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Distributed energy resource management and virtual power plant aggregation, enabling utilities, aggregators, and grid operators to dispatch curtailment across hundreds of sites through a single, intelligent control platform.
Hundreds of sites.
One portfolio.
Dispatched together as a virtual power plant.
The Problem
Grid operators, utilities, and demand response aggregators need to coordinate curtailment across hundreds or thousands of commercial sites. During a grid emergency, they may have minutes (or seconds) to dispatch a response. Manual dispatch processes cannot operate at this speed or this scale.
Traditional approaches lack real-time visibility into site-level curtailment status. When program operators send dispatch signals, they often have no confirmation that individual sites have actually executed, until it is too late to address underperformance.
As more renewable generation enters the grid and demand patterns become less predictable, the need for dispatchable, reliable flexible load resources has become critical infrastructure, not an optional program.
The Solution
DemandMaster is DemandQ’s control portal, API, and reporting system for program operators. It enables geographic, zone, and time-based activation of curtailment across all connected sites through the RTD Hub, aggregating flexible loads into a Virtual Power Plant with full real-time visibility and automated execution.
Platform Components
For program operators, aggregators, and utilities
The primary control portal for program operators. Configure curtailment rules, set strike prices, monitor site status in real time, and dispatch events across the entire connected portfolio, from a single interface.
For partners and resellers
The white-label version of DemandMaster. Partners and resellers can deploy the complete DemandQ demand management platform under their own brand, enabling them to offer a differentiated, enterprise-grade product without building their own technology.
For the entire ecosystem
The Real-Time Demand Hub is the communication backbone that connects DemandMaster program operators with end-user sites. It provides the reliable, low-latency dispatch infrastructure for fully automated curtailment at scale.
How It Works
Connected sites are enrolled in DemandMaster via the RTD Hub. Each site's EZConnect or BACnet integration is verified, baseline load profiles are established, and curtailment parameters are configured per site.
Program operators configure geographic zones, curtailment schedules, strike prices, and load priorities within DemandMaster. Rules can be set at the portfolio, zone, or individual site level.
When a grid event, price signal, or scheduled dispatch window activates, DemandMaster sends curtailment commands through the RTD Hub to all targeted sites simultaneously. Each site's DemandQ system executes autonomously.
Operators monitor event execution in real time through the DemandMaster portal. Site-by-site curtailment status, actual demand reductions, and performance against committed levels are all visible live.
After every event, DemandMaster generates IPMVP-compliant performance reports documenting curtailment delivery, revenue earned, and portfolio-level aggregate impact, ready for program compliance submission.
Key Features
Configure curtailment rules by geography, utility zone, feeder, or custom groupings. Target specific areas during localized grid stress without activating your entire portfolio.
Define curtailment schedules by time of day, day of week, season, or in response to market signals. Automated dispatch fires precisely when programmed, with no operator intervention required.
Deploy the entire DemandQ platform under your own brand. DemandQ's white-label version of DemandMaster enables partners and resellers to offer a complete demand management platform to their customers.
DemandMaster aggregates the flexible load capacity of every connected site into a coordinated Virtual Power Plant. A single operator can dispatch hundreds of buildings as a unified grid resource.
DemandMaster ingests real-time signals from grid operators, ISOs, and utilities (including emergency event notifications, capacity emergency alerts, and economic dispatch signals) and translates them into automated curtailment actions.
In addition to grid signals, DemandMaster integrates real-time market prices and weather forecast data to enable proactive, intelligence-driven dispatch, anticipating grid stress before it becomes an emergency.
Platform Scale
Complete Your Strategy
Hyper Efficient peak demand reduction with no operational impact, behind the meter with no hardware changes
Intelligent precooling and guaranteed demand response curtailment
Real-time energy market monitoring with automated response
Whether you are a utility seeking dispatchable demand reduction, an aggregator building a demand response portfolio, or a partner looking to offer white-label DERMS capabilities, DemandMaster is your platform.
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