We present the development of structural models for energy consumption in the residential sector. Customers were segmented into four main categories with six sub-groups within each category. A survey of over 100 customers provided data on the 17 appliances considered, which are grouped into...

We present a new approach which identifies the number of customers within particular categories living in a chosen area of energy supply. This identification is made from total energy consumption measured at distribution feeders by applying characteristic patterns of energy use and nonlinear...

We present a new concept of modelling energy-using behaviour of residential customers by the use of linguistic variables and a fuzzy logic approach. Trapezoidal- and delta-shaped fuzzy filters were applied to transfer uncertainties of customer declarations expressed in linguistic variables into...