Abstract
Electricity demand has grown over the past few years and will continue to grow in the future. The increase in electricity demand is mainly due to industrialization and the shift from a conventional to a smart-grid paradigm. The number of microgrids, renewable energy sources, plug-in electric vehicles and energy storage systems have also risen in recent years. As a result, future electricity grids have to be revamped and adapt to increasing load levels. Thus, new complications associated with future electrical power systems and technologies must be considered. Demand-side management (DSM) programs offer promising solutions to these issues and can considerably improve the reliability and financial performances of electrical power systems. This paper presents a review of various initiatives, techniques, impacts and recent developments of the DSM of electrical power systems. The potential benefits derived by implementing DSM in electrical power networks are presented. An extensive literature survey on the impacts of DSM on the reliability of electrical power systems is also provided for the first time. The research gaps within the broad field of DSM are also identified to provide directions for future work.
Highlights
Modern electrical power systems must meet constantly changing power consumption requirements with a satisfactory level of reliability, environmental friendliness and quality [1].meeting these challenges has become progressively difficult owing to the increase in electricity demands caused by population and industrial growth
Assessing the effects of Demand-side management (DSM) on electrical power systems is useful to the field of integrated resource planning because this field requires the extensive investigation of the potential mutual benefits achieved by DSM
This paper provides a review of the potential impacts of DSM on the overall performance of electrical power networks
Summary
Modern electrical power systems must meet constantly changing power consumption requirements with a satisfactory level of reliability, environmental friendliness and quality [1]. A joint investigation on the impacts of DSM on the economic performance, environmental friendliness, operation and reliability of power systems is unavailable. Such an investigation is timely given that current power systems are required to be holistic and should consider engineering and societal requirements. Past surveys and studies on individual issues of power systems are commendable and important, a joint analysis will provide novel insight on the impacts of DSM on modern power systems Such insight is crucial given the recent advent of smart grid technologies.
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