Rate design and load management: a progress report to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

Technical Report · Thu Oct 28 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7113300

This report describes the research conducted to date by EPRI and EEI on behalf of the regulatory community and in response to NARUC Resolution No. 9. The resolution which focuses on rate design in particular and load management in general, calls for a study of the technology and cost of time-of-day pricing as a means of controlling peak-load growth. The Plan of Study divides the research into costing and rate design; meters, user equipment, and controls; customer response; and cost benefit analyses of load shifting. Three pricing topics are grouped in the first study area: peak-load pricing; costing for peak load pricing; and rate design. Three engineering topics are grouped in the second study area; metering; equipment for using off-peak energy; and load controls and penalty pricing. The third study area, customer response, includes elasticity of demand; rate design and load management experiments; and customer acceptance of load management. The fourth study area is the development of cost-benefit methodologies to assess load shifting. Many crucial reports from the task forces and the consultants are still in preparation; therefore, no conclusions are set forth in this progress report. The conclusions will be presented in a final report. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7113300
• Report Number(s): NP-21780
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHARGES
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DEMAND FACTORS
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