An Analysis of the Financial Incentives Impact on the Utility Demand-Side Management Programs

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dc.contributor.authorPrastawa, Andhikaen
dc.contributor.committeechairRahman, Saifuren
dc.contributor.committeememberMili, Lamine M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLiu, Yiluen
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:52:57Zen
dc.date.adate1998-07-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:52:57Zen
dc.date.issued1998-07-10en
dc.date.rdate1999-07-30en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-10en
dc.description.abstractMany utilities implement the financial incentive plans in promoting their Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. The plans are intended to reduce the customer investment cost for a high efficiency equipment option, so that to make the investment more attractive. Despite its potential to increase customer participation, the financial incentives could cause a considerable increase in program cost to the utility. An analysis of financial incentive impact on the utility DSM program is conducted in this thesis. The analysis uses the combination of the customer participation modeling and the cost-benefit analysis of a DSM program. A modeling of customer participation by a discrete choice model is presented. The model uses the logistic probability functions. The benefit and cost of DSM programs are explored to develop the analysis methodology. Two typical energy conservation options of DSM programs are taken for case studies to demonstrate the analysis. The analysis is also conducted to see the effect of financial incentives on the performance of DSM programs in a fluctuating marginal energy cost. The result of this research shows that the financial incentive could induce the customer participation, thus provide an increase of benefit and costs. However, this research also reveals that, in certain circumstances, the financial incentive may result in a decrease of net benefit due to significant increase of cost. These imply that utilities must carefully evaluate the financial incentive plan in their DSM programs, before the programs are implemented.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-62198-101729en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-62198-101729/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46500en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartPRASTAWA.PDFen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectutility demand-side managementen
dc.subjectcustomer participationen
dc.subjectparticipation modelingen
dc.subjectfinancial incentiveen
dc.subjectcost benefit analysisen
dc.titleAn Analysis of the Financial Incentives Impact on the Utility Demand-Side Management Programsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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