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Industrial-Load-Shaping: The Practice of and Prospects for Utility/Industry Cooperation to Manage Peak Electricity Demand
Date
1986-06Metadata
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Load-management programs designed to reduce demand
for electricity during peak periods are becoming
increasingly important to electric utilities. For a
growing number of utilities, however, such peak-reduction programs don't go far enough in the face
of new problems and challenges, and hence are proving ineffective or counterproductive. For example,
many of a utility's largest customers--especially
industrial customers who may be "locked into" seemingly
inflexible process activities--have limited
ability to respond to load-management programs that
employ price signals as a central peak-reduction
tool. Moreover, utilities in general are finding
that vigorous efforts to reduce electric load can
result in underutilization of base-load generating
facilities. In these and other instances, "load-shaping,"
which emphasizes a shift of electric load
or demand from peak to off-peak periods and provides
for greater customer flexibility, may be a more
effective strategy. This paper explains the need
for and presents the components of a load-shaping
program, and describes Pacific Gas and Electric
Company's (PGandE) recent experience in designing
and pursuing an industrial-load-shaping program.
The paper also outlines important obstacles and
opportunities likely to confront other utilities and
industrial customers interested in working together
to develop such programs.
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Bules, D. J.; Rubin, D. E.; Maniates, M. F. (1986). Industrial-Load-Shaping: The Practice of and Prospects for Utility/Industry Cooperation to Manage Peak Electricity Demand. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93024.