WattShifters & GoodWatts Success Stories

 

GoodWatts has been successfully deployed and tested in several utilities across the United States and Canada since 2002.  During that period, GoodWatts has had demonstrations and/or pilots with the following utility companies:

  • PECO/Exelon
  • Nevada Power
  • BPA - City of Ashland, Oregon
  • San Diego Gas and Electric
  • Southern California Edison
  • Pacific Gas and Electric
  • Pacific Northwest National Labs and several local utilities. 
  • Direct Energy / Centrica
  • Duke Energy
  • Blue Water Power
  • Hawaiian Electric

Below are some of the published articles about the success of GoodWatts in the residential and light commercial demand response space.

 


Demand-Side Management Technology Avoids Grid Construction for Bonneville Power (Case Study)

Bonneville Power Administration identified a technology called GoodWatts that allows a utility to monitor and control appliances remotely.

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THE POWER OF EXPERIMENTATION - New evidence on residential demand response

This study by the Brattle Group reviews some of the results in the California Advanced Demand Response System pilot test.

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California ADRS Final Report

This PDF contains the final report by the Rocky Mountain Institute detailing the results of the California Advanced Demand Response System test pilot.

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California Customer Acceptance of ADRS Load Control

This presentation by the Boice Dunham Group offers insight into the acceptance of the ADRS pilot participants. BDG conducted extensive research throughout the pilot to determine if consumers would actively participate in utility programs to reduce load and if they were able to save money without significant disruption to their normal lives.

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Evaluation of automated residential demand response with flat and dynamic pricing

Houses with the automated GoodWatts technology reduced their demand in both the ACLM and the ADRS programs by about 50% consistently across the summer curtailment or super peak events, relative to homes without the technology or any load management program or tariff in place.

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Other Related Articles:

 
https://www.rmi.org/images/PDFs/Newsletter/NLRMIsummer04.pdf  (See Page 13)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002734592_smartgrid12.html 
http://www.smartgridnews.com/pdf/MixMatch.pdf 
http://tdworld.com/news/power_peco_comcast_invensys/
http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2638471/Invensys-GoodWatts-TM-Functionality-Is.html