This paper summarizes the results from a PG&E pilot designed to assess the ability to use air conditioner direct load control to provide ancillary services. The study included nearly 2000 residential households with control devices that were instructed to cause an immediate and complete shutdown of the air conditioner compressor 71 times over a two and half month period. It summarizes the start and total ramp time of AC load response, the magnitude of the response, the effect of the curtailments on customer comfort and satisfaction, and the approach to providing near real time visibility of the air conditioner electricity demand.
BT - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid DA - 06/2013 DO - 10.1109/TSG.2012.2233503 IS - 2 N2 -This paper summarizes the results from a PG&E pilot designed to assess the ability to use air conditioner direct load control to provide ancillary services. The study included nearly 2000 residential households with control devices that were instructed to cause an immediate and complete shutdown of the air conditioner compressor 71 times over a two and half month period. It summarizes the start and total ramp time of AC load response, the magnitude of the response, the effect of the curtailments on customer comfort and satisfaction, and the approach to providing near real time visibility of the air conditioner electricity demand.
PB - IEEE PY - 2013 SP - 1162 EP - 1170 T2 - IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid TI - Using Residential AC Load Control in Grid Operations: PG&E's Ancillary Service Pilot VL - 4 SN - 1949-3053 ER -