Develop and Pilot Test Flexible Demand Response Control Strategies for Water Pumping Stations and Industrial Refrigeration Plants
The agreement developed pilot testing of demand response controls at a water pumping station and industrial refrigeration plant to determine the potential of achieving at least 20% demand reduction.
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
Recipient
Palo Alto, CA
Recipient Location
13th
Senate District
23rd
Assembly District
$2,998,703
Amount Spent
Completed
Project Status
Project Result
The agreement has ended. All CEC reimbursable funds have been paid. The Final report has been published. It is CEC-500-2023-060
The Issue
During periods of peak electrical usage, matching supply and demand for the electric power grid has become increasingly challenging due to increasing penetration of variable renewables into the supply mix. Demand response (DR) provides an opportunity to mitigate grid instability and the high cost of purchasing electricity at critical times. California's industrial sector has the potential to provide fast and flexible DR through the development of control strategies.
Project Innovation
The project develops technologies with the potential to achieve at least 20% demand reduction or adjustment for fast and flexible demand response (DR). The pilot demonstrations are at 2 different end use sectors: 1) a water pumping station and 2) commercial refrigerated food warehouse. The control strategies demonstrated can be replicated to show plant managers a way to integrate control strategies to reduce and adjust demand, to achieve new levels of operational reliability and efficiency.
Project Goals
Project Benefits
This project develops technology that will enable industrial customers to provide automated DR service to the grid including fast ramping, operating reserves, frequency regulation, and peak load reduction in support of California's goals for DR and energy efficiency as well as renewable integration and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. For refrigerated warehouses, the ability to shed load during periods of grid stress will be important, especially during summer heat waves like those experienced in 2020.
Affordability
The project has the potential to reduce demand for a variety of grid use cases including fast ramping, operating reserves, frequency regulation, and peak load reduction. This can result in lower demand charges and energy costs to the customer.
Reliability
Supporting fast and flexible demand response helps to augment power system reliability and results in less stress on the grid by reducing peak loads. These services can help with maintaining system reliability.
Key Project Members
Ammi Amarnath
Subrecipients
OSISoft, LLC
Cypress LTD
Enerwise Global
Aqua Sierra Controls
MelRok, LLC
California Water Service
CrossnoKaye
Portal Solutions Inc.
Hoffman Marketing Communications, Inc..
PSD Associates, LLC
Match Partners
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
San Diego Gas &
Electric Company
Southern California Edison
Enerwise Global
Portal Solutions Inc.
