The achievable technical potential impact and cost for 23 demand response products are included in the supply curves used as inputs for the 2021 Power Plan. These 23 products were aggregated by net levelized cost into four distinct resources that were modeled in the resource strategy analysis. The general approach to developing DR supply curves is as follows:

Define Demand Response Products

A list of all the products included is in the tables below, by sector and applicable season. Blue italicized text indicates price-based demand response and black normal text indicates controllable DR. This list was meant to encompass a broad range of options across all customer classes. It is not meant to be exhaustive, and other DR products could be deployed within a given utility territory.

Residential Demand Response Products

Summer Only Winter Only Dual Season
AC Switch Heating Switch Bring-Your-Own-Thermostat
    Water Heater (heat pump and electric resistance) – switch
    Water Heater (heat pump and electric resistance) – grid-connected
    Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment control
    Time-of-Use
    Critical Peak Pricing

Non-Residential Demand Response Products

Summer Only Winter Only Dual Season
Irrigation Control (Large and Sm/Med Farms) Heating Switch (Sm & Med Com) BYOT (Small Com)
AC Switch (Sm & Med Commercial)   Demand Curtailment (Industrial & Med/Large Com)
    Critical Peak Pricing
    Real Time Pricing

In addition, the assessment included demand voltage regulation, which impacts the entire system and is a dual season controllable product.

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