Enabling Practical Demand Response in Highly-Stressed Grids Using Aashiyana

Abstract

This paper targets the unexplored problem of demand response in highly-stressed grids. We present here a novel building DLC system, Aashiyana, that can enforce several user-defined low-power states. We evaluate distributed and centralized load-shedding schemes using Aashiyana that can, compared to current load-shedding strategy, reduce the number of homes with no power by > 80% for minor change in the fraction of homes with full-power.