This paper investigates the potential for coordinated control of a large number of residential air conditioning systems to achieve substantial reductions in peak electricity demand. To do so, an extensive data set including home energy audits, homeowner surveys, and electricity meter...

This paper has two objectives: 1) to describe the experimental and data collection methods for a large-scale smart grid deployment in Austin, Texas, and 2) to provide results based on those data. As of October 2012, the test bed was comprised of 1) 250 homes concentrated in a single neighborhood...

Little is known about variations in electricity use at finely-resolved timescales, or the drivers for those variations. Using measured electricity use data from 103 homes in Austin, TX, this analysis sought to (1) determine the shape of seasonally-resolved residential demand profiles, (2)...