Load Control

Design and execute more effective load control events to manage costs.

For utilities, load control is an essential activity that plays a role in energy generation, distribution and management. Utilities use load control to better manage the power grid against disruptions caused by heat waves, severe cold, or physical challenges that arise. Utilities also utilize load control energy costs by avoiding the need to acquire supplemental energy at higher market costs.

The Tendril Load Control application, together with Tendril’s related in-home devices, enables utilities to design and execute effective load control events. The application delivers features and functionality including a rich user interface for defining and executing load control events.

The application interface enables utilities to:

Select targeted consumers and the specific devices and/or applications within the consumer’s residence
Schedule events for a future start date and time, or immediately in the event of an emergency
Control and configure settings in smart devices, such as the Tendril SetPoint thermostat
Select consumer residences based on utility-defined categories such as pricing program, substation, or distribution transformer

In addition, Tendril provides application program interfaces (APIs) that allow third-party development/system integration with other demand response-oriented systems. Tendril’s application and services platform manages the event life cycle and consumer device participation.

Connect with consumers.

The Tendril Load Control application can connect the utility to the consumer through one of two communications channels—an Internet Protocol (IP)-based consumer broadband network or the utility’s AMI meter network.

The Tendril IP solution utilizes the Internet to provide two-way load control communication directly between consumers’ devices and the Tendril applications and services platform
For utilities that prefer to utilize the AMI meter network, the Tendril system can provide the load control directives to the meter network and receive device participation information (as supported by the meter network)

Get more control with solutions for the home area network

Tendril Load Control hardware products include; the Tendril SetPoint thermostat and the Tendril Load Control Switch, and the Tendril Volt. All three products are capable of receiving, storing, and automating load control commands. As a result, these devices manage energy consumption for the set period of time as defined within the load control event. These load control devices are also capable of reporting back the status of their participation within an event, and can support events defined to be “optional” (consumers may opt out of participation in these events) or “mandatory” (no option to choose not to participate).

See what Tendril and third party devices are available to support your Load Control program here.