Are regulations enough to expand industrial demand response? A study of the impacts of policy on industrial demand response in the United States

Blake W. Billings; Kody M. Powell

doi:10.1016/j.tej.2023.107270

Are regulations enough to expand industrial demand response? A study of the impacts of policy on industrial demand response in the United States

Blake W. Billings
, Kody M. Powell

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Abstract

As resource mixes in the United States change, a need emerges for techniques like demand response to enhance grid reliability and utilize renewable energy sources more efficiently. Demand response in the industrial sector has lagged behind the residential and commercial sectors but has underutilized potential to benefit the grid. This work surveys U.S. Federal policy from the last twenty years to analyze the mandates and effects on industrial demand response. Policies involving industrial demand response have been vague and abstract when considering the unique energy challenges the industrial sector faces. Future policy concerning demand response should offer specific directives and tools to help industrial facilities and end-users integrate demand response techniques into their processes.

Original language	English
Article number	107270
Journal	Electricity Journal
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2023.107270
State	Published - May 2023
Externally published	Yes

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This work was funded by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Assessment Centers Program under grant # DE-EE0009708 and by the Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development under contract # 171881 . The authors express their gratitude to these entities for their continued support. This work was funded by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industrial Assessment Centers Program under grant # DE-EE0009708 and by the Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development under contract # 171881. The authors express their gratitude to these entities for their continued support.

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Demand response
Grid response
Industrial
U.S. Federal policy

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