Does Real-Time Pricing Deliver Demand Response? A Case Study of Niagara Mohawk's Large Customer RTP Tariff

Publication Date: July 31, 2004

Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Author(s): Chuck Goldman, Nicole Hopper, Osman Sezgen, Mithra Moezzi, Ranjit Bharvirkar, Bernie Neenan, Donna Pratt, Peter Cappers, Richard Boisvert

Format: PDF

Summary:
This study examines the experience of 130 large (over 2 MW) industrial, commercial and institutional customers at Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation that have faced day-ahead electricity market prices as their default tariff since 1998. It is the first study of large customer response to RTP in the context of retail competition.