Demand response in the UK's domestic sector

V Hamidi, F R Li, Francis V P Robinson

OAI: oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:publications/756f028b-1a22-40c9-9e54-abd9b317e6d5 • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2009.07.013

The purpose of this paper is to assess the current level of demand responsiveness among domestic loads. The paper first studies different load profiles of domestic consumers which are composed of power consumption of end-use appliances. Afterwards. it differentiates those loads which could become responsive and evaluates the aggregated effect of these loads and the margin which could be derived from them. The area which has been considered is a residential area; consists of results have been demonstrated on a real residential network in southwest of the UK; small residential area in city of Bath. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.