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UNM Electricity Grid Research Results
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The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the University of New Mexico Department of Economics partnered in an electric grid research project, "Smart Meters and Household Characteristics: Estimating load profiles and changes in consumption behavior." The intent of the research was to develop improved estimates of customer electricity demand for intra-day, week, month, and season. The team from UNM collected data at the household level and linked it to hourly electric consumption data provided by the department for the period November 2021 through January 2023, along with weather data. This provided a rich, micro-level dataset useful in developing consumption models for customer types and for understanding consumption patterns. All customer information provided remained confidential and was used only for the purpose of the study.
These are the UNM presenters:
Janie Chermak, Professor & Chair, Department of Economics
Zuzia Olszowka, Professor of Economics
Yuting Yang, Assistant Professor of Economics
DPU and UNM partnered for similar research in 2019, providing data for and surveying customers on circuit 16 only, and covering the period of 2013 through 2019. The latest survey compliments and expands upon that original research.
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A - Consumer Survey and Use Preliminary Results