Project SummaryThis project evaluates if residential customers will welcome controlling their programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs) via the internet, if they think on-line control is better than other control methods, and if they think it will save them more energy dollars. In addition, the...

Project SummaryThis project optimizes the Demand Response Quick Assessment Tool (DRQAT), a building energy simulation software tool used to model demand response (DR) events within large commercial buildings. The accuracy of the models, within the software tool, was improved by comparing simulation...

Project SummaryThis project enhances a demand response (DR) evaluation tool for use by SCE in promoting DR programs and calculating future utility rates, such as critical peak pricing (CPP) and time of use (TOU), to small commercial building...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates the feasibility of sewage treatment plants (STPs) with flows greater than 1 million gallons per day to participate in demand response (DR) programs. DR strategies applicable to the municipal wastewater treatment industry were identified and 10 STP site audits...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates the efficacy of new Automated Demand Response (AutoDR) technology to enhance two-way data exchange before, during, and after a demand response (DR) event. These AutoDR technologies focus on large commercial and industrial customers.  The two-way data...

Project SummaryThe objective of this multi-phase project is to identify and demonstrate battery energy storage (BES) and communications technologies that enable small to mid-sized industrial and commercial customers to implement demand response (DR) strategies and thus increase their participation...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates innovative controls and strategies that allow commercial customers to participate in demand response (DR) programs by shedding load from ice machines. Field tests were conducted at several customers’ sites to understand deployment challenges and customer...

This project identifies demand response (DR) enabling technologies and communication infrastructures to deliver low-cost, AutoDR capabilities to small commercial customers based on demand reduction as a percentage of the total building’s predicted peak demand.Download project...

Project SummaryThis project assesses the demand response (DR) capability of addressable power strip devices that monitor and control plug loads. This assessment focuses on the ability of residential and small commercial customers to participate in DR...

Project SummaryThis project evaluates how SCE can employ its existing satellite (SatComm) and radio-based (NetComm) communications infrastructure to enable current and future demand response (DR) programs for large commercial and industrial customers. The evaluation is accomplished using existing...