Task 19 – Micro Demand Response and Energy Saving

The Task:

• Identified, developed and defined packages of DR and energy saving service products for residential and SME customers, based on EUMF, TOU pricing and demand control to meet the above requirements;
• Developed mechanisms to deliver DR and energy saving service products;
• Evaluated how ESSP/DAG businesses can provide DR and energy saving service products for residential and SME customers;
• Developed ESSP/DAG routes to market for residential and SME customers;
• Made an overall assessment of common ground and technologies to be shared with smart metering infrastructure;
• Estimated incremental costs of implementation of product delivery systems
• Quantified the business case for the provision of DR and Energy Saving products.

Participants learnt how to:

• understand the advantages and disadvantages of TOU pricing, Demand Response and demand disaggregation and feedback for residential and SME customers in competitive energy markets;
• gain an independent view of technology and benefits available for TOU pricing and demand disaggregation
• quantify the value and technologies for end use monitoring and feedback, Time of Use Pricing and DR to customers and its potential for achieving DSM objectives;
• develop national policies to encourage time of use metering, pricing and demand disaggregation within competitive energy markets;
• understand the role of demand side participation in energy markets through the use of DSB/DR programmes and mechanisms;
• quantify the need for time of use metering or developed profile metering in order to validate DSB/DR implementation;
• quantify infrastructure needs for alternative load control options and savings calculations;
• understand the contribution that Dynamic DR can have on the improving the utilisation of wind generation capacity.

France, Finland, Greece, India, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom

Task Duration: January 2009 – March 2010

Task 19: Evaluating the Business Case for Micro Demand Response and Energy Savings

Task 19: Requirements and Options for Effective Delivery

Task 19 Final Management Report

Task 19 Flyer

Annex 19 Legal Text