Load as a Resource (LaaR)

CERTS is working to accelerate meaningful opportunities for customers to participate voluntarily in competitive electricity markets for the provision of ancillary services. Research focuses on demonstrating advanced demand-response technologies and strategies that will improve the reliability of the grid.

Related research to assess the effects of customer participation on market efficiency is conducted under Reliability and Markets.

Projects

End-to-End Testing of Commercial Building End Uses for Regulation PI: Callaway, Duncan This project is establishing an end-to-end connection between the end-uses and systems at LBNL’s FLEXLAB^® and PJM’s regulation signals using OpenADR. In addition to working with PJM, partnerships with other ISOs and demand response...
Evaluation of SCE Load Management System PI: Eto, Joe Southern California Edison operates some of the load management programs in the United States. Many of the technologies relied upon by the programs date back to the late 1970’s. This project reviewed and made recommendations to modernize aspects of the...
Frequency Responsive Demand PI: Kalsi, Karan This project is exploring methods by which loads can be aggregated into a grid-friendly network of actively configured, autonomous responses to self-sense frequency and voltage fluctuations, and provide a full range of ancillary services—including...
Frequency Responsive Load Assessment PI: Snyder, Isabelle This project was designed to study the effects of control algorithms and frequency measurement error on electric system behavior.
Load as a Resource Scoping Studies PI: Eto, Joe CERTS assembled an interdisciplinary team to assess the research needs associated with a range of topics related to the use of load (or demand response) as a system reliability resource, mainly to provide ancillary services.
Load as a Resource Technical Assistance PI: Goldman, Charles This project provided technical assistance to ISO-NE on design and implementation of a Demand Response Reserves Pilot project, to NYISO on aspects of the real-time pricing programs operated by the utilities in the state, and to PJM’s demand response...
Residential Demand-Response Spinning Reserve Demonstrations at PG&E and SCE PI: Eto, Joe This project conducted first-ever demonstrations of the use of large fleets of residential load management technologies (radio-dispatched switches on central air conditioning units) to provide spinning reserves that met the operational dispatch...
Responsive Commercial and Industrial Loads Providing Spinning Reserve PI: Kueck, John This project sought to demonstrate of the use of large responsive loads from industrial processes, such as aluminum smelters, and commercial buildings, such as air conditioning systems in hotels, as sources of spinning reserves.
Using Industrial Loads for Provisioning Ancillary Services PI: Larry Markel This project is focused on establishing the business case for industrial ancillary services providers. Activities include determining the national and regional market potential of industrial DR, creating a user-friendly on-line tool and guidance...