Evaluation of user participation capabilities in demand response programs for smart home applications

Towards Self-Sustainable Island Grids through Optimal Utilization of Renewable Energy Potential and Community Engagement

“…Sociotechnical Implications As mentioned previously, DR is seen as a key enabling technology for the integration of renewable energy to support island self-sustainability. However, it has been well reported that one of the major drawbacks to successful engagement in DR programs by consumers, for example in some recorded cases in the US, relates to little or diminishing levels of user participation from residential customers enrolled in DR programmes [29,30]. It has also been suggested that, since DR programmes can be broadly classified into two sub-types (price-based and incentive-based), with each requiring a different levels of home automation, consumers with little or diminishing user participation should be identified as early as possible and new ways sought to encourage participation [31].…”

“…Although techniques designed for online implementation can be employed to identify participation levels of residential customers in incentive-based DR programmes (e.g., [32]), the use of surveys such as that described in this section can reveal preliminary insights into likelihood to participate in different kinds of DR programmes for island communities. It is suggested that such preliminary information could be combined with appropriate assessment tools (e.g., [30,33]), and simulation models (e.g., [31]) to assist with the planning and execution of DR activities, programmes and use cases to support energy transitions for island communities.…”