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Electric Load Shifting in
Irrigation Districts - California's Program
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ITRC Paper No. |
P 02-002 |
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Web
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http://www.itrc.org/papers/elecloadshift/elecloadshifting.pdf |
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Length |
10 pages |
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Authors |
Charles M.
Burt, Ricardo Amón, and
Darren Cordova |
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Presented |
July 9-12,
2002 USCID conference on Energy, Climate, Environment
and Water - Issues and Opportunities for Irrigation
and Drainage. San Luis Obispo, CA |
Summary
During
the 2000-2001 winter, California experienced a severe
imbalance in electricity supply and demand that resulted
in blackouts and brownouts. The state legislature
initiated a number of emergency programs, one of which
(Senate Bill 5x) was targeted for irrigation districts.
The primary goal of SB 5x is to reduce peak period
electricity demand. The California Energy Commission (CEC),
acting under authority of Section 5(b) of the legislation,
developed the “Agricultural Peak Load Reduction Program”.
The program was announced on June 1, 2001, and Cal Poly
ITRC administers the irrigation district portion of the
program for CEC. During the first 9 months of
implementation, the irrigation districts voluntarily
participated in load shifting, utilizing approximately
$6.2 million in cost-sharing grant money. In addition,
approximately 550 pumps were tested and pump repairs were
made, resulting in an estimated savings of 16 million kWh.
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