Saving Electricity in a Hurry
Subtitle: Dealing with Temporary Shortfalls on Electricity Suppliers
By: International Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9789264109469
Subjects: Force and energy; Power (Mechanics); Power resources
Description: Saving Electricity in a Hurry describes some of the recent power blackouts – from Norway to New Zealand and from Tokyo to Arizona – and the policies these regions used to quickly reduce their power consumption. It shows that countries can quickly reduce electricity consumption without harming the economy as much as blackouts or unplanned curtailments. The strategies are diverse, unique and often surprisingly cheap. They include mass media campaigns – where a good joke can save a Megawatt – improvements in equipment efficiency, and adjusting electricity prices to cut electricity demand in a hurry. This book explains how California replaced a million traffic signals with energy-saving models, how millions of Tokyo residents changed their thermostat settings, and how New Zealanders took shorter showers, all quickly enough to help avoid imminent blackouts. Finally, it connects these policies to the traditional goal of  "saving electricity slowly".
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: 1. Who Needs This Book and When?; title: -What Kinds of Shortfalls are Covered in this Book?; title: Developing Countries and Saving Energy in a Hurry; title: Security Applications of Saving Energy in a Hurry; title: 2. Vignettes of Power Shortfalls; title: Introduction to the Vignettes; title: A Transformer Fire in Arizona; title: Drought in Brazil; title: California's "Perfect Storm"; title: Europe's Hot Summer; title: New Zealand's Three Electricity Crises; title: Norway's Drought and Early, Cold Winter; title: Ontario Recovers from a Blackout; title: A Flood-Damaged Power Plant at Presque Isle; title: A Cold Monday in Sweden; title: Nuclear Plants Shut Down in Tokyo; title: Vignettes Conclusions; title: 3. A Strategy to Save Electricity Quickly; title: Identify the Kind of Electricity Shortfall; title: Estimate the Probable Duration of the Shortfall; title: Establish a Breakdown of Energy Consumption by End-Use During the Shortfall Period; title: Can Electricity Prices Rise Quickly and for Whom?; title: Develop a Ranked List of Measures; title: The Next Steps; title: The Final Step: The End of the Shortfall; title: Saving Electricity Slowly; title: Summary of Strategies; title: 4. Measures to Save Electricity Quickly; title: Operational Changes: "Switch it Off!"; title: Operational Changes to Save Electricity in the Residential Sector; title: Operational Changes in Commercial Buildings; title: Operational Changes in Industry and Other Sectors; title: Technical Fixes; title: Retrofits to Existing Equipment; title: Energy-Saving Traffic Signals; title: Fuel Switching; title: Daylight Savings Time; title: Folklore "Conservation" Measures that Don't Save Much; title: 5. Mobilising Consumers to Save Electricity; title: Introduction; title: The Key Role of Mass Media; title: Three Media Campaigns in Brazil, New Zealand, and California; title: Explaining the Electricity Shortfall to Consumers; title: Linking Consumer Actions to Solving the Shortfall; title: When Consumers Take Actions; title: Mass Media Campaigns Have an Impact, But It is Hard to Measure; title: Real-Time Information about System Status; title: After the Shortage Ends: the Transition to Normalcy; title: The Next Shortage; title: Many Levels of Impact Evaluation; title: Conclusions on Mobilising; title: 6. Higher Electricity Prices as a Tool to Reduce Demand Quickly; title: Summary of Electricity Price Changes during Shortfall; title: Is Demand Response Sufficient during a Major Shortfall?; title: Prices Based on Long-Term Contracts; title: Conclusions; title: 7. Conclusions; title: Looking Back; title: Loose Ends; title: Summing Up