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Review of current Southern California edison load management programs and proposal for a new market-driven, mass-market, demand-response program

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/822264· OSTI ID:822264
Utility load management programs, including direct load control and interruptible load programs, constitute a large installed base of controllable loads that are employed by utilities as system reliability resources. In response to energy supply shortfalls expected during the summer of 2001, the California Public Utilities Commission in spring 2001 authorized new utility load management programs as well as revisions to existing programs. This report provides an independent review of the designs of these new programs for a large utility (Southern California Edison) and suggests possible improvements to enhance the price responsiveness of the customer actions influenced by these programs. The report also proposes a new program to elicit a mass-market demand response to utility price signals.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
822264
Report Number(s):
LBNL--52866
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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