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Demand-response in the United States : expansion efforts and electricity market activities /

Since 2004, the federal government has made efforts to facilitate demand-response activities, including expanding their use in wholesale electricity markets. Among these efforts, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued regulatory orders affecting Regional Transmission Organizations (R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reilly, Carina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Energy policies, politics and prices series.
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  • DEMAND-RESPONSE IN THE UNITED STATES: EXPANSION EFFORTS AND ELECTRICITY MARKET ACTIVITIES; DEMAND-RESPONSE IN THE UNITED STATES: EXPANSION EFFORTS AND ELECTRICITY MARKET ACTIVITIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ELECTRICITY MARKETS: DEMAND-RESPONSE ACTIVITIES HAVE INCREASED, BUT FERC COULD IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING EFFORTS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND.
  • The federal government has made efforts to facilitate demand-response activities, including expanding their use in wholesale marketsferc collects data and reports on demand-response activities, but these efforts have limitations; demand-response activities have increased overall, but their characteristics have varied; demand-response efforts have resulted in benefits, but current efforts continue to pose challenges in wholesale markets.
  • FERC'S EFFORTS TO REMOVE BARRIERS AND ENCOURAGE DEMAND-RESPONSE ACTIVITIES HAVE MADE WHOLESALE MARKETS MORE COMPLEX AND INTRODUCED CHALLENGES, AND IT IS TOO SOON TO EVALUATE STEPS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGESCONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: STAKEHOLDERS INTERVIEWED; Chapter 2: ELECTRICITY MARKETS: CONSUMERS COULD BENEFIT FROM DEMAND PROGRAMS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND.
  • Market-based and reliability programs allow demand to respond to changing prices and supply shortages but are in limited usedemand-response programs have saved millions of dollars and can improve the reliability of the electricity system; multiple barriers make it difficult to introduce and expand demand-response programs; certain programs show how barriers were overcome and provide lessons on how to cultivate new programs; conclusion; recommendations for executive action; agency comments and our evaluation; appendix i: scope and methodology; appendix ii: selected experts interviewed.
  • Chapter 3: 2013 ASSESSMENT OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND ADVANCED METERINGINTRODUCTION; A) SATURATION AND PENETRATION RATE OF ADVANCED METERS; (B) EXISTING DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS AND TIME-BASED RATE PROGRAMS; (C) ANNUAL RESOURCE CONTRIBUTION OF DEMAND RESOURCES; (D) POTENTIAL FOR DEMAND RESPONSE AS A QUANTIFIABLE, RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR REGIONAL PLANNING PURPOSES.