Demanding Standards

摘要

DEMAND RESPONSE (DR) IS HERE TO STAY. WHAT started in a few programs in the wholesale markets just a decade ago has now blossomed into an important component of the North American wholesale electricity markets. Not only are demand resources playing important roles in the forward and real-time markets, these resources are also proving their worth in longer-term capacity markets. To further the role of demand resources in wholesale electricity markets across North America, some standardization would be desirable. Although the standardization process will not address either market designs or technology choices, it does have the goal of developing a common set of data definitions and interactions to facilitate standard communications.