Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Technology Cost, Performance, and Lifetime Characteristics [Slides]

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Methods for Computing Physically Realistic Estimates of Electric Water Heater Demand Response Resource Suitable for Bulk Power System Planning Models

“…This means capturing all key demand response characteristics and capabilities in grid planning tools and processes, which to first order has been done. Several studies have represented demand response as a zero-cost resource in grid capacity expansion and production cost models (Hummon et al 2013;O'Connell et al 2015;Stoll, Buechler, and Hale 2017;McPherson and Stoll 2020;Murphy et al 2021), and other studies have developed demand response supply curves and other cost data (Alstone et al 2017;Potter and Cappers 2017;Nubbe et al 2021). Incorporating demand response dispatch capabilities, enablement costs, and participation supply curves into grid planning models allows demand response to be a price-maker ; that is, demand response can change investment and operational decisions and thus directly inform grid service marginal prices.…”