Customer Responsive Risk-Managed Network Planning

该项目的目的是通过减少网络建设来降低网络输送电力的成本。网络的成本与供应的可靠性成本进行了权衡。关键的发展是优化投资，考虑电池等因素，结合客户负荷响应，明确包括负荷增长的不确定性和客户负荷的响应水平。该项目结合了电力工程优化、软件系统和社会科学的技能。全球大多数需求响应计划都专注于对客户负载变化的纯粹经济激励。该项目旨在利用最近关于将社区参与与激励相结合的好处的调查结果。

The aim of this project is to reduce the cost of network delivery of electricity though a reduced network build. The cost of the network is balanced against the cost of reliability of supply. The key developments are optimisation of investment considering batteries etcetera, combined with customer load response and explicit inclusion of the uncertainties of load growth and in the response level of the customer loads. The project combines skills of power engineering optimisation, software systems and social science. Most of the demand response programs globally have focused on a pure economic incentive for variation of customer load. This project aims to make use of recent findings on the benefits of combining community engagement with the incentives.