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Tim Healy is seeing utilities doubling what they spent in 2007-08 on new energy efficient technologies and products.

So he, and some of his competitors, are trying to usher that vision along, filing a protest yesterday with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for new market rules to make energy efficiency more appealing to American utilities than building new power generation.

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EnerNoc has released software that keeps air conditioners, motors and other devices in constant contact with its network operations center. It's a first in "presence-enabled" technology for the smart grid, the company says.

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EnerNOC (NASDAQ: ENOC), the Boston-based company that pays factory operators, store owners, and local governments for the right to dial back their electricity usage during times of peak demand, announced today that the City of Boston is finally diving into the local “demand response” pool. Under a new agreement negotiated with the office of Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston City Hall, the Boston Public Library, and Boston Police Headquarters will be equipped with remote-controlled meters that allow EnerNOC to reduce non-essential electricity usage whenever local utilities need a buffer. In return, the city will get periodic payments—whether or not it’s ever called upon to cut usage—plus additional money for every actual demand response event.

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The electric meters on the outside of your house haven’t changed in nearly a century. They’re stark symbols of a utility system that’s riddled with outdated practices and age-old inefficiencies. But now a handful of startups are pushing to create a “smart grid” that could discourage excess energy use by both utilities and consumers.

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