The local utility company did not provide a demand response plan. By e-mail indicating that we are willing to participate in the demand response plan, the local utility company respond did not have such a plan. Does this satisfy ''Contact local utility representatives to discuss participation in future DR programs''
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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November 13, 2018 - 9:52 am
Hard to say. The utility is not supposed to provide a plan to participate, the project team does. The utility provides a program usually in the form of a rate schedule. Rate schedules are included in the tariffs which are publicly available.
First step - are you absolutely certain that the local utility does not offer one? Contacting customer service via email is probably not the best way to get a definitive answer. You generally need to look at the electric tariff to see if they offer one. They are often not called demand response so if that is what you asked the utility they may not even use this term. This is a generic term. Sometime you will see reference to curtailment or load shedding programs. I have worked on several LEED v4 projects where the project engineers said that there was not demand response program and I find one in the tariff after a 5 minute search. Make sure you understand this issue and do your due diligence.
DAVE LI
Delta Electronics1 thumbs up
November 13, 2018 - 9:14 pm
Dear Marcus
Thank you for your response.
I have just inquired that the company has a Time of Use Rates plan that provides peak hours (8:00~22:00) and peak hours (22:00~08:00) electricity price difference, but it must be applied for execution and at least one year during execution.
May I ask if I participate in such a plan, and our system has been tested to reduce the peak demand by more than 10%. Does this meet the requirements?
Thanks in advance!
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5867 thumbs up
November 14, 2018 - 10:24 am
While this is a load shifting strategy, I don't think it qualifies for this credit. A demand response program is one where a utility sends a signal to the facility which then takes some sort of action to reduce its demand upon request. This can include a variety of measures that could include load shifting but it must be initiated on request not just happen as a matter of course relative to the project's system design.