[email protected] Demand-side Integration in a Restructured Electric Power Industry

Modern electric power systems are becoming over-stressed due to shrinking reserve margins, elevating electricity cost, permitting difficulties, and financial risks of bulk expansion. Demand-side integration (DSI) addresses these problems through programs that encourage the efficient and effective use of electricity in support of power systems and customer needs. A growing international community including CIGRE Working Group C6.9 has adopted DSI to refer to the underlying technical area encompassing all aspects of Demand Side Management (DSM) in today’s restructured electric power industry [1] [2]. Common drivers, challenges, and forms of demand-side integration are shared internationally [1]. However, lack of consistent use of demand-side terminology creates the need for a framework that defines the relationships between traditional and newly developed methods of demand-side integration.