Why Residential Demand Response Is So Important (Infographic)
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Here’s an interesting infographic on residential electricity demand and automated demand response technology. Enjoy!
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give me access to cheap excess power damn it! why should utilities get all the fun?
Alternatively charge me extra at certain times when supply is short, given the information i will change my consumption.
Demand response should be most effective with residential A/C – people won’t tolerate the lights and fridge going out. Cut people a break on their electric bill and they should be open to the concept.
It’s not about refrigerators going out. It’s about timing when the run.
Right before peak hours start cool them down a few degrees extra. During peak stagger their running to spread the load.
Close to the end of the peak let them warm up a bit in order to shift that demand until after peak hours.
You could do that with a fridge Bob, but a modern fridge uses only five to ten cents of electricity per day. The potential reduction of peak load from a fridge doesn’t seem worth the effort.
Peak demand is made of millions and millions of individual loads.
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