Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192461 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 479
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
In Norway there is a growing concern that electricity production and transmission may not meet the demand in peak-load situations. It is therefore important to evaluate the potential of different demand side measures that may contribute to reduce peak load. This paper analyses data from an experiment where residential water heaters were automatically disconnected during peak periods of the day. A model of hourly electricity consumption is used to evaluate the effects on the load of the disconnections. The results indicate an average consumption reduction per household of approximately 0.5 kWh/h during disconnection, and an additional average increase in consumption the following hour, due to the payback effect, of approximately 0.2 kWh/h.
Subjects: 
Direct load control
Demand response
Load management
Water heaters
JEL: 
D10
Q41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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