Evaluation of a community-Based electricity load management program |
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| Authors: | Dan Kowalczyk James C. Cramer Bruce Hackett Paul P. Craig Thomas M. Dietz Mark Levine Edward Vine |
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| Affiliation: | California Energy Commission, 1111 Howe Ave., MS63, Sacramento, CA 95825, U.S.A.;Sociology Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.;Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.;Sociology Department, George Washington University, WA 2006, U.S.A.;Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94721, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | During the summer of 1980, Davis (CA) undertook a program to encourage residents to reduce peak electricity use. The program was initiated by the local utility company and carried a collective financial incentive: for every 1% reduction in peak electricity use, the utility would reward the city $10,000 up to a maximum of $100,000. This paper discusses the program and evaluates its effects during the first experimental summer of operation.Most of the strategies developed in Davis to reduce peak load also indirectly encouraged conservation during off-peak hours, and the program evolved, in effect, as a conservation program. Total electricity use for the Davis residential sector, adjusted for weather and prices, was reduced by about 7%, and the reduction of peak load was somewhat greater. The program was economically rewarding to residents, the city, and the utility. In addition, the program had other, intangible impacts on general energy consciousness and community spirit. |
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