Integrating Load Management Programs into Utility Operations and Planning with a Load Reduction Forecasting System

McRae, M.R.; Smith, Bruce A.; Scheer, R.M.

doi:10.1109/tpas.1985.319151

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“…Another technique that manages load is implementing a load forecasting technique and shifting loads to off-peak periods (McRae et al 2004). A load forecasting system uses historical data and predicts when the loads will be at the maximum and at what time this will occur.…”

Section: Load Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operating cost reduction by electricity profiling and demand management

Hasan

Court

Curtis

et al. 2020

Water Practice and Technology

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Like many other industries, water utilities use a high amount of electricity to operate water and wastewater treatment plants and incur a large percentage of their operating cost as electricity bills. This study investigates the electricity usage profile of a water utility and employs demand management strategies for cost reduction. Two cost reduction strategies are verified in this research – (i) fixed price contract, and (ii) electricity time-of-use shifting. An illustrative case study has been presented with two years of interval data from eight selected sites of an Australian/Victorian water utility. The study results suggest that by employing the demand management strategies, up to 22% cost reduction could be achieved from annual electricity bills. The study recognizes that the solution could be customized for each individual site based on the site-specific electricity usage profile.

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Section: Load Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%