Seasonal Customer Load Curtailment
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 at
9:30 AM
Filed under Demand Response.
Q: If the customer is a highly seasonal customer such as an agricultural packing plant, in which during the harvest period say in September the plant may have significant curtailable load and the reduction and can only reduce load in a very limited amount during the summer peak months
Applying the method to determine the baseline load profile described by the answer to question 1 yields a result that is only available in one month. How should this situation be handled?, or should the average available be reported?
A: For a seasonal site the Customer Estimated Energy Baseline (CEEB) and Estimate of Demand Reduction (EODR), as described by Question 1 answered earlier do not apply. For the site described above, it is our opinion that the load that is available all summer should be added to a weighted seasonal average of available load in September.
Average Max kW = kW (available all summer) + kW (weighted seasonal average)
The weighted seasonal average of available load would be calculated by:
Weighted seasonal average load = (# seasonal Months available) / (Total utility’s summer months) * seasonal kW.
Weighted seasonal average load = (1/4) *(kW September ‐ kW summer month)
Average Max kW = kW (available all summer) + kW (weighted seasonal average)