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Energy and the Environment

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  1. Introduction
  2. Transport Fuels
    5 Topics
  3. Energy Sources: Fossil Fuels
    8 Topics
  4. Energy Sources: Renewables
    10 Topics
  5. Electricity
    10 Topics
  6. Energy Sources: Nuclear
    6 Topics
  7. Demand Response
    6 Topics
  8. Energy/Emissions Policy
    15 Topics
  9. Energy Economics
    2 Topics
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    1 Quiz
Lesson 7, Topic 6
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What is Demand Response ?

Abdulaziz July 19, 2020
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  • Change in the power consumption by a customer to allow better matching of demand with supply
  • Utilities already signal a need for demand requests
    • Off peak metering encourages use in low demand times
  • Voluntary rationing is accomplished by price incentives
  • Smart metering enables response to explicit requests to reduce use to be rewarded by participants
  • Involuntary rationing, is accomplished via rolling blackouts during peak load periods