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Grid modernization and the ability to crunch large amounts of customer data are among several factors leading utilities to embrace behavioral demand response programs, according to a new report from Navigant which predicts quick growth of the sector across the next decade.

Bidgely, a California energy analytics company, earlier this month announced the results of a demand response pilot in Australia, returning some impressive numbers: United Energy, a utility serving an urban population around Melbourne, had reduced load by 30% during peak events last summer using Bidgely’s HomeBeat app.

“The deployed technology (Bidgely ActionDR) has resulted in a 30% reduction in the use of energy during the utility’s planned peak events from December 2015 through to the first quarter of 2016.”