Load management is a winner with no direct path to success
Load management offers opportunities for each utility to specify its own program on the basis of the system's operating characteristics. How a utility defines loads management will determine the success of its actions and the extent of its savings. Among the available approaches, cost/benefit is considered the best way to analyze a load-management program to see how the loads and revenues will be affected. Four basic approaches to load management are direct control, in which the utility uses two-way communications during peak periods to turn specified loads on or off; passive control, which uses customer-installed load-limiting devices; price signals, or special rates to encourage certain use patterns; and customer education to help customers understand the need for a positive, energy-efficient response. Load management tests by several utilities are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 6263932
- Journal Information:
- Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States), Journal Name: Electr. Light Power (Boston); (United States) Vol. 57:5; ISSN ELLPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
CURRENT LIMITERS
ECONOMIC ELASTICITY
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
POWER DEMAND
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RATE STRUCTURE