San Diego, CA — October 30, 2024 — Polaris Energy Services, the leader in agricultural demand flexibility, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tyler Nuss as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Unified Wine and Grape Symposium runs Jan. 24-26 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento this year, and we’re anticipating a lot of discussion about how vineyard managers can continue to prosper alongside high water costs.

Automation of ag equipment is here, and it could help make your farm more competitive.

The impacts of Valley Clean Energy's AgFit pilot program for irrigation pumps are beginning to come into focus, and PV Magazine recently highlighted one of the interesting potential outcomes of an expanded state-wide program in California: the reduction of renewable energy curtailment.

On the heels of this month's Almond Conference, check out BBC’s latest nature doc — The Green Planet — which among many things spotlights California almond growers' work safeguarding the planet’s health and biodiversity.

If you are heading to the The Almond Conference this week at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, check out the Incentive and Grower Support Zone.

Valley Clean Energy launches an innovative program for agricultural customers to reduce grid stress and save farmers money.

Through a grant from the California Energy Commission, Polaris Energy Services is making more than $1 million in incentives available to Ag producers.

The CPUC decided in its voting meeting today to authorize a pilot proposed by Valley Clean Energy to implement a dynamic, flexible tariff based on CPUC's UNIDE (Unified, universal, dynamic, (market integrated)economic signal) approach.

he State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is back.

CAISO wholesale prices in the Central Valley this week, reflecting actual net demand, are showing the classic duck curve pattern that we have been talking about for a decade.

Polaris Energy Services, the leader in Agricultural Demand Flexibility, announced today that the California Energy Commission approved a $2.9 million agreement for Polaris to deploy irrigation automation systems that are responsive to the power grid at subsidized or no cost to farmers.

Polaris responded to local conditions driving a spike in energy prices yesterday by dispatching 100+ irrigation pumps from its portfolio, stopping them (or making sure they didn't start) for two hours to support the local grid.

Polaris CEO, David Meyers, is quoted in this article describing California's urgent attempts to add Demand Response resources.

California may be able to get through the coming summer without facing a repeat of last August’s rolling blackouts — if the weather cooperates.

For #earthday2021 @PolarisAgEnergy upheld another spring tradition

@PolarisAgEnergy is presenting at the EPIC AgTech Energy Innovation Virtual Tour

“Disappointing.” That’s how a range of clean energy advocates and demand response providers are describing...

Watch on-demand recording of this webinar outlining the 2021 incentives and programs being offered to California growers for irrigation automation.

Polaris Energy Services filed testimony in the California Public Utility Commission's proceeding recommending program enhancements that can increase agricultural sector participation in Demand Response in the near term.

The transformation of the agriculture industry by Polaris Energy Services with its cloud-based solution for pump automation and irrigation control was featured in "Microsoft in Business Blogs."