Objectives and Scope
The main objective of the Center is to develop, prioritize, conduct, and disseminate multiinstitutional research that develops broad knowledge to facilitate DR.
NOTE: All prices shown in the above graph are purely hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only. (Click to enlarge)
The Center's research agenda will be crosscutting, practical, and relevant, with a goal of fostering an understanding of the complex factors that influence "what works." The Center research agenda will initially cover four major DR research categories:
- Policies, programs, and tariffs
- Utility markets, technology, and systems
- Customer and end-use technology and systems
- Consumer and institutional behavior
Methods
The Center will focus on the following activities:
- California DR Research Roadmap
- Multi-institutional partnerships
- Connections with stakeholders
- Long-term attention to DR
- Research, development, demonstrations, and technology transfer
Types of Demand Response:
- Load response for reliability purposes
- direct load control, partial or curtailable load reductions
- complete load interruptions
- Price response by end-use customers
- dynamic pricing: real-time pricing (RTP), coincident peak pricing (CPP), time-of-use rates (TOU)
- demand bidding or buyback programs