SCE is conducting a smart speaker demonstration study in which it will install a home automation gateway, smart thermostat, smart plugs, smart light bulbs and a smart speaker at selected customer homes. This equipment will allow SCE to monitor the energy use of the installed products and optimize...

Provide a scalable testing platform to support the evaluation of existing and emerging standards of HPWH’s communication, Efficiencies and performance...

The behind-the-meter (BTM) battery systems will be administered by Sunrun® and used to provide planned and real-time demand response grid services. The VPP project will enroll 200-500 customers in the project from a population of approximately 1,000 customers with existing or new Sunrun PV-paired...

Advanced Lighting Control Systems (ALCS) Bench Testing – Plug Load Controls aims to revisit and refine the technology validation program developed in Phase I. ALCS Bench Testing - Plug Load Controls focuses on the plug load specific additions that are available with select ALCS and evaluates...

"Battery energy storage systems work by capturing electricity produced by both renewable and nonrenewable resources and storing it for discharge when required. The solution allows users to come off the grid and switch to stored electricity, at a time most beneficial, giving greater flexibility and...

The aim of this sub-project is to collect data on electricity consumed by equipment in newly-constructed homes that are either required by health and safety codes or are considered necessary to make the house attractive to buyers. This aspect of residential energy use has not been studied but...

HPWH Flexible DR Communication Demonstration Lab for Water Heating...

Retail Automated Transactive Energy Systems (BESS & PV)...

The goals of the Field Study were to explore the technical and experience components of Connected Home products with a dual focus on assessing customers’ experience and energy impacts. Survey instruments were designed to meet most of the customer experience analysis objectives. In...

The purpose of this Demand Response Emerging Technology (DRET) Assessment is to confirm that, in a laboratory setting, end-use energy consumption by certain appliances can be automatically controlled by a combination of: (1) a frequently changing (every 5 minutes) GHG intensity signal based on...