Eastern Interconnection Demand Response Potential

Baek, Young Sun; Hadley, Stanton W.; Martinez, Rocio Uria; Oladosu, Gbadebo A.; Smith, Alexander M.; Li, Fangxing; Leiby, Paul Newsome; Lee, Russell

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Eastern Interconnection Demand Response Potential

Baek, Young Sun·Hadley, Stanton W.·Martinez, Rocio Uria·Oladosu, Gbadebo A.·Smith, Alexander M.·Li, Fangxing·Leiby, Paul Newsome·Lee, Russell

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Abstract

Demand response (DR), one of the key components in the Smart Grid initiative, has received increasing interest in recent years among power utilities, independent system operators, and policy makers. With this surge of interest in DR, in April 2010 the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a research call to provide technical support to the interconnection-level electric infrastructure planning projects they had issued earlier in the year. In Area of Interest 2, they identified a need/purpose: “The Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Council (EISPC) seeks to significantly improve the knowledge base and modeling capabilities of demand-side resources for purposes of transmission planning.” In response to the research call, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) conducted a research project to estimate the DR potential peak load reductions in the Eastern Interconnection area over the next two decades until 2030, as well as analyzed costs and benefits occurring out of the DR resources. This final report is the outcome of the study by a team of ORNL researchers with diverse backgrounds in engineering, economics, and public policy.

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Baek, Young Sun, Hadley, Stanton W., Martinez, Rocio Uria, Oladosu, Gbadebo A., Smith, Alexander M., Li, Fangxing, Leiby, Paul Newsome, Lee, Russell. 2012-11-01. Eastern Interconnection Demand Response Potential. https://doi.org/10.2172/1055536

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