Power system demand side management programs are strategies designed to alter the shape of the load curve. In order to successfully implement such a strategy, customer acceptance of the program is vital. It is thus desirable to design a model for direct load control which may accommodate customer preferences. This paper presents a methodology for optimizing both customer satisfaction and electric utility unit commitment savings, based on a fuzzy load model for the direct load control of appliances
Published in:
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:11
,
Issue:
2
)
Date of Publication: May 1996