Activating electricity system demand response for commercial and industrial organisations

With the rapid uptake of renewable energy generation and increasing price volatility, there are multiple opportunities emerging for businesses to earn additional revenue reduce electricity bills by implementing demand response. However, commercial industrial consumer implementation response is not well understood largely absent in management guidelines, which focus on reducing consumption driving efficiency. Based interviews with managers from 24 businesses, we describe a practical framework The identifies unique features - activation steps. Energy guidelines may have underemphasised approaches inclusion its because benefits be gained focussed utilities system, individual businesses. article concludes an opportunity market operators encourage organisations who produce include response, promote awareness provide guidance implementation, therefore providing support greater penetration reduced costs