Key terms
Without the jargon
Commercial battery storage
Lupa was built to promote the widescale deployment of behind-the-meter battery storage across commercial buildings.
Demand side response for commercial sites
Demand side response is any deliberate change to a site's electricity consumption, up or down, made in response to a price or a payment.
Peak shaving on a commercial site
Peak shaving is holding a site's maximum demand below a chosen level, usually by discharging a battery or running on-site generation.
Behind the meter, and what it is worth
Behind the meter refers to everything on the customer's side of the supply meter: the building's own consumption, and any generation, storage or charging installed to serve it.
Battery energy storage system (BESS)
A battery energy storage system, usually shortened to BESS, is a battery together with the power electronics and the control software that determine when it charges and discharges.