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Supply Side
More Efficient and Cleaner
Supply
Demand Side
More Efficient Use Conservation
& Management
Demand Side Management Methods and Programs
Definition 1:
Definition 2:
Definition 3:
DMS vs DR
Demand Side Management Methods and Programs
• Financial benefits
• Political benefits
• Socio-Economic benefits
• Improved quality of electrical services – Avoiding
the need for power cuts and rolling blackouts –
Improving voltage stability in distribution
Demand Side Management Methods and Programs
Tariff Design
• Regulators set prices where retail/distribution is a
monopoly.
Interruptible Demand
Ancillary Services
Renewable Energy
Energy Storage
While electricity cannot be economically stored, energy can be – with the application
of Smart Grid technologies.
Source: EPRI
Demand Side Management Methods and Programs
Technologies include:
AMR: Automated Meter Reading is a term denoting electricity meters that collect
data for billing purposes only and transmit this data one way, usually from the
customer to the distribution utility.