Sentences with phrase «peak load reduction»

Dr. William Acker, Executive Director of NY - BEST, said, «Energy storage technologies can provide multiple benefits to the electric grid and customers alike, such as peak load reduction, capacity, integration of renewable energy and resilience.
However, energy price arbitrage and other applications such as peak load reduction which could require multiple hours of storage may still be some way off from being economically viable in many cases, Regen found.
Implementing peak load reduction algorithms for household electrical appliances.
Reducing household electricity consumption through demand side management: the role of home appliance scheduling and peak load reduction.
It reflects the changes in the demand for electricity resulting from a utility DSM program that is in effect at the same time the utility experiences its annual peak load, as opposed to the installed peak load reduction capability (i.e., potential peak reduction).
Using targeted communication like phone calls — and no price signals or in - home devices — the company showed consistent peak load reductions across a test that involved Consumers Energy in Michigan, Efficiency Vermont / Green Mountain Power, and Glendale Water & Power in California.
An academic paper last year titled «The Perverse Impact of Calling for Energy Conservation» actually found no peak load reductions — and shoulder increases — in response to mass media calls for conservation.
The report specifically mentioned Opower's behavioral demand response product, which allows utilities to target peak load reductions without the need to install hardware.

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Also comparing the effect of load but using near - maximal and maximal loads, Harbili & Alptekin (2014) found that when comparing the maximal load to the near - maximal load, there was a reduction in both peak barbell vertical displacement (1.25 vs 1.27 m) and peak vertical barbell velocity (1.72 vs. 1.82 m / s).
These strategies reduce the peak heating load to just 100 watts (1 light bulb), a 95 % reduction.
Actual peak reduction: The actual reduction in annual peak load (measured in kilowatts) achieved by customers that participate in a utility demand - side management (DSM) program.
(Sec. 144) Requires: (1) each load - serving entity or state to determine and publish peak demand reduction goals for any load - serving entity that has an applicable baseline in excess of 250 megawatts; (2) the Secretary to develop a system and rules for measurement and verification of demand reductions; (3) such goals to provide that such entities will reduce or mitigate peak demand by a minimum percentage amount from the applicable baseline to a lower peak demand during 2012 and 2015; (4) such goals to provide that the minimum percentage reductions established as peak demand reduction goals shall be the maximum reductions that are realistically achievable with an aggressive effort to deploy Smart Grid and peak demand reduction technologies and methods; and (5) each load - serving entity to prepare a peak demand reduction plan that demonstrates its ability to meet applicable goals.
(6) The term «peak demand reduction plan» means a plan developed by or for a load - serving entity that it will implement to meet its peak demand reduction goals.
--(1) Peak demand reduction goals may be established for an individual load - serving entity, or, at the determination of a State, tribal, or regional entity, by that State, tribal, or regional entity for a larger region that shares a common system peak demand and for which peak demand reduction measures would offer regional benePeak demand reduction goals may be established for an individual load - serving entity, or, at the determination of a State, tribal, or regional entity, by that State, tribal, or regional entity for a larger region that shares a common system peak demand and for which peak demand reduction measures would offer regional benepeak demand and for which peak demand reduction measures would offer regional benepeak demand reduction measures would offer regional benefit.
«Accordingly, as we concluded in D.P.U. 10 - 54, at 229 - 230, the Cape Wind facility will produce far greater benefits in terms of its: (1) contribution to narrowing the projected gap between supply and demand of renewable resources; (2) contribution to compliance with GWSA emission reductions requirements; (3) contribution to fuel diversity; (4) price suppression effects; (5) ability to act as a hedge against future fuel price increases and volatility; (6) contribution to system reliability; and (7) ability to moderate system peak load.
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