DSM spending levels expected to rise to $3.8 billion by 1997

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Electric Light and Power

OSTI ID:161646

Warkentin, D

Here today, here tomorrow best sums up the future of demand-side management (DSM) programs at electric utilities. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), expenditures and savings from DSM over the past few years have been on the rise and continue to grow. In the future DSM can be expected to become more customer driven and will be used by utilities to provide their customers with least-cost energy services. Integrating DSM with real-time information services will allow utilities to unbundle service options, promote innovative pricing and reengineer system-operating practices. DSM must undergo fundamental design changes to remain compatible with the changing nature of the utility industry as a whole. To usher in those changes is a new generation in which programs must focus more on not only achieving energy efficiency, but also on contributing to economic productivity and environmental quality.

• OSTI ID: 161646
• Journal Information: Electric Light and Power, Journal Name: Electric Light and Power Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 73; ISSN ELLPAJ; ISSN 0013-4120
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
POWER DEMAND
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT