Policy BreakoutKevin, David, Chris, and Jay

What are the required policy shifts for more load

shifting, renewables integration, and other LoCal

goals?

Beyond Green Button

Use “green button” power data to build a tool that provides consumers:

Tariff options (real-time, time-of-use, direct access, CPP, self-designed, etc.)

Supply choices (PV, ST water heater, etc.)

Demand choices (EV, deferrable loads, smart appliances, etc.)

Allows for exploration of pricing strategies by consumers, and will ideally put pressure on policymakers to expand pricing options to consumers to seed innovation

More about direct access

Due to SB 695 in 2009, the three CA utilities have 25,000,000 MWh (~3 GW all year) of capacity

Non-residential customers can enroll to purchase electricity from Electric Service Providers (like TX)

Simulating direct access pricing for loads could enable more choice and innovation on the electricity network (R and C).

Prices to Devices Demo

Experimental study with CPUC and CAISO to provide dynamic pricing to customers (two meters?)

Dynamic price is a reflection of wholesale price plus defensible markup

Easier to monitor and hypothesize consumption and changes than actually implement (actuation is expensive and may damage appliances)

MiscellanyNeed to expose price volatility to the consumer to encourage storage and SFLs

DR hurts energy efficiency by encouraging focus on critical peak shaving (rather than at all times)

Real-time power factor correction – allows for decoupling