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Evaluation Of Conservation Voltage Reduction As A Tool For Demand Side Management, Ali Dorrody
Evaluation Of Conservation Voltage Reduction As A Tool For Demand Side Management, Ali Dorrody
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To ensure stability of the power grid, electricity supply and demand must remain in balance in real time. Traditionally utilities, call upon peaking power plants to increase power generation to meet the peak demand during the afternoons of the hot summer months. Demand-side management (DSM), which includes energy efficiency and demand response (DR), works from the other side of the equation - instead of adding more generation to the system, it pays energy users to reduce consumption as it is cheaper and easier to procure than traditional generation. As a consequence, demand-side management allows utility customers to act as a …