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Electricity Grid Research Presentation
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Department’s participation in the UNM Department of Economics research project as presented and outlined in the agenda documents.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
After County Attorney review of the research project, Staff recommends the board approve the department’s participation in the research project.
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At the June 15th regular session of the BPU, EPSCoR and NM SMART Grid Center presented on a potential partnership opportunity regarding AMI metered data and consumer information. Further discussion with the attorney’s office was needed before proceeding with the project. Those discussions have concluded, and staff feels confident in returning with this presentation for board consideration. The original staff report from the June 15th session is below.
University of New Mexico Department of Economics, EPSCoR and NM SMART Grid Center will be giving a presentation on a potential partnership opportunity. The following researchers will be presenting and soliciting BPU & DPU support for "Smart Meters and Household Characteristics: Estimating load profiles and changes in consumption behavior”:
Jesse Kaczmarski, Ph.D. Candidate of Economics, UNM
Dr. Janie Chermak, Professor of Economics, UNM
Dr. Yuting Yang, Assistant Professor of Economics, UNM
Dr. Selena Connealy, Associate Director of NM EPSCoR
The research aims to develop improved estimates of customer electricity demand for intra-day, week, month, and season, the research team would like to partner with DPU and solicit information from customers. Data collected at the household-level will be linked to electric consumption data provided by the department, along with weather data. This will provide a rich, micro-level dataset to be used to develop consumption models for custo...
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