Re: [smartpower-interest] [smartpowerdir] FYI OSTP requests input on SmartGrid

[Andy Bierman <[e-mail]>]

Richard Shockey wrote:
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> http://www.poten.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=10352770
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I am very interested in how the SmartGrid affects
residential customers.  There seems to be a couple
built-in assumptions wrt/ cost reduction:

  1) the cost of electricity varies throughout the day
     by a significant amount.

  2) the home includes many electrical devices which are
     used in a lowest-energy-cost mode, rather than in
     an on-demand mode.

Where I live, these assumptions are completely false.

I cannot imagine how device manufacturers would design
consumer products which would need to interact with
the power grid in order to minimize power consumption.
Even washers and dryers are used as on-demand devices.
I do not see why people will want to let the grid
decide when their appliances will operate, unless the
energy savings are dramatic.

Are there papers which explain why residential SmartGrid
service is worthwhile?



thanks,
Andy