Using Utility Load Data to Estimate Demand for Space Cooling and Potential for Shiftable Loads

This paper describes a simple method to estimate hourly cooling demand from historical utility load data. It compares total hourly demand to demand on cool days and compares these estimates of total cooling demand to previous regional and national estimates. Load profiles generated from this method may be used to estimate the potential for aggregated demand response or load shifting via coldstorage.. Authors: Denholm, Paul [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)]; Ong, Sean [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)]; Booten, Chuck [National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)]. DOE Contract: AC36-08GO28308. Subjects: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; AIR CONDITIONING; COLD STORAGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; demand response; space cooling; utility loads