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DER for Energy Reduction in Ontario

Are you making the most of our government’s Energy Conservation Plan incentives?

For diligent service and proactive energy reduction solutions in Ontario, turn to a team who can assess and monitor your needs with the highest degree of accuracy. The Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) is a form of demand response that allows participating customers to manage their global adjustment (GA) costs by reducing demand during peak periods. Customers who participate in the ICI, referred to as Class A, pay GA based on their percentage contribution to the top five peak Ontario demand hours (i.e., peak demand factor) over a 12-month base period.

What is ICI?

Industrial Conservation Initiative (ICI) Eligibility

To participate in this program, your average monthly peak demand must be greater than 500kW. “Peak periods” are the days that consumers use the most electricity. There are many factors that play a role in firmly announcing a day as a “Peak Day”. Our sister-company; Edgecom Energy, has a proprietary software that can predict these peak days with a very high accuracy. To find out more, visit Edgecom Energy or visit Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

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What is GA?

Ontario electricity costs are made up of two main components: the market electricity price and the Global Adjustment (GA).
As part of the IESO’s Market Renewal Program (MRP), the former Hourly Ontario Energy Price (HOEP)terminology has been replaced by updated market pricing structures, including the:
  • Ontario Electricity Market Price (OEMP) — the real-time market price of electricity
  • Day-Ahead Ontario Zonal Price (DAOZP) — the day-ahead forecasted zonal electricity price used within Ontario’s renewed electricity market
These market prices are administered by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and form part of the electricity commodity cost for large consumers and Local Distribution Companies (LDCs).
The second and often larger portion of electricity costs is the Global Adjustment (GA). GA covers the costs associated with:
  • Ontario’s electricity generation contracts
  • Grid reliability and infrastructure investments
  • Conservation and demand management programs
  • Capacity and system support initiatives
For many industrial facilities in Ontario, GA represents a significant portion of the total electricity bill. Class A customers can reduce these costs by lowering demand during the province’s peak demand hours, commonly known as the 5 Coincident Peaks (5CP).
To learn more about Ontario’s electricity market and GA framework, visit the IESO website.

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How Can Your Facility Benefit?

Circuit Energy, in collaboration with Edgecom Energy, helps industrial facilities reduce electricity costs through strategic energy management and Global Adjustment optimization.
Our process begins with a detailed assessment of your facility’s energy profile, operational requirements, and cost-saving opportunities. Together, we develop a customized strategy designed to maximize savings while minimizing operational disruption.
Our turnkey energy management solutions may include:
  • Peak demand management strategies
  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
  • Load monitoring and energy analytics
  • Power quality optimization
  • Demand response and control solutions
By leveraging advanced technologies and available incentive programs through the IESO and LDCs, eligible facilities can significantly reduce their electricity costs and improve long-term energy performance.
Depending on your facility profile and operational flexibility, organizations may achieve electricity cost savings of up to 50%.
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How can we help?

Our Solutions
pTrack©
AI peak-day prediction to maximize savings
Proprietary software that predicts with high accuracy which days require energy curtailment — reducing your Global Adjustment charges.
See Edgecom Energy for details
Battery
Storage
Charge off-peak, discharge on-peak
We design battery arrays sized to your facility's demands so you ride through peak periods without interruption.
Power
Gen.
Shift loads from grid to in-house generation
Select your power source — partial or full — to maximize uptime and stay ICI-compliant while maintaining full production capacity.
How It Works
AI-Driven
predicts the days you need to curtail usage to maximize savings
Our state-of-the-art artificial intelligence proprietary software that predicts, with high accuracy, the days that you will need to curtail usage to maximize savings. See Edgecom Energy for more details.
Jan
2 days
Feb
3 days
Mar
4 days
Apr
1 day
Predicted curtailment days
Low-risk period
Off-Peak
represents the optimal window to charge your battery system
"Charge Off-Peak, Discharge On-Peak" — Depending on the facility's electrical infrastructure and demands, we can design the right battery storage solution for your organization to ride-through the "Peak Periods" using battery arrays designed to keep up with your facility's demands.
12am
Chg
6am
Chg
12pm
Peak
6pm
Peak
10pm
Chg
On-peak discharge
Discharge + regen
Off-peak charge
100%
uptime maintained by shifting loads from grid to in-house generation
This solution gives our customers the luxury of shifting their loads from the grid to an in-house power generation facility in order to maximize uptime of the production equipment while being in compliance with the requirements of the ICI program. In conjunction with pTrack, you select the power source — partial or in-full — while maintaining production capacity.
Grid only — Standard
100% grid
Hybrid — ICI mode
55% gen
45%
In-house — Peak event
100% in-house
In-house generation
Grid supply

Project Life Cycle Auxiliary Power

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Initiation Phase

  • Project Definition
  • Feasibility Study
  • Engineering Assessment Of Existing
  • Infrastructure
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Planning Phase

  • System Design
  • Equipment Selection and Procurement
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Permits and approvals
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Execution Phase

  • Electronical Work
  • Construction
  • Equipment Installation
  • Coordination and SC Studies
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Project Hand-off

  • Testing and Commissioning
  • System Monitoring
  • Load Transfer Procedure and Final Reviews
  • EAS Approvals
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