In response to major electrical grid failures over the past few decades, coupled with the emergence of widespread renewable generation and increased need for understanding energy consumption, there has been a growing push for an electric “Smart Grid”. The Smart Grid is envisioned to...

The Link between Energy Management and Demand Response (DR) study seeks to determine if the process of developing and maintaining an energy management system (EnMS) improves an industrial facility’s capabilities for DR. An EnMS is a set of procedures, documents, and records designed to help...

This Demand Response report looks at DR automation tools including; training, education, and load-analysis tools to coordinate power reduction...

This project aims to identify tools that can be used by commercial and industrial customers to better understand their facility’s demand profile and assist in decision making for DR program participation. This report summarizes the known characteristics and capabilities of existing DR tools....

This project evaluates performance of a Demand Response (DR) capable clothes washer under various DR event and operational scenarios. Where possible, it quantifies the DR potential for each test...

The overarching Demand Response (DR) Appliance project is aimed at three types of residential appliances: refrigerators, dishwashers, and clothes washers. This report focuses on refrigerators manufactured by LG Electronics. Concurrent with this project, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Phase change material (PCM) is a thermal energy storage device that utilizes its high storage density and latent heat properties to decrease the cooling load on the air conditioning unit. PCM appears in a variety of compositions of organic and inorganic materials. PCM products are being designed...

The project’s goal is to determine the feasibility of developing advanced lighting training and certification among all persons that are part of the process of providing lighting systems. In the case of electricians and contractors, CALCTP has already provided for this aspect of the project, and...

SCE deployed and tested LED retrofit kits and LED screw-in replacements at six customer sites with high foot traffic: two hotels, a timeshare, two homes, and a mall. A light meter was used to measure the intensity of the light and customer surveys were conducted before and after...

The study, documented in this report, explores performance limits and reliability of electronic dimming ballasts (EDB)for Pulse Start Metal Halide (PSMH) and Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) lighting. Establishing a benchmark for performance characteristics and expected reliability will allow SCE to...