Casten, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Eliminate Demand Response Opt-Out
May 23, 2024
May 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
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U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (DIL) and Senator Dick Durbin (DIL) introduced the Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy (REDUCE) Act, legislation that would allow consumers to sell their energy use reduction into federal wholesale electricity markets by eliminating the "Opt Out" currently employed by 13 states that fully or partially ban "aggregated demand . . .
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U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (DIL) and Senator Dick Durbin (DIL) introduced the Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy (REDUCE) Act, legislation that would allow consumers to sell their energy use reduction into federal wholesale electricity markets by eliminating the "Opt Out" currently employed by 13 states that fully or partially ban "aggregated demand . . .