Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE), in collaboration with AutoGrid, has released a report titled “Roadmap for Demand Flexibility in India”.
The report highlights the wide range of possibilities that Demand Response (DR) offers that can effectively help electricity distribution companies in India handle their increasing future electricity demand while still operating reliably towards a greener grid.
It further states that DISCOMs should carve out the ideal consumer centric DR strategy, comprising a portfolio of customizable options.
Speaking during the report launch, Dr. Satish Kumar,President, and Executive Director, AEEE, said, “Today, as the power generation is getting greener, yet more intermittent and hard to predict, it is absolutely critical to focus on flexible demand as a balancing resource and need to be included in Integrated Resource Planning process and by enabling performance based regulations. For this to happen at scale, consumers should be allowed to participate in the energy and ancillary markets.”
“Time is right to leverage advanced metering infrastructure and other innovative technologies to roll out well-designed DR programmes. Enriched with AutoGrid’s global expertise and pioneering experience, this report will serve as a roadmap and guide for key actors responsible for reliable and cost effective operation in a low carbon grid.”
According to the report:
- Scalable DR programmes can become successful if they are designed to create win-win situations for both consumers and discoms
- Leveraging the energy data collected by smart meters to segment the consumers and identify potential target consumers is a useful tactic
- Initial interventions can be facilitated by the use of Behavioural DR measures which can be further scaled to include more advanced automation options like Flexible DR
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