Evaluating DR Opportunities with LoadViz Pro

Understanding your facility's energy consumption patterns is the first and most crucial step in evaluating potential Demand Response (DR) opportunities. LoadViz Pro is designed to help C&I energy users visualize and analyze their load profiles, providing key insights needed to engage with DR programs effectively.

How LoadViz Pro Supports DR Analysis:

• Identifying Load Flexibility: By visualizing your typical usage patterns (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly), LoadViz Pro helps you identify periods of high consumption where load reductions might be feasible. The Time Series and Heatmap charts are particularly useful for spotting recurring peaks.
• Quantifying Potential Curtailment: The interactive charts allow you to explore the magnitude of your load during different periods. This helps estimate how many kilowatts (kW) you might be able to curtail by shutting down specific equipment or processes during potential DR event windows.
• Understanding Baselines: While LoadViz Pro doesn't calculate official program baselines (as methods vary), visualizing your historical data helps you understand the typical usage patterns that baseline calculations are derived from. This gives you a better sense of how your performance might be measured. Analyzing daily and day-of-week trends can inform how consistent your load is, impacting baseline predictability.
• Assessing Event Impact: By examining usage during specific high-load hours (e.g., summer afternoons), you can simulate the potential impact of participating in programs targeting those periods (like utility peak shaving programs or capacity events often called during peaks).
• Evaluating Program Fit: Different DR programs have different requirements (response times, durations). Analyzing your load profile helps determine if your facility's operational flexibility aligns with specific program needs (e.g., can you sustain a reduction for 4 hours? Can you respond within 30 minutes?).
• Data Foundation for Aggregators: Sharing clear visualizations of your load profile from LoadViz Pro with potential DR aggregators provides them with the foundational data needed to perform detailed program eligibility assessments and revenue estimations.
• "What-If" Scenario Thinking: Although formal simulation isn't built-in currently, visualizing your data allows you to manually consider "what-if" scenarios: "If an event was called during this peak period, how much could we realistically reduce, and for how long?"

Using Your Knowledge Base Insights:

Combine the insights gained from visualizing your data in LoadViz Pro with the information in this Knowledge Base:

1. Analyze your load profile in LoadViz Pro to understand your peaks and flexibility.
2. Use the Knowledge Base to identify DR programs available in your specific market (ERCOT, PJM, NYISO, etc.).
3. Compare your identified flexibility (kW reduction potential, response time, duration capability) against the requirements and incentives of relevant programs.
4. Consider potential value stacking opportunities if applicable in your region.
5. Use this preliminary analysis when discussing options with DR aggregators or your utility.

LoadViz Pro empowers C&I users with the data visualization tools needed to begin the DR evaluation process, making informed decisions about leveraging energy flexibility for financial benefit and grid support.