Duke Energy’s demand response playbook
Brian Lusher taught himself about the energy industry early on. Now he runs demand response for one of the biggest utilities in the country.
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Brian Lusher taught himself about the energy industry early on. Now he runs demand response for one of the biggest utilities in the country.
Some people turn to YouTube to watch music videos, clips of their favorite television shows, or how-to videos. Brian Lusher turned to it for a different reason.
Years ago, Brian started downloading academic lectures about the energy industry on YouTube so he’d have something tolisten to on long drives. At the time, he was a reliability engineer for an on-site power plant at a manufacturing facility. But his self-guided, deep dive into the industry helped land him a job at Duke Energy, where he’s director of demand response today.
This week on With Great Power, Brian describes some of the programs that Duke has deployed to help both residential and commercial customers manage their energy use. He also shares how demand response and virtual power plant programs fit into Duke Energy’s larger strategy to manage load growth, including from data centers.
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