%0 Report
%A Aimee T McKane
%A Mary Ann Piette
%A David Faulkner
%A Girish Ghatikar
%A Anthony Radspieler Jr
%A Bunmi Adesola
%A Scott Murtishaw
%A Sila Kiliccote
%D 2008
%G eng
%T Opportunities, Barriers and Actions for Industrial Demand Response in California
%2 LBNL-1335E
%# <p>demand response</p>
%$ <p>Commercial Building Systems</p>
%] <p>y</p>
%X <p>In 2006 the Demand Response Research Center (DRRC) formed an Industrial Demand Response Team to investigate opportunities and barriers to implementation of Automated Demand Response (Auto-DR) systems in California industries. Auto-DR is an open, interoperable communications and technology platform designed to:</p><ul><li>Provide customers with automated, electronic price and reliability signals;</li><li>Provide customers with capability to automate customized DR strategies;</li><li>Automate DR, providing utilities with dispatchable operational capability similar to conventional generation resources.</li></ul><p>This research began with a review of previous Auto-DR research on the commercial sector. Implementing Auto-DR in industry presents a number of challenges, both practical and perceived. Some of these include: the variation in loads and processes across and within sectors, resource-dependent loading patterns that are driven by outside factors such as customer orders or time-critical processing (e.g. tomato canning), the perceived lack of control inherent in the term "Auto-DR", and aversion to risk, especially unscheduled downtime. While industry has demonstrated a willingness to temporarily provide large sheds and shifts to maintain grid reliability and be a good corporate citizen, the drivers for widespread Auto-DR will likely differ. Ultimately, most industrial facilities will balance the real and perceived risks associated with Auto-DR against the potential for economic gain through favorable pricing or incentives. Auto-DR, as with any ongoing industrial activity, will need to function effectively within market structures.</p>