Demand side management using direct load control for residential and industrial areas

Demand Side Management (DSM) can be a solution for providing the energy at peak times. In this paper an effective DSM is proposed that not only reduces the peak costs, but also is practicably possible in industrial and residential areas, which is performed by using Direct Load Control (DLC). According to use different strategies of DLC use, different results are found that can be either useful for consumers or utility. Produced structures by DLC are optimized by Integer Genetic Algorithm that is discussed in this paper. Simulation results for each DLC operation strategies are presented and an executive comparison for these strategies is done.