The benefits of using end-use load-shape data for effective demand-side management

Some of the benefits of collecting end-use data are discussed and several examples of how the data can be applied based on our experience with a large-scale metering project conducted for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory are presented. For this project (the End-use Load and Conservation Assessment Program or ELCAP), approximately 430 residences and 140 commercial buildings have been instrumented with field data acquisition technology that captures up to eight different end-uses in each residence and up to 22 end-uses for each commercial building. Meteorological data and internal temperatures for many sites are also measured. Most of the sites have at least one years worth of data with a 90% or better data capture rate.