Annual Potential Peak

Year-on-Year Change
Region Demand Savings (MW)
2017 2018 MW %
AK 27.0 27.0 0.0 0.0%
FRCC 3,112.4 3,097.9 -14.5 -0.5%
HI 32.6 34.4 1.8 5.5%
MRO 5,364.5 5,252.7 -111.8 -2.1%
NPCC 821.4 1,058.7 237.3 28.9%
ReliabilityFirst 6,171.0 5,899.0 -272.0 -4.4%
SERC 8,787.9 8,452.9 -335.0 -3.8%
SPP RE 1,700.4 1,686.8 -13.6 -0.8%
Texas RE 823.8 914.0 90.2 10.9%
WECC 4,553.7 4,382.6 -171.1 -3.8%
Unspecified 112.8 89.0 -23.8 -21.1%
Total 31,507.5 30,895.0 -612.5 -1.9%
Table 2:Potential Peak Demand Savings (MW) from Retail Demand Response Programs by Region (2018)

For wholesale market in the U.S [9]:

2018 2019 Year-on-Year Change

RTO/ISO Demand Percent Demand Percent

Resources of Peak Resources of Peak MW Percent
(MW) Demand (MW) Demand

CAISO 2,400.0 1 5.2% 3,200.0 2 7.2% 800.0 33.3%

ERCOT 3,261.9 3 4.4% 3,551.8 4 4.8% 289.9 8.9%
ISO-NE 356.0 5 1.4% 454.8 6 1.9% 98.8 27.8%
MISO 12,931.0 7 10.6% 13,612.0 8 11.3% 681.0 5.3%
NYISO 1,431.1 9 4.5% 1,404.0 10 4.6% -27.1 -1.9%
PJM 9,294.0 11 6.3% 10,185.0 12 6.9% 891.0 9.6%
SPP 0.0 13 0.0% 0.3 14 0.0% 0.3 -
Total 29,674.0 6.0% 32,407.9 6.6% 2,733.9 9.2%
Table 3:demand resource participation in RTO/ISO wholesale demand response programs in 2018 and 2019

2.8 Benefits of DR programs :

The benefits of DR programs are twofold. It enhances the stability of the system and reduces the electricity
price in the markets.

Briefly, DR has been proved efficient in peak load reduction, congestion management and emergency
assistance and blackouts prevention [1].

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