KEMA reviews smart grid impacts on demand response

KEMA guest editorial featured in IEEE Power & Energy Magazine May/June 2010

As the energy market for electricity adapts for smart grid operations, its inelastic longevity wanes, and we must examine potential scenarios for effects on market prices. “The development of the smart grid is driving an explosion of interest in demand response programs,” Ralph Masiello, KEMA senior vice president, innovation.

In Masiello’s guest editorial featured in IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 3, May/June 2010, he introduces ways that the smart grid will impact the development of Demand Response (DR) issues and actions—per the focus of the articles. Example topics include standardizing DR programs, managing electric vehicle charging, and evaluating how much DR actually occurred versus typical load behavior (beyond large industrial customers). Read Masiello’s editorial, “Demand Response: the other side of the curve.”

The Future of Demand Response
KEMA further examines the future of demand response in its forthcoming Utility of the Future leadership guidebook, Volume 3: Engaging the customer – The power behind the meter.