DR Program

EnergyInterop TC,

As per 09/09 meeting, I am attaching the DR program definition
description as a deliverable from Mary Ann and me. Please check the
attached document (also copied below) and send your comments.
Otherwise, looking forward to talking further on this during next
meeting on 09/16.

DR Program

DR programs offered by a utility and/or ISO  are designed for the
customer to reduce load for the purposes of electric grid reliability
and/or lowered energy costs. DR programs can be part of a contractual
agreement or voluntary program and may be applied to certain types of
tariffs or other economic payments. The DR programs across the United
States vary based on the types and end-use customers and are broadly
classified as reliability-based (includes emergency) response and price
response programs. 

DR programs may be included in both or retail or wholesale markets.  DR
programs have time scales that may include day-ahead, day-of, or very
fast transaction requirements.  DR programs may include prices, bids,
demand reduction levels, and other information about the demand
response requirements.

Dynamic tariffs associated with DR programs can be an integral part of
a DR program in which case the tariff can be interpreted as a DR
program. For dynamic-pricing DR programs, including critical or
variable peak, or real-time pricing (RTP), the DR resources might be an
integral part of a utility and/or ISOs DR program under a contractual
agreement (e.g., explicitly dispatch DR events to the customer) or
voluntary program (e.g., publish prices for market-based response for a
customer to save costs or societal value) participation. These
dynamic-pricing programs, under market-based response, could be used by
the utilities and/or ISOs to eliminate the need for explicit dispatch
of DR programs for customer’s resource availability and to get a
certain reliable response. The type of standards, information exchange,
and technology used within any DR programs for automation depends on
this high level of classification of utilities’ and/or ISOs explicit
dispatch or market-based interactions and the facility’s availability
to respond. 

Some DR programs allow customers to participate in more than one
program. If more than one program is called during the same time the
program rules need to be clear which program takes priority.

Thank you,

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Rish Ghatikar

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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DR-Program-DRRC.doc