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Design of Smart Grid Pilot Program
NSTAR Electric & Gas sought Summit Blue's assistance in designing a Smart Grid pilot program that included real-time measurement and communication of energy consumption, automated load management, and remote status detection and operation of distribution system equipment. The company also wanted to include a pilot time-of-use or hourly pricing program for a portion of customers. Read more
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Valuing Demand Response for the International Energy Agency in a Resource Planning Study
To date, most frameworks for assessing Demand Response Resources (DRR) have been retrospective in nature, i.e., they value load management events that have occurred in the past and do not take into account the role DRR can play in longer-term resource portfolio planning. In order to put a value on all of the benefits of DRR, it needs to be looked at with a comprehensive view using resource planning methods, which can account for the major and unique benefits that DRR can provide and answer the basic questions inherent in determining the appropriate role of DRR in long-term planning. Read more
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Consolidated Edison Company Of New York (Coned) Load Curtailment Resources for Distribution Load Relief Program (DLRP)
The Consolidated Edison Company of New York (ConEd) desired additional load curtailment resources for its Distribution Load Relief Program (DLRP). Prior to modifying the program structure and marketing, the company sought an estimate of the potential for demand response in its service territory. This DR potential estimate needed to be accompanied by recommendations and program concepts that would permit ConEd to achieve this potential cost effectively. Read more
