Title :
Customer Interruption Cost in Smart Grids
Author :
Safdarian, Amir ; Lehtonen, Matti ; Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Mahmud ; Billinton, Roy
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Customers participating in demand response programs known as active customers provide significant flexibility in demand, thereby causing a meaningful reduction in customer interruption cost (CIC) during critical periods. This letter illustrates the impact on the amount of CIC of active customers´ flexible demand realized by smart grid technologies. The focus of this letter is on residential electricity use. The study is applied to actual data from Kainuu, Finland.
Keywords :
demand side management; smart power grids; CIC; Finland; active customer flexible demand; customer interruption cost; demand response programs; residential electricity use; smart grids; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Electricity; Home appliances; Interrupters; Smart grids; Active customer; customer interruption cost; demand side management; flexible demand; smart grid;
Journal_Title :
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2288019
