Joe Petrucci of the Keystone Edge reports: Kennett Square-based Tangent Energy Solutions, an energy solutions provider that manages commercial and industrial customers’ energy resources during peak demand periods, and Pittsburgh cloud provider Sierra w/o Wires, were big winners at last Friday’s TechQuest Awards in Harrisburg. Tangent Energy Solutions earned Growth Company of the Year, besting finalists Red Privet and Phoenix …

Market Watch reports: EnerTech Capital is pleased to announce that Scott Ungerer has been asked to broaden his role within the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) to become Chairman of a new working group. As the head of the Business Sustainment Plan Working Group, Ungerer will lead the planning and implementation of the …

The Times Herald reports: Tangent Energy Solutions has announced a three-year deal with Colonial School District, to provide a technology/service platform that actively manages the district’s peak energy usage. The platform will reduce Colonial’s energy costs by approximately $166,400 over that period. “Colonial is taking a very sophisticated approach to managing demand that was made possible by our ongoing partnership,” …

Bill Opalka of EnergyBiz reports: A COLD SNAP IN FEBRUARY last year in Texas saw more than 1,000 megawatts of resources respond within minutes when a blackout appeared imminent. In July in New York, the system operator called on 2,000 megawatts of demand response resources to curtail load during an oppressive heat wave. In this model – perhaps it can …

Mike Zebe of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: “Brad Swalwell has been hired as director of market development for Tangent Energy Solutions, a Kennett Square firm that is developing sustainable-energy strategies. Swalwell was director of corporate accounts at Atlanta-based Comverge Inc.” Read the post here.