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The $20 Secret to a Flexible Grid Your AC's Hidden Power

demand response payments | virtual power plant verification | grid flexibility technology | AC thermostat monetization | peaker plant alternatives | utility demand side management Your air conditioner could be generating cash every month—but a 90-day payment gap is killing participation in demand response programs and forcing utilities to build billion-dollar peaker plants instead. This is the technology gap costing the grid billions in wasted infrastructure and carbon emissions. In this episode, I expose the hidden verification problem destroying grid flexibility programs: utilities can see demand response working in real-time but can't verify it or pay for it for 90 days. The result? Participation rates collapse from 80% to 40%, "reliable" capacity becomes unreliable, and we're stuck building the same expensive infrastructure we're trying to avoid. What You'll Learn: ● Why your AC adjustment is worth $20 but you wait 90 days to get paid ● The real-time verification gap that costs utilities $200K per peak event ● How delayed payments kill participation rates in DR programs ● Why 50 MW of proven flexible capacity "doesn't count" in resource planning ● The infrastructure we're forced to build because settlement takes too long ● What cryptographically-verified settlement could unlock for ratepayers Key Timestamps: 0:00 - The $200K peak event crisis 0:46 - The 90-day technology gap exposed 4:57 - Why delayed value kills participation 5:17 - When reliable capacity becomes unreliable 7:44 - The infrastructure gap we must solve The Bottom Line: We have the technology to see demand response working in 2 seconds. We just don't have the infrastructure to verify it and pay for it in real-time. That gap forces utilities back to peaker plants, drives up electric bills, and prevents flexible capacity from counting in resource planning—even when it works perfectly. About This Channel: After managing $800M+ in energy programs, I'm building the settlement infrastructure that closes this gap. Subscribe for weekly insights on the real barriers to grid flexibility and the solutions that actually work. Who This Is For: ✓ Utility demand side managers struggling with DR retention ✓ Regulators evaluating capacity claims from flexible resources ✓ VPP aggregators fighting 90-day settlement cycles ✓ Energy consumers wondering why participation doesn't pay better ✓ Grid operators balancing reliability vs. peaker plant costs Let's Connect: 💼 LinkedIn: in/ahdawkins 📧 Utility partnerships: ahdawkins@gridimpact.us Join the Conversation: Are you in a DR program? How long do you wait for payment? What would weekly settlement change for you? Drop a comment—I respond to every one.