Incentive based emergency demand response effectively reduces peak load during heatwave without harm to vulnerable groups

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 6202 - 11
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhaohua, Lu, Bin, Wang, Bo, Qiu, Yueming (Lucy), Shi, Han, Zhang, Bin, Li, Jingyun, Li, Hao, Zhao, Wenhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.10.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 706/4066/4065; 706/4066/4074; 706/4066/4076; At risk populations; Electric power demand; Electricity; Emergency response; Energy management; Extreme heat; Heat waves; High temperature; Households; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Peak load; Reduction; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statistical analysis

The incentive-based emergency demand response measure serves as an important regulatory tool during energy system operations. However, whether people will sacrifice comfort to respond to it during heatwave and what the effect on heat vulnerable populations will be are still unclear. A large-scale em...