<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greg Wikler</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phil Martin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bo Shen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Girish Ghatikar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chun Chun Ni</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Junqiao Han Dudley</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Addressing Energy Demand through Demand Response: International Experiences and Practices</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">china energy group</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">electricity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">energy analysis and environmental impacts department</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">energy use</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06/2012</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://eetd.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/publications/lbl-5580e-deman-response-azurejune-2012.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; ENERNOC, INC.</style></publisher><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Demand response (DR) is a load management tool which provides a cost-effective alternative totraditional supply-side solutions to address the growing demand during times of peak electrical load.According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), demand response reflects &quot;changes in electric usageby end-use customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price ofelectricity over time, or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of highwholesale market prices or when system reliability is jeopardized.&quot; The California Energy Commission(CEC) defines DR as &quot;a reduction in customers' electricity consumption over a given time interval relativeto what would otherwise occur in response to a price signal, other financial incentives, or a reliabilitysignal.&quot; This latter definition is perhaps most reflective of how DR is understood and implementedtoday in countries such as the US, Canada, and Australia where DR is primarily a dispatchable resourceresponding to signals from utilities, grid operators, and/or load aggregators (or DR providers).&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>