Abstract
Demand response will be an important tool as non-dispatchable generation is added to the grid. Swimming pool filtration pumps are a promising appliance for the grid operator to control because, unlike air conditioners, their time of operation can be shifted by a day without affecting their primary role. Although many customers set and forget the timer settings, this paper studies smart meter data and demonstrates that many change the settings frequently. A “care index” is proposed that quantifies how much a customer appears to care about the precise timing of pump operation, which indicates how willing they are likely to be to relinquish control to the grid operator.
Highlights
Swimming pool filtration pumps are a promising appliance for the grid operator to control because, unlike air conditioners, their time of operation can be shifted by a day without affecting their primary role
Numerical Results Since the features were chosen to increase as care increases, if the features genuinely point to an underlying phenomenon, we would expect most of the elements of the principal component to have the same sign
To determine which households are most likely to participate in demand response, the ranking induced by the care index is more important than the specific value of care index
Summary
Swimming pool filtration pumps are a promising appliance for the grid operator to control because, unlike air conditioners, their time of operation can be shifted by a day without affecting their primary role. A “care index” is proposed that quantifies how much a customer appears to care about the precise timing of pump operation, which indicates how willing they are likely to be to relinquish control to the grid operator. The main contribution of this paper is to investigate that hypothesis by studying how and how often customers change the timer settings of their pool pumps.
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