Influence of Flexibility Modeling Parameters on Residential-Scale Demand Response Assessment

2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech 2019
Kārlis Baltputnis, Zane Broka, Antans Sauļus Sauhats

To incentivize residential-scale customer participation in explicit demand response (DR), it has to be possible to provide them with a sufficiently accurate assessment of the potential economic benefits they might gain from it. However, such an assessment necessarily requires good knowledge of the technical flexibility of the consumption and parameters characterizing it. In this study, a probabilistic DR assessment model is used to analyze the impact of various flexibility characteristics and constraints. It is found that some of them significantly affect the results, whereas others have miniscule influence. Furthermore, a case study based on a typical consumption profile allows to conclude that a householder without significant thermostatic loads has relatively small economic benefit from participation in explicit DR.

Keywords
demand response; flexibility; residential; sensitivity analysis; simulation
DOI
10.1109/PTC.2019.8810947

Baltputnis, K., Broka, Z., Sauhats, A. Influence of Flexibility Modeling Parameters on Residential-Scale Demand Response Assessment. In: 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, Italy, Milan, 23-27 June, 2019. Piscataway: IEEE, 2019, pp.2053-2058. ISBN 978-1-5386-4723-3. e-ISBN 978-1-5386-4722-6. Available from: doi:10.1109/PTC.2019.8810947

Publication language
English (en)