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Residential Load Management Program and Pilot
Abstract
In 1986 LCRA embarked on
residential load management to
control peak summer loads. At
that time, LCRA was considered
a summer peaking utility, and
residential air conditioning
and water heating systems were
selected for control. The
program was suspended in 1989
because of defects with the
cycling switch printed circuit
boards. While these problems
were corrected in 1989 and
1990, it was decided to leave
the program on hold and
conduct engineering tests to
determine program impacts. In
addition, in 1991 the scope of
the pilot studies were
expanded to investigate the
possibility of redesigning the
program so that both summer
and winter peak load
reductions could be realized.
This paper presents the major
events of the pilot test program and also quantifies some of the results. The pilot work is continuing and additional information will be available in the future.
Citation
Haverlah, D.; Riordon, K. (1994). Residential Load Management Program and Pilot. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6652.