Demand response scheme based on lottery-like rebates

In this paper, we develop a novel mechanism for reducing volatility of residential demand for electricity. We construct a reward-based (rebate) mechanism that provides consumers with incentives to shift their demand to off-peak time. In contrast to most other mechanisms proposed in the literature, t...

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Main Authors: Schwartz, Galina A., Tembine, Hamidou, Amin, Saurabh, Sastry, S. Shankar
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Language:en_US
Published: International Federation of Automatic Control 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101379
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-015X
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author Schwartz, Galina A.
Tembine, Hamidou
Amin, Saurabh
Sastry, S. Shankar
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Schwartz, Galina A.
Tembine, Hamidou
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Sastry, S. Shankar
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description In this paper, we develop a novel mechanism for reducing volatility of residential demand for electricity. We construct a reward-based (rebate) mechanism that provides consumers with incentives to shift their demand to off-peak time. In contrast to most other mechanisms proposed in the literature, the key feature of our mechanism is its modest requirements on user preferences, i.e., it does not require exact knowledge of user responsiveness to rewards for shifting their demand from the peak to the off-peak time. Specifically, our mechanism utilizes a probabilistic reward structure for users who shift their demand to the off-peak time, and is robust to incomplete information about user demand and/or risk preferences. We approach the problem from the public good perspective, and demonstrate that the mechanism can be implemented via lottery-like schemes. Our mechanism permits to reduce the distribution losses, and thus improve efficiency of electricity distribution. Finally, the mechanism can be readily incorporated into the emerging demand response schemes (e.g., the time-of-day pricing, and critical peak pricing schemes), and has security and privacy-preserving properties.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1013792022-10-01T15:15:11Z Demand response scheme based on lottery-like rebates Schwartz, Galina A. Tembine, Hamidou Amin, Saurabh Sastry, S. Shankar Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Amin, Saurabh In this paper, we develop a novel mechanism for reducing volatility of residential demand for electricity. We construct a reward-based (rebate) mechanism that provides consumers with incentives to shift their demand to off-peak time. In contrast to most other mechanisms proposed in the literature, the key feature of our mechanism is its modest requirements on user preferences, i.e., it does not require exact knowledge of user responsiveness to rewards for shifting their demand from the peak to the off-peak time. Specifically, our mechanism utilizes a probabilistic reward structure for users who shift their demand to the off-peak time, and is robust to incomplete information about user demand and/or risk preferences. We approach the problem from the public good perspective, and demonstrate that the mechanism can be implemented via lottery-like schemes. Our mechanism permits to reduce the distribution losses, and thus improve efficiency of electricity distribution. Finally, the mechanism can be readily incorporated into the emerging demand response schemes (e.g., the time-of-day pricing, and critical peak pricing schemes), and has security and privacy-preserving properties. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CNS-1239166) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CNS-0910711) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (CCF-0424422) 2016-02-29T18:19:30Z 2016-02-29T18:19:30Z 2014-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-3-902823-62-5 1474-6670 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101379 Schwartz, Galina A., Hamidou Tembine, Saurabh Amin, and S. Shankar Sastry. "Demand response scheme based on lottery-like rebates." 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2014) (August 2014). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1554-015X en_US http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Detailed/66679.html Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2014) Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf International Federation of Automatic Control Other univ. web domain
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