Load Scheduling with Combinations of Existing Tariff Structure for Residential Consumers in Maharashtra, India—Case Study

Abstract

The growth of any country depends upon the availability, accessibility and growth of electricity. The need of energy rises due to the modern lifestyle and advanced technologies in residential sector and hence in industrial sector. The un-even demand in energy during different time intervals of a day leads to unbalanced load curve at power plant. To balance the load curve, demand during peak hours need to be reduced and this can be adjusted during off peak hours. Therefore, this paper presents the load scheduling scheme for residential consumers with the combinations of existing tariff structure. This will help in reducing the peak load thereby benefitting both consumers and utility. The case study of residential consumer with the combinations of tariff structures like (1) slab-wise tariff, (2) slab-wise tariff and Time of day tariff (ToD) with usual load pattern and (3) slab-wise tariff & ToD tariff with load scheduling is presented to validate the proposed load scheduling scheme. The same proposal with little modifications can be implemented for industrial sector also.