Utility rebates for efficient motors -- The outlook for demand-side management

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1996 · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/28.567095· OSTI ID:479393

Nailen, R L ^[1]

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1. Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Milwaukee, WI (United States)

Since 1987, many electric utilities throughout North America have been actively promoting demand-side management (DSM), the attempt to conserve fuels and postpone costly generating capacity increases by encouraging customers to use more efficient electrical equipment, including motors. One popular DSM program has been utility payment of cash rebates to purchasers of more efficient motors. Today, such payments face extinction in a rapidly changing utility economic climate based on deregulation. How rebates originated, the basis for such payments, how successful rebate programs have been, and what the future holds for them are the subjects of this paper.

• OSTI ID: 479393
• Report Number(s): CONF-950920--
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 33; ISSN 0093-9994; ISSN ITIACR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
LOAD MANAGEMENT