کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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999935 | 1481660 | 2015 | 11 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Commercial uniform-rate & time-based pricing policies of three utilities analyzed.
• Comparisons made from two case studies, representing actual buildings.
• Consumption shifting measures produce more savings under time-based pricing.
• Both consumption-shifting & curtailment measures available in CPP & RTP pricing.
• Time-based pricing does not decrease importance of energy conservation.
This study investigates a variety of pricing policies for commercial and industrial customer sectors. Two building examples were used to analyze energy usage by buildings under the uniform-rate and time-based pricing schedules of three electricity utilities. Critical-peak and real-time price signals encourage building managers to implement the greatest number of measures to reduce their electricity costs. Consumption-shifting and curtailment measures that take into account time-based electricity prices do not appear to reduce energy usage and costs as much as regular energy-efficiency measures. Nonetheless, expanding the focus of energy management to include measures based on time-based pricing can help reduce electricity costs for commercial and industrial buildings.
Journal: Utilities Policy - Volume 37, December 2015, Pages 58–68