Title :
Measuring Customer Preferences for Load Management Service Options
Author :
McKenna, William F.
Author_Institution :
Robinson Associates, Inc.
Abstract :
This paper illustrates the application of consumer research tools to the measurement of customer preferences for load management service options. The key problem is determining the extent to which customers are interested in such options and the tradeoffs they are willing to make between the conveniences of electric service and its cost.
Keywords :
Costs; Load management; Power engineering and energy; Power system measurements; Power system reliability; Power systems; Pricing; Reliability engineering; Systems engineering and theory; Transactions Committee;
Journal_Title :
Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPAS.1985.318951