Flexibility for Demand/Response Programs
A standards-based network provides a portal to the customer premise, enabling the capability to control time-of-use, critical peak and real-time pricing, as well as emergency curtailment, load cycling and other customer-centric features for mass deployment.
A recent Consumer Electronics Association study revealed that the number of electronics products per household has doubled since 1997, and they now consume 11 percent of residential electricity
Networked meters provide both customers and their providers a convenient single point of access to real-time usage, price and alert information via on-premise displays or on the World Wide Web using standards-based APIs.
Customers can select their own Demand Response program or rate schedule and receive automated current, hour-ahead or day-ahead pricing signals. Specific Demand Response requests can also be sent to customers automatically, including curtailment requests, critical peak pricing events and load control in near real-time, significantly reducing operational costs and complexity.