Full Title: Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering
Author(s): Michael P. Lee
Publisher(s): U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Publication Date: December 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
This report is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff’s (FERC or Commission staff’s) tenth annual report on demand response and advanced metering required by section 1252(e)(3) of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). It is based on publicly-available information and discussions with market participants and industry experts. Based on the information reviewed, it appears that:
- Deployment of advanced meters continues to increase throughout the country.1 According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), an additional 8.7 million advanced meters were installed and operational between 2012 and 2013, resulting in advanced meters representing almost 38 percent of all meters in the United States;2
- States and various federal agencies continue to undertake significant activities to promote demand response;
- Supported by new policy efforts at the retail level, demand response in conjunction with other established and developing resources and technologies is facilitating innovative grid architectures and system operations; and,
- While demand response barriers continue to be addressed, there is jurisdictional uncertainty associated with the Supreme Court’s review of Electric Power Supply Association v. FERC.