P eak Load Management Opportunities Are Waiting

Abstract

Peak load management has been described as a killer application.
Yet it has been used by too few electric utilities or their commercial and
industrial customers. Utilities seem strangely paralyzed in the face of
significant benefits as evidenced by the huge price increases for a few
hours and days each summer. Regulators seem no better at recognizing
their role in restructuring to facilitate efficient markets for all energy re-
sources, including backup generators and other distributed resources.