Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
9-10-2024
Subjects
Electric water heaters, Smart power grids
Abstract
Utilities have used residential loads for providing grid services to utility customers for decades, particularly for demand response. However, the number of customers participating in such programs remains low. New Flexible Load Management strategies for providing grid services have the potential to accelerate customer participation. Efforts to improve customer participation and experience will result in increased load balancing capacity of demand response, which will benefit both customers and electric utilities. This white paper investigates whether current smart grid devices (specifically water heaters) can provide needed services while meeting ANSI/CTA-2045 standard requirements.
Rights
CC BY 4.0 - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42776
Citation Details
Dana Paresa, Robert B. Bass, “Flexible Load Conformance: A Work-in-Progress White Paper,” Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, September 10, 2024
Description
Portland State University’s Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering conducted the research described in this paper.
Authors:
Dana Paresa, Portland State University
Robert B. Bass, Portland State University
Contributors:
Amélie Besson, Association for Energy Affordability
Brian Branecky, A.O. Smith Corporate Technology Center
Tristan de Frondeville, SkyCentrics
Noah Gabriel, New Buildings Institute
Peter Grant, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ben Larson, Larson Energy Research
Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Geoff Wickes, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance