Abstract
A feeder-specific expansion investment plan of a distribution utility is analyzed for exploiting demand-side resource options using feeder- and time-specific marginal costs. The study found that with a utility-led demand-side management program where the utility shoulders the up-front capital and administrative costs while benefits are equally shared between the utility and participating customers, idle customer-owned standby diesel generating sets together with efficient cooling and lighting technologies appear as a viable options to meet current and projected demand. Demand-side resources prioritization based on their impact to monetary and non-monetary criteria (reliability, voltage quality and environmental) is accomplished with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. The customers' perception to each of the given decision criteria are solicited through customer survey.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 623-631 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2003 |
| Event | 14th Power Systems Computation Conference - Seville, Spain Duration: Jun 24 2002 → … |
Keywords
- Analytic hierarchy process
- Demand-side management
- Distributed generation
- Local integrated resource planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering