Intelligent Management of Residential Load

The chapter presents research into application of residential load management systems for balancing separate power system segments operation at distribution level. Power consumption is controlled through implementation of intelligent load management systems for separate large consumers that allow interruptions in power supply and changes in consumed power. Intellectualization of the load management system under consideration is performed on the basis of a proposed end-user’s load management scheme; the basic characteristics and type of the possible resource for residential demand control are specified. Particular features of connecting the considered large power consumers to the electrical grid are shown, algorithms of the obtained controlled load resource management described. The general system effect is assessed for the increased power system balancing capabilities resulted from implementation of the demand control based solutions at the ancillary services market.