Demand reduction for commercial and industrial customers

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978 · Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5852143

Hegler, B E; Nelson, J B

Electric power demand reduction by commercial and industrial customers will benefit these customers, the national energy conservation goals, and the electric utilities that must supply the power demand. Ideal-rate control, predictive control, and instantaneous-rate control methods used by the customer are discussed. The use of demand billing by utilities to provide financial incentives for demand control is described. The application of demand control to a food processing plant is given as an example of the savings achievable. This example showed that peak demand could be reduced by 19% and power consumption by 21%. It is concluded that the incentives of the present energy crisis, increasing energy costs, and future requirements for energy conservation should increase interest in the further development and use of demand control systems. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Missouri, Rolla
• OSTI ID: 5852143
• Report Number(s): CONF-780440-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 40
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FOOD INDUSTRY
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PUBLIC UTILITIES
RATE STRUCTURE
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