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Distributed Renewable Energy Operating Impacts and Valuation Study

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Section 3<br />

• In many cases, no dem<strong>and</strong> reduction occurs because the customer’s load peaks after the<br />

time of solar generation.<br />

• The analysis also indicates that south-facing PV resulted in slightly higher dem<strong>and</strong><br />

reduction <strong>and</strong> energy savings than southeast- or southwest-oriented systems, although<br />

results varied with each customer.<br />

• Rarely did customer dem<strong>and</strong> savings exceed 10 percent, regardless of the size of the solar<br />

DE system installed, due to non-coincidence of the customer peak <strong>and</strong> solar generation<br />

peak; therefore, reduction in residential customer equipment sizing is not warranted.<br />

Figure 3-5: Residential 85020 Annual Peak Dem<strong>and</strong> Savings<br />

Residential - 85020<br />

12%<br />

Annual Peak Dem<strong>and</strong> Savings (%)<br />

10%<br />

8%<br />

6%<br />

4%<br />

2%<br />

0%<br />

Peak Dem<strong>and</strong> (kW):<br />

Res_01 = 12<br />

Res_02 = 10<br />

Res_03 = 9<br />

Res_04 = 18<br />

Res_05 = 12<br />

1 S Fixed Peak<br />

Dem<strong>and</strong> Savings<br />

1 SE Fixed Peak<br />

Dem<strong>and</strong> Savings<br />

1 SW Fixed Peak<br />

Dem<strong>and</strong> Savings<br />

-2%<br />

2 kW 3 kW 4 kW 5 kW 6 kW 7 kW 8 kW<br />

PV Capacity Options<br />

_____<br />

Note: Each line represents the annual peak savings at various PV capacity options for one or more specific<br />

customer (see legend to list of customers <strong>and</strong> their peak dem<strong>and</strong>s). See text for more discussion.<br />

Reductions in energy were also analyzed; however, energy reductions do not support the value<br />

source associated with reduction in equipment sizing. As mentioned above, equipment is sized<br />

based on peak dem<strong>and</strong>, not energy. The results of the screening analysis (for both dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

energy) for each customer are summarized by zip code in Appendix L.<br />

Commercial PV<br />

The results of the commercial PV screening analysis show varying levels of summer peak<br />

dem<strong>and</strong> savings for different commercial customer types, as summarized in Table 3-13. The<br />

3-22 R. W. Beck, Inc. Arizona Public Service

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