Electric Utility Rate Design Study: load management, issues, objectives, and options. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5330512

Males, R H; Uhler, R G

This final report summarizes the research findings of the Rate Design Study which was initiated in response to requests of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). This report emphasizes eight conclusions about load management. These are responsive to NARUC's original question: is load management feasible and will it help hold down the rising costs of electric service. The Study's answer is that load management can induce customers to lower their peak demands and shift usage off-peak, thereby, lowering a utility's costs from what they otherwise would be. The Study found that load management (i.e., time-of-day (TOD) rates and load controls) can be an effective tool in holding down costs in many of the situations examined. However, each utility and its customers represent a unique situation. Therefore, only a specific analysis for a given utility and its customers can determine if a load management scheme might be cost effective.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5330512
• Report Number(s): EURDS-100; ON: DE82904379
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
COST
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
OPERATING COST
POWER DEMAND
PRICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RATE STRUCTURE
TIME-OF-USE PRICING