Electric Utility Rate Design Study: equipment for load management - communications, metering, and equipment for using off-peak energy, topic 4

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5620288

Schaefer, J C

Information provided contributes to the needs of regulators and utilities by providing insights and information on: the availability of suitable equipment and its engineering limitations to establish technologically feasible load-management strategies; the modes of operation of load control and end-use equipment affecting whether customers will accept the equipment; the metering capability limiting the rate structures that are possible; the mode of equipment operation and experimental results as important inputs to the projection of load shapes; and cost data for implementing load-management strategies necessary for the determination of cost-effectiveness. Information is compiled on three major categories of equipment: communications and load control; end-use equipment; and metering for time-of-use rates. Attention is directed mainly at residential customers, but much of the equipment described can be applied to commercial and industrial customers. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5620288
• Report Number(s): NP-24260
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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