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Executive Brief: Advanced Metering Information Systems
November 2004
This white paper describes the challenges posed by an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and how a new class of information systems can address those challenges.
ABB SCADA/EMS System: INEEL Baseline Summary Test Report
October 2004
This DOE document provides the baseline report for the ABB SCADA/Energy Management System as delivered to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory by ABB (software) and Hewlett Packard (hardware).
Summary Report of Pre-Cooling and SCE Energy$mart Thermostat Focus Groups
September 2004
The work described in this report was cosponsored by Southern California Edison and the California Energy Commission PIER Demand Response Research Center under contract no. W-7405-ENG-48 with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Preliminary Analysis of AMI Business Case
September 2004
The document (filed Oct 22, 2004) is the filing of the Southern California Edison (SCE)'s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Business Case Preliminary Analysis before the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.
Advanced Metering & Dynamic Rates - The Issues
September 2004
This slide presentation provides insight into the issues related to advanced metering and dynamic rates under the categories of cost and benefits issues such as cost allocation and meter ownership, implementation issues such as adverse bill impacts and rate complexity and regulatory and legal issues dealing with rate policies, rate constraints and revenue requirements.
Strawman Reference Design for Demand Response Info Exchange
September 2004
The purpose of this reference design is initially to establish a common starting point for implementing open information exchange that leverages existing infrastructures in other industries.
Delivering Cost-Effective Demand Response
August 2004
This set of slides was presented at the Peak Load Management Alliance (PLMA) Fall Conference, September 2004. The presentation provides information about: Demand Response (DR); Evaluation of Advanced Metering Business Case; and Advanced Load Control Solution.
Response of Residential Customers to CPP & TOU Rates
August 2004
This document contains the report of the pilot study conducted by Investor Owned Utilities in California to assess how residential and small commercial customers respond to various type of electricity pricing.
Understanding the Cost of Power Interruptions to U.S. Electricity Consumers
August 2004
This report seeks to quantify how much power interruptions and fluctuations in power quality cost U.S. electricity consumers. It lays out a comprehensive end-use framework for assessing the cost to U.S. electricity consumers of power interruptions and power-quality events.
Overview of AMI System Features and Capabilities
August 2004
This slide presentation deals with an overview of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) metering technologies, system costs and benefits, and case studies from U.S. and international projects.
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques for Automated Demand Response Demonstration
July 2004
This paper summarizes the measurement and evaluation of the performance of Demand Response (DR) technologies and strategies in five large facilities.
IEEE C37.114-2004 - IEEE Guide for Determining Fault Location on AC Transmission and Distribution Lines
July 2004
This document contains the detailed information of the standard IEEE C37.114-2004. This guide shall outline the techniques and application considerations for determining the location of a fault on AC transmission and distribution lines.
IEEE C37.90.2-2004 - IEEE Standard Withstand Capability of Relay Systems to Radiated Electromagnetic Interference from Transceivers
July 2004
This document contains the detailed information of the standard IEEE C37.90.2-2004. Design tests for relays and relay systems that relate to the immunity of this equipment to Radiated Electromagnetic Interference from Transceivers are specified.
IEEE C37.93-2004 - IEEE Guide for Power System Protective Relay Applications of Audio Tones Over Voice Grade Channels
July 2004
This document contains the detailed information of the standard IEEE C37.93-2004. Guidelines for applying audio tones over voice grade channels for power system relaying are provided in this document, including transmitting and receiving equipment, leased voice grade channels, application principles, installation, and testing.
Does Real-Time Pricing Deliver Demand Response? A Case Study of Niagara Mohawk's Large Customer RTP Tariff
July 2004
This study examines the experience of 130 large (over 2 MW) industrial, commercial and institutional customers at Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation that have faced day-ahead electricity market prices as their default tariff since 1998. It is the first study of large customer response to RTP in the context of retail competition.
Real Time Pricing and the Real Live Firm
July 2004
This paper discusses how well private firms and public sector institutions' operating conditions, knowledge structures, decision-making practices, and external relationships comport with real time pricing assumptions and how this might impact price response. This paper is based on interviews with 29 large (over 2 MW) industrial, commercial, and institutional customers in the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation service territory that have faced day-ahead electricity market prices since 1998.
IEEE 1646-2004 - IEEE 1646 Standard Communication Delivery Time Performance Requirements for Electric Power Substation Automation
July 2004
This document contains the detailed information of the standard IEEE 1646-2004. A standard defining communication delivery times of information to be exchanged within and external to substation integrated protection, control, and data acquisition systems is described. .
IEEE 1453-2004 - IEEE Recommended Practice for Measurement and Limits of Voltage Fluctuations and Associated Light Flicker on AC Power Systems
July 2004
This document contains the detailed information of the standard IEEE 1453-2004. This recommended practice provides specifications for measurement of voltage fluctuations on electric power systems that cause noticeable illumination changes from lighting equipment (flicker, lamp flicker, or voltage flicker) and recommends acceptable levels for 120 V, 60 Hz and 230 V, 50 Hz AC electric power systems.
Market Transformation Lessons Learned from an Automated Demand Response Test in the Summer and Fall of 2003
July 2004
This paper examines barriers to enabling an Automatic Demand Response (Auto-DR) system in California and provides possible avenues of approach for a future launch of a regional or statewide program.
Development and Application of an Inverse Building Model for Demand Response in Small Commercial Buildings
July 2004
This paper describes development of an inverse building model and its application in studying the performance of a demand-limiting (DL) control strategy.
Peak Demand Reduction from Pre-Cooling with Zone Temperature Reset in an Office Building
July 2004
The objective of this study was to demonstrate the potential for reducing peak-period electrical demand in moderate-weight commercial buildings by modifying the control of the HVAC system. system and implemented progressively over a period of one month.
Machine to Machine (M2M) Technology in Demand Responsive Commercial Buildings
July 2004
This paper provides a summary of the control and communications systems evaluated and reported on as part of a larger research report to evaluate the technological performance of Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) hardware and software systems in large facilities.
Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York-Fact Sheet
June 2004
This document is the fact sheet of Customer Adaptation to real-time pricing (RTP) as Standard Offer Electric Service.
Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York
May 2004
This report examines the growing interest in policies, programs and tariffs that encourage customer loads to provide Demand Response (DR) to help discipline wholesale electricity markets. Appendix: This document is the Appendix of Customer Response to Day-ahead Wholesale Market Electricity Prices: Case Study of RTP Program Experience in New York. Factsheet: This document is the fact sheet of Customer Adaptation to RTP as Standard Offer Electric Service Customer_Response_to_Dayahead_Wholesale_Market_Electricity_200412.pdf 1791-appendix.pdf 1792-factsheet.pdf
ANSI/CEA-709.3-R2004 - Free-Topology Twisted-Pair Channel Specification
April 2004
This document specifies the EIA-709.3 free-topology twisted-pair channel specification and serves as a companion document to the EIA-709.1 Control Network Protocol Specification.
