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Title: Moving toward integrated resource planning: Understanding the theory and practice of least-cost planning and demand-side management: Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6739060

Least-cost planning and demand-side management are two approaches to developing electric utility plans that explicitly address customer energy-use alternatives. This study explores the similarities and differences between these two methods and describes a new approach incorporating the best features of each.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Barakat, Howard and Chamberlin, Inc., Berkeley, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6739060
Report Number(s):
EPRI-EM-5065; ON: TI87920293
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English