Assessing demand and supply resources in electric-utility planning

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10107826

Hill, L J

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a federal power marketing agency that transmits federally produced electric power in the Western United States, recently intensified its promotion of integrated resource planning (IRP) for the distribution companies that purchase its power. As part of its promotion, WAPA organized a series of workshops on various aspects of the IRP process. This presentation is part of those workshops. The presentation addresses three topics. The first two provide background: (1) definitions of IRP and demand-side management (DSM) and their historical evolution and (2) IRP as part of a dynamic process, including the motivation for electric utilities to engage in IRP, the IRP process itself, and the implementation and evaluation of DSM programs and supply resources that are selected in the planning process. The body of the presentation addresses the process of integrating DSM and supply resources and two complicating factors in that process. The three methods to integrate DSM and supply resources include: (1) a sequential approach, selecting DSM resources first, then supply resources; (2) a sequential approach, selecting supply resources first, then DSM resources; and (3) a simultaneous approach in which DSM and supply resources are selected together. Current ORNL research on the resource selection biases associated with the three approaches is then discussed. The first complicating factor in integration is accounting for the different dimensions of DSM and supply resources, especially their economic and reliability dimensions. The second factor is determining a cost- or rate-based criterion for selecting resources. Current ORNL research on this topic complements the discussion.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10107826
• Report Number(s): CONF-9111137--4-Extd.Abst.; ON: DE92004224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320603
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990100
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
SURVEYS
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION