current market structures, (i.e., as resources that qualify for resource” status under “capacity current procurement rules or as resources, but for which the technical “load-modifying” capability to communicate with and manage loads, distributed generation and storage are largely the same). The third group will develop and test a transactive energy signal that reflects system needs and could serve as an initial proxy price signal for demand-side resources. The fourth group will assess and characterize the costs and benefits of including DR controls as a requirement for lighting retrofits in existing non-residential buildings. Research topics should include: Documenting baseline load impacts existing tariffs, estimating impacts under newly authorized and planned tariffs—in particular new residential time of use (TOU) rates authorized under CPUC Decision 15-07-001, developing and testing technologies—with a on automation—that facilitate customer control and strategic integration of their loads with their distributed generation and storage resources, developing and pilot testing strategies for customer participation in existing and soon-to-be available wholesale and retail tariffs and programs, with a focus on maximizing the value of TOU rates being developed under CPUC direction, comparing participation and performance different incentive/information structures, using TOU rates being developed under CPUC direction as a baseline, identifying strategies for overcoming existing technical, institutional and regulatory barriers to expanding demand response to large numbers of customers across all sectors and matching load reduction capabilities with system needs, and Identifying and quantifying the incremental costs and benefits of demand responsive lighting controls as part of general lighting upgrades in existing non-residential buildings. Projects must fall within the following four project groups:
current market structures, (i.e., as resources that qualify for “capacity resource” status under current procurement rules or as “load-modifying” resources, but for which the technical capability to communicate with and manage loads, distributed generation and storage are largely the same). The third group will develop and test a transactive energy signal that reflects system needs and could serve as an initial proxy price signal for demand-side resources. The fourth group will assess and characterize the costs and benefits of including DR controls as a requirement for lighting retrofits in existing non-residential buildings. Research topics should include: Documenting baseline load impacts existing tariffs, estimating impacts under newly authorized and planned tariffs—in particular new residential time of use (TOU) rates authorized under CPUC Decision 15-07-001, developing and testing technologies—with a on automation—that facilitate customer control and strategic integration of their loads with their distributed generation and storage resources, developing and pilot testing strategies for customer participation in existing and soon-to-be available wholesale and retail tariffs and programs, with a focus on maximizing the value of TOU rates being developed under CPUC direction, comparing participation and performance different incentive/information structures, using TOU rates being developed under CPUC direction as a baseline, identifying strategies for overcoming existing technical, institutional and regulatory barriers to expanding demand response to large numbers of customers across all sectors and matching load reduction capabilities with system needs, and Identifying and quantifying the incremental costs and benefits of demand responsive lighting controls as part of general lighting upgrades in existing non-residential buildings. Projects must fall within the following four project groups: