History of demand side management and classification of demand response control schemes

Abstract

The scope of this paper is to provide a review on the topic of demand side management. A historical overview provides a critical insight to applied cases, while the discovery of new evidence calls for reconsideration of the design of demand response control schemes. The developments at the demand side are analyzed, and philosophical considerations are made with respect to envisioned energy management systems. Finally, the authors classify demand response control schemes based on the formulation of the rate structures and the employed technology. This classification follows a historical order, and addresses both applied cases and research developments.