Introduction of peak-load pricing in Europe

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

OSTI ID:5760084

McKay, D J

Some form of peak-load pricing has been practiced in Britain and France for the last several decades. While the greatest gains in terms of cost saving have taken place at the industrial level, both countries have found it profitable to extend some form of time-of-day tariff to the residential consumer. The major loads which have been modulated in response to these price signals are those associated with storage heating. The storage devices are generally automatically switched on when the cheaper electricity is available. A recurrent problem which has prompted evolution of the British tariffs has been the starting load when large numbers of thermostatically controlled loads are initially switched on. Staggered time periods are used in the newer tariffs to alleviate this problem and avoid aritificial system peaks. The French do not seem to be bothered by this problem at present.

• Research Organization: RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5760084
• Report Number(s): AD-A-095438
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290100 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Analysis & Modeling
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY STORAGE
EUROPE
FRANCE
HEAT STORAGE
INDUSTRY
PEAK-LOAD PRICING
POWER
PRICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
STORAGE
TIME-OF-USE PRICING
UNITED KINGDOM
WESTERN EUROPE