Bangladesh Power System Peak Demand Shaving through Demand Side Management of the Battery Operated Easy Bike Load

Electric vehicle (EV) charging is an important contributor to the peak load of a power system. A survey carried out by the author shows addition of significant load to the grid during peak hour due to the plugging in of battery-operated three-wheel ‘easy-bike’ for their charging. Demand-side management involves changing energy use habits of consumers, and this can be adopted to shift pattern of connecting EVs to the grid so that no vehicle is connected and charged during peak hours. The other way to solve the issue is to use technology to compel the EVs to be charged during off-peak hours. In this paper a suitable technique of Demand Side Management has been proposed to mitigate the problem.