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Residential Air Conditioner Direct Load Control "Energy Partners Program"
Abstract
Demand side management
programs like Energy Partners
can provide an effective peak
reducing capability which
within a carefully designed
integrated resource plan can
help to ensure that the
system's load requirements are
met in the most cost effective
manner.
A pilot program which
will be discussed in detail
was conducted during the
summer of 1991. Following
this successful pilot the
Energy Partners program began
implementation in September of
1992.
Our marketing goals are
aggressive, but we are
currently on target with over
20,000 new installations in
1993 and project over 100,000
installations in place by the
year 2000. Our peak load
reduction goals approach 35MW
by the end of this year, and
grow to nearly 150MW by the
year 2000.
An outside contractor
handles customer inquiries,
applications, switch installations, and tracking of participants. Cycling strategies, load control, marketing and other administrative duties are handled by HL&P staff. A FM, VHF, radio transmission system is being used to transmit the signal to our customers homes. With several thousand customers being cycled off at different intervals, the system will provide a continuous load reduction.
Citation
Cook, J. D. (1994). Residential Air Conditioner Direct Load Control "Energy Partners Program". Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6651.