Demand Response Case Studies

Many PG&E business customers have already discovered how easy it is to participate in and benefit from our demand response programs. Here are examples of various businesses describing what they are doing to help reduce their electrical loads during hot summer days while participating in PG&E’s demand response programs. You may be doing some of these measures already without the benefit of being on a demand response program.

Food Processing (PDF, 148 KB)
Food Processing Integrated Case Study: Sierra Nevada
Health Care: Community Medical Centers (PDF, 320 KB)
Health Care Integrated Case Study: Kaiser Permanente (PDF, 247 KB)
High Tech: 365 Main (PDF, 126 KB)
High Tech: Adema Technologies (PDF, 104 KB)
High Tech Manufacturing (PDF, 96 KB)
Hospitality (PDF, 98 KB)
Hospitality: Marriott (PDF, 898 KB)
Mining (PDF, 112 KB)
Office Buildings Integrated Case Study: Adobe (PDF, 677 KB)
Office Buildings Integrated Case Study: Yahoo (PDF, 328 KB)
Retail Integrated Case Study: IKEA (PDF, 328 KB)
Retail Integrated Case Study: Safeway (PDF, 452 KB)
Schools (PDF, 77 KB)
Schools Integrated Case Study: Sonoma State (PDF, 1.8 MB)
Water and Wastewater Treatment (PDF, 115 KB)
Wholesale Warehouse (PDF, 160 KB)
Wineries Integrated Case Study: Asti (PDF, 201 KB)
Wineries Integrated Case Study: Gallo (PDF, 237 KB)

PG&E 2009 Ancillary Service Pilots

In the summer of 2009, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) conducted two pilot demonstrations to identify the business and technical resources necessary to integrate retail demand response with California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) Market Redesign and Technology Upgrade (MRTU). The two pilots focused on the evaluation of two possible segments that may be used as supply-side resources, and compete against other resource generation in the wholesale markets. The two segments are as follows: