The DSMTF developed the following work plan towards accomplishing its charter:
1. Gather Case Studies (Appendix II)
2. Develop metrics which measure the influence of DSM on bulk electric system
reliability from two perspectives:
a) Historical performance
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For Quantifying its Influence on Reliability
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b) Forecast
3. Identify the data requirements to support metric development
4. Make recommendations to the Resource Issues Subcommittee (RIS) on metrics and
data collection (historic and for reliability assessments).
5. Upon acceptance from RIS and the NERC Planning Committee:
a. Develop data collection templates to measure historic performance.
b. If required, develop a Data Authorization Request (DAR) to obtain industry
input to the data collection and metric development.
c. Advise the Reliability Assessment Subcommittee on DSM data collection
requirements for reliability assessments.
The goal of this report is to provide the basis for recommendations on data to be collected for
the seasonal/long term reliability assessments of the NERC Planning Committee and
development of a data collection system for historical data collection of actual performance.
As a first step in this process, this report will:
1. Develop definitions of DSM concepts that have the potential to influence reliability
(Glossary in Appendix III)
2. Discuss Energy Efficiency and Demand Response as they influence reliability
3. Present Metrics
4. Identify data requirements that support metric development
5. Develop recommendations about the about historic performance and seasonal/longterm
reliability assessment data collection
6. Develop representative Case Studies of Demand Response programs (Appendix II)