Equipment for load management: communications, metering, and equipment for using off-peak energy

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5850721

Schaefer, J C

Resolution No. 9 of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (December 5, 1974) called for a study of the technology and cost of time-of-day metering and electronic methods of controlling peak-period usage of electricity and a study of feasibility and cost of shifting various types of usage from peak to off-peak periods. The EPRI, EEI, the American Power Association, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association joined in sponsoring the Electric Utility Rate Design Study in ten areas. Results from that study are discussed in Rate Design and Load Control: Issues and Directions (EAPA 4:5319). During 1978 and 1979 the study further developed methodologies, data bases, and information on the following: price elasticity of demand for electricity; costing and ratemaking; load research; equipment for load management; customer attitudes and response; and benefit cost analysis. This Topic 4 paper, covering equipment for load management, presents improvements in methodologies and development of data. A five-step procedure for evaluating load-management strategies is described. Research findings reported are separated into two related categories - a review of Arthur D. Little's findings from 16 detailed utility programs and a broader review of the state of knowledge about load-management equipment. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 5850721
• Report Number(s): NP-22580
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
COMMUNICATIONS
CONTROL
DATA
ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
INFORMATION
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
OFF-PEAK POWER
PEAK LOAD
POWER
POWER METERS
PUBLIC OPINION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS