Integrating demand-side management into utility planning

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · Proc. IEEE (Inst. Electr. Electron. Eng.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/5.29331· OSTI ID:5681885

Gellings, C W; Smith, W M

This paper reviews the role customer-oriented demand-side management (DSM) can play in utility planning, discusses its current state of application, provides a framework for incorporating uncertainty in DSM programs, and presents ideas on how DSM programs can be implemented and monitored. This paper concludes that DSM provides a workable solution to some of the major problems confronting electric utilities today. DSM offers utility management many alternatives to improving customer satisfaction and maintaining good customer relations in the increasingly competitive area of electric supply, besides improving the utility's financial health. Decision analysis can provide a sound basis for selecting DSM alternatives in an environment of uncertainty. Finally, DSM provides an implementable mechanism to incorporate utility and customer requirements into integrated planning procedures.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5681885
• Journal Information: Proc. IEEE (Inst. Electr. Electron. Eng.); (United States), Journal Name: Proc. IEEE (Inst. Electr. Electron. Eng.); (United States) Vol. 77:6; ISSN IEEPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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