Load management: strategy for conservation
Load management is shown to be a rational way for electric utilities to balance growing consumer demand against the higher rates for increased capacity and at the same time to encourage energy conservation. An economist, the author is concerned with promoting resource conservation and social welfare. This balance is achieved with prices which reflect resource costs and lead to the best use of resources. Utilities with a load-management program can offer rate strategies that allow customers to select trade-offs appropriate to their needs, although political and group pressures to maintain special price advantages may make it hard to alter electric rate structures enough to bring about resource allocation. A load-management program merits careful analysis, however, and utility managers are urged to move toward a recognition of marginal costs when setting time-of-day or interruptible rates.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6860255
- Journal Information:
- Public Power; (United States), Journal Name: Public Power; (United States) Vol. 36:3; ISSN PUPOA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATIONS
CHARGES
CONSUMER PROTECTION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MARGINAL-COST PRICING
PEAK-LOAD PRICING
POWER DEMAND
POWER DISTRIBUTION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RATE STRUCTURE
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SOCIAL IMPACT