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Observed Temperature Effects on Hourly Residential Electric Load Reduction in Response to an Experimental Critical Peak Pricing Tariff

Publication Date: November 2005
Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Format: PDF
Authors: Karen Herterab, Patrick McAuliffec, Arthur Rosenfeld
Keywords:

air conditioning, automated, california statewide pricing pilot, critical peak pricing tariffs, discounted two-price time-of-use rate, dispatched, doe - lbl, experimental tariff, high-price critical events, high-use homes, manual, programmable communicating thermostats, report, residential customers, response, smart grid

Summary:

The goal of this investigation was to characterize the manual and automated response of residential customers to high-price critical