2009 Load Impact Evaluation of California Statewide Critical-Peak Pricing Rates for Non-Residential Customers: Ex Post and Ex Ante Report

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April 19, 2010 - Dan Hansen

This report documents the results of a load impact evaluation for program-year 2009 of the California statewide critical-peak pricing (CPP) rates for non-residential customers operated by the three major investor-owned utilities (IOUs): San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).

The primary goals of the evaluation were the following: to estimate the hourly ex post load impacts achieved on each event day; to determine how the load impacts on the average event day were distributed across customers in different industry types and CAISO-designated Local Capacity Areas (LCAs) (where relevant); to estimate the incremental demand response associated with customers’ participation in Technical Assistance/Technology Incentive (TA/TI) and Automated Demand Response (AutoDR) programs; and to provide ex ante forecasts of the load impacts expected to be achieved by CPP rates for 2010-2020 for each utility.

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Steven D. Braithwait, Dan Hansen, Jess Reaser, 2009 Load Impact Evaluation of California Statewide Critical-Peak Pricing Rates for Non-Residential Customers: Ex Post and Ex Ante Report, April 19, 2010.