Automated demand response—from peak shaving to ancillary services

Summary form only given. This presentation outlines the key features and issues for a wide range of automated demand response (DR) deployments. Specifically the presentation will focus on utilizing the emerging Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) standard. OpenADR was developed in California supported by funding from the California Electricity Commission (CEC) and has been deployed for many years in a number of DR programs around the world. It has proven to be effective in a wide range of programs and tariffs. The time scales of the response for the DR resources involved in these deployments range from day before notifications to four second ancillary services dispatches for the purpose of regulation. In addition a number of different instruments including price incentives and load dispatches have been utilized and represented in the OpenADR signals. Furthermore OpenADR allows widely varying types of DR resources to participate in DR programs. This presentation will discuss the key features of OpenADR that allow it to be utilized in these widely varying scenarios and likewise allow the DR resources to participate in a wide range of tariffs and DR programs. In addition the future directions of OpenADR will be discussed which include its use in the integration of renewable resources.