DSM (Demand-Side Management) Customer Response: Volume 1, Residential and commercial reference load shape and DSM impacts: Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7081995

McDonald, C; Caves, D; Herriges, J; Windle, B; Kirksey, W E

Customer Response is the analysis of the load shape changes that result from the implementation of Demand-Side Management (DSM) alternatives. This effort developed data bases and analytical tools for the analysis of customer response. A data base of end-use load shapes for the residential and commercial sectors was developed from end-use metering studies and engineering simulations. The data base includes load shapes for different climate zones and technology options. Models were also developed, based upon empirical results, for predicting customer response to alternative rate structures. An overall system was developed for analysis of Customer Response including: reference data base of end-use load shapes for different climate zones and technology alternatives; mechanisms for adjusting the load shape data for local utility characteristics; models for estimating end-use load shapes from whole building load data; methods for reconciling end-use load data with class and/or system load data; data and guidelines for estimating customer response to alternative technologies; and models and guidelines for estimating customer response to rate and educational programs. The different models and data, developed as part of this effort, are appropriate for use by utilities with differing amounts of available, local data and analytic requirements. User friendly, IBM-PC compatible software was developed that allows the analyst to easily use the data and techniques that were developed. 98 refs., 39 figs., 47 tabs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Synergic Resources Corp., Bala-Cynwyd, PA (USA); Christensen (Laurits R.) Associates, Inc., Madison, WI (USA); Battelle Columbus Div., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7081995
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EM-5767-Vol.1; ON: TI88012237
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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