Engaging Household Energy Savings and Demand Response Opportunities

智能电表正在英国和国际上广泛推广，包括许多发展中国家，在这些国家，智能电表正在被用来打击普遍存在的窃电和电力损失。随着消费者可以在线使用智能电表数据记录，有了宝贵的新机会，让家庭参与到节能和需求侧响应中来，这是目前尚未捕捉到的。该项目将审查一种新型在线显示器的技术可行性，这种显示器将提供关于消费的实时比较反馈(即，实时消费与类似家庭在特定时间和季节的历史消费相比如何--显示可节省高达6%的费用)，以及直接DSR参与和实时高峰减少比较反馈设施(以鼓励和奖励在请求时减少需求的家庭--例如，响应间歇性可再生能源发电和电网负荷要求)。这一创新项目将是第一次将其应用于实时环境中，具有减少家庭电费、提高网络稳定性和支持可再生能源连接的潜力。

Smart meters are being rolled out widely in GB and internationally – including many developing countrieswhere smart meters are being used to combat prevalent electricity theft and losses. With smart meter databecoming available to consumers online, there are valuable new opportunities to engage households in energysaving and demand side response, which are not currently captured. This project will examine the technicalfeasibility of a new type of online display that will provide real-time comparative feedback on consumption (i.e.how real-time consumption compares to the historical consumption of similar households at that specific timeof day and season – shown to deliver as much as 6% savings) as well as a direct DSR engagement and real-timepeak reduction comparative feedback facility (to encourage and reward households that reduce their demandwhen requested – e.g. in response to intermittent renewable generation and electricity network loadingrequirements). This innovative project will be the first time this is applied in a real-time context with thepotential to reduce household electricity bills, increase network stability and support renewables connection.