Demand Response for Residential buildings

Amanda, I have one success story.  For a multifamily building, colleagues were able to show a 10% peak demand reduction was achievable for the building from dwelling HVAC only.  They submitted the documentation for addressable thermostats under v4.1 Grid Harmonization.  I don't know if a DR program was available from utility serving their project.  I'm planning to use a similar stratregy for another project, so I've been calling major manufacturers asking about what thermostat to specify for a program not yet available in my area. You could also split reductions across private and common area as the grid won't care how the reduction is achieved. Relatedly, around 2015 I submitted addressable, learning thermostats as an ECM under Optimize Energy Performance with savings documented by a third-party, but the technology was not considered innovative enough to earn points. Good luck.