A modified approach for residential load scheduling using smart meters

Implementation of various incentive-based demand response strategies has great potential to decrease peak load growth and customer electricity bill cost. Using advanced metering and automatic demand management makes it possible to optimize energy consumption, to reduce grid loss, and to release generation capacities for the sake of providing sustainable electricity supply. Executing an incentive-based program is a simple way for customers to monitor and manage their energy consumption, and therefore, to reduce their electricity bill. With these objectives, this paper examines the previously suggested load scheduling programs and proposes a new practical one for residential energy management. The method is aimed at optimizing customers´ bill cost and satisfaction by taking into consideration the generation capacity limitation and dynamic electricity price in different time slots of a day. Moreover, the proposed optimization algorithm is compared with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm to illustrate high efficiency of the proposed algorithm as a practical industrial tool for peak load shaving.