
Designed for business and industry
Healthcare
Standby generation already in place
Schools and universities
Predictable schedules, shiftable load
Commercial and retail
Small reductions repeated across sites
Manufacturing
Non-critical processes moved off peak
A team to guide every step.
Assessment coordination
We gather site information and line it up against eligible programs.
Enrollment support
We work alongside you through the provider’s enrollment process.
Ongoing assistance
We stay involved as your operations and program options change.
Your questions, answered
Can my facility participate?
Often, if the site has something it can reduce, shift or supply for a defined period: solar, batteries, generators, production schedules or building loads. Whether it qualifies depends on your location, the programs available there, and how much flexibility the site can reliably offer. The site assessment is how we find out.
Will this affect how we operate?
Only within limits you set. We start from your operating constraints, and a program is only worth joining if the site can respond without compromising safety, critical processes or comfort. Some programs let you sit out individual events and others expect a response every time; we explain which before you enroll.
How are earnings determined?
By the program and the market. A site can be paid for being available, for the energy it reduces during events, or for responding fast, and it can also save on its own demand charges. What yours is worth depends on how much load it can reliably change and for how long. We estimate it during the assessment, once we have seen the site.
What happens during an event?
The provider notifies you of a requested period, with notice that varies by program. The site then reduces or shifts load, or runs its battery or generator, following the plan agreed at enrollment. Afterwards, performance is measured against the site’s usual consumption to work out what it earned.
Find out what your facility could earn.
Start with a conversation about your site and its energy assets.