Electric Utility Rate Design Study: measuring the potential cost advantages of peak-load pricing, Topic 6

Technical Report · Tue Feb 22 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5808203

Gordian Associates' studies relating to Topic 6 of the EPRI/EEI Rate Design Study had three main objectives: (1) analyze how the characteristics of specific utilities can affect the potential for system cost reduction through shifts in load patterns caused by peak-load pricing and/or load management; (2) demonstrate the use of proprietary Gordian electric utility model in establishing, for an actual utility system, how system costs are affected by specified changes in load patterns; and (3) demonstrate how overall cost/benefit analyses, which weigh system cost savings against the costs of instituting load-management options, can be conducted. The three main report sections are entitled: Utility Characteristics Which Affect the Incentive for Peak-Load Pricing and Load Management; The Gordian Methodology for Electric Utility System Costing; and Application of the Gordian Methodology to the Virginia Electric and Power Company for Evaluation of System Cost Impact of Two Load Management Options. A total of 29 charts, figures, etc., are used to present the data, and there is one appendix, Structure of the Gordian Computer Model.

• Research Organization: Gordian Associates, Inc., New York (USA); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5808203
• Report Number(s): NP-24267
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
CENTRAL REGION
CHARGES
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
PEAK-LOAD PRICING
POWER
PRICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
USA
VIRGINIA