Print9.3. Examples of Demand Response Innovations
The demand response business models are currently being developed by many companies. Those models require all-system analysis, since successful feedback between the different actors is key to effective operation. Behavioral aspects are seriously considered because they eventually control the decision-making on both sides of the utility-customer chain.
Below are links to some recent studies and pilot programs that seek to promote a demand response approach in power management. Please look through those examples and take a note which parties actually benefit from implementation of those approaches. Are there economic drivers behind them?
- Jeff St. John, Innovari Wants to Make Demand Response the Same As an Independent Power Plant, June 9, 2014
- Stephen Lacey, Opower Expands Behavioral Demand Response to 1 Million Customers, May 20, 2014.
- Severin Borenstein, Peak-Time Rebates (PTR): Money for Nothing?, May 12, 2014
- Jeff St. John, Tendril Is Back: Could Nest and SolarCity Benefit From Its Microtargeting Model?, May 7, 2014.
The activity in the end of this lesson will involve assessment of demand response technologies, so the above-listed reports may be useful illustrations for that assignment.
Supplemental Reading on demand response systems:
- Industry report: Hurley, D., Peterson, P., and Whited, M., Demand Response as a Power System Resource. Program Designs, Performance, and Lessons Learned in the United States, RAP. Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. 2013