The demand response project team, under support from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, analyzes the gap of demand response utilization (both the performance gap of demand response that is in the marketplace and the gap between technical potential and demand response in the marketplace) and focuses on understanding the barriers to demand response utilization. The project team’s report explores the retrospective and reasons behind the gap and the prospective and what actions can be taken to improve demand response utilization.
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REPORT: Gaps, Barriers, and Solutions to Demand Response Participation in Wholesale Markets
This report examines why demand response participation remains limited in wholesale markets and proposes actionable solutions to unlock its full potential.