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Smart Thermostat Programs Are Smart for Utilities and for Customers
April 19, 2013
Smart thermostats that are Wi-Fi-enabled, include demand-response (DR) capabilities, and demonstrate energy savings can bring energy-efficiency and DR benefits to utilities and residential customers.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-53 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
The Smart Grid Is Not About Residential Energy Efficiency—Yet
An E Source White Paper
December 6, 2010
References to the energy-efficiency benefits expected to flow from smart grid deployments are commonplace. Not all actions that reduce the energy bill, however, constitute energy efficiency in the strict meaning of the term; many are properly classified as conservation or load shifting, neither of which ...
Content type: White Paper | Document ID: ES-WP-10 | Author: Michael Reid
Innovative Commercial and Industrial Demand-Response Programs
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
May 31, 2008
Is it possible to boost customer participation by increasing program flexibility? And what do commercial and industrial customers want from future demand-response programs?
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-25 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
The Summer 2006 Heat Wave: Did Demand Response Help?
January 1, 2007
The second-hottest U.S. summer on record occurred in 2006. At an E Source teleconference held in late August 2006, utilities and independent system operators reported on how their demand-response resources did. Overall, demand response proved to be a dependable resource that performed when required ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-10 | Author: Paul Komor
Best Practices in Residential Direct Load Control Programs
November 1, 2006
Demand response has been lying low until recently, but it's now on the rebound. How well is it working? What kind of actual load reduction can residential direct load control provide? What technologies are out there, and how well do they work? Do system operators believe demand response really works? ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-8 | Author: Paul Komor
Developing Attractive Demand-Response Programs for Small and Midsize Businesses
August 1, 2006
Getting small and midsize businesses to enroll and participate in utility demand-response programs has inherent challenges. In this report, which was based upon a roundtable teleconference, we describe marketing practices that other energy service providers have found to be effective and provide examples ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-6 | Author: William LeBlanc and Rachel Reiss Buckley
Using Energy Efficiency and Demand Response to Cut T&D Costs
September 1, 2005
The Bonneville Power Administration is in the midst of a major initiative to see if non-wires, or demand-side, solutions can defer or eliminate the need for expensive transmission construction. A regional roundtable of experts from utilities and other interest groups will lead this major change in how ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-2 | Author: William LeBlanc
E Source Energy Pricing and Load Management: What Do End Users Want?: Final Report
November 1, 2000
This market research study provides information for energy service providers interested inevaluating end-user, or customer, perceptions of pricing and load management options.Medium and large commercial, industrial, and institutional energy decision-makersthroughout the U.S. and Canada (Alberta and Ontario) ...
Content type: Market Study | Author: Tia Hensler and William LeBlanc
