Adaptive Peak Load Scheduling For Domestic Loads In The Future Electricity Market

The stability and efficiency of the power system reduces due to peak demand operation. Customers in the competitive electricity market do have choice to choose services and products which enable them to regulate their individual use of electricity. This paper proposes a scheme for scheduling the home appliances based on cost to reduce peak demand. Here demand side management is done by adaptive peak load scheduling based on the cost from electricity. When the peak loading occurs the generation cost of electricity increases and the cost at off-peak hours will be comparatively lower than cost at peak hours. The devices are classified into non-switchable and switchable devices. The switchable equipment is scheduled for off-peak hours. The annual cost of electricity is reduced by half due to the adaptive peak scheduling.