Analysis of Michigan's demand-side electricity resources in the residential sector: Volume 1, Executive summary: Final report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6112152· OSTI ID:6112152

Krause, F.; Brown, J.; Connell, D.; DuPont, P.; Greely, K.; Meal, M.; Meier, A.; Mills, E.; Nordman, B.

This report assesses the technical and economic potential for electricity conservation in Michigan's residential sector. We have investigated a wide range of technologies to reduce energy use and estimated the statewide impact of their implementation with respect to energy savings and costs. We present the results in terms of the ''cost of conserved electricity,'' which permits simple, consistent comparisons among demand-side measures and between demand- and supply-side options. The results of this report, while important in themselves because they demonstrate large potential electricity savings, are designed to serve as part of a larger, integrated assessment of Michigan's electricity resource options. For this reason, we make no recommendations regarding the selection of demand-side measures over supply-side measures or the optimal mix. However, we present typical electricity costs to provide readers a reference point for judging the measures themselves. We also discuss the merits of one demand-side measure relative to another. This report builds on the rapidly increasing experience in demand-side management in Michigan and the United States. At the same time, it has several features that are unique. We assessed the programs to deliver the energy efficiency technologies as well as the technologies themselves. This permits a much more realistic assessment of the measures, including the costs to administer a program, and the rates at which the electricity savings will become available. We also investigated the impact of these demand-side measures on the major utilities' load shapes. We developed an indicator of cost-effectiveness, the ''cost of conserved power'' to permit a simple comparison with the cost of supplying power. Again, however, the selection of the optimal mix of demand and supply-side options is left to the integrated analysis. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6112152
• Report Number(s): LBL-23025; ON: DE89013370
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
298000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Consumption & Utilization
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL REGION V
MANAGEMENT
MICHIGAN
NORTH AMERICA
POWER DEMAND
PROGRESS REPORT
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
USA