Motorola's Ted Miller sees load management as a major growth area. [Radio-controlled load management]

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976 · Power Eng.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7153269

Reynolds, M

Motorola has done extensive work in the area of load management and possesses many patents in that area. Its first venture into load management involved installation of radio switches for Detroit Edison. The Detroit Edison load management operation placed radio switches on water heaters and an updated design has evolved. In some of the newer systems, a computer is programmed to make decisions to drop one option or another, according to the way the meters read at the time. A sophisticated peak-shaving system was installed at Buckeye Power Co. in 1975; when the load increases to a predetermined level, the computer initiates a water heater deferral. Dayton Power and Light's service area is adjacent to Buckeye, making possible the use of Buckeye's computerized central to operate Buckeye transmitters that control radio switch receivers installed to manage space conditioning in the Dayton Power and Light service area. This arrangement will be used to operate radio switches that control the shifting of dual-register meters for a time-of-day pricing demonstration. Mr. Miller foresees load management being recognized as a form of reserve power; availability figures of load management can be shown to be greater than 99 percent and costs of less than $100 per kilowatt as compared to $500 per kilowatt for new generation. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7153269
• Journal Information: Power Eng.; (United States), Journal Name: Power Eng.; (United States) Vol. 80:8; ISSN POENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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