A systematic review of motivations, enablers and barriers for consumer engagement with residential demand response
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Parrish, Bryony
Heptonstall, Phil
Gross, Robert
Sovacool, Benjamin K
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Demand response is increasingly attracting policy attention. It involves changing electricity demand at different times based on grid conditions, which could help to integrate variable renewable generation and new electric loads associated with decarbonisation. Residential consumers could offer a substantial new source of demand-side flexibility. However, while there is considerable evidence that at least some residential users engage with at least some forms of demand response, there is also considerable variation in user engagement. Better understanding this variation could help to predict demand response potential, and to engage and protect consumers participating in demand response. Based on a systematic review of international demand response trials, programmes and surveys, we identify motivations for participation, and barriers and enablers to engagement including familiarity and trust, perceived risk and control, complexity and effort, and consumer characteristics and routines. We then discuss how these factors relate to the features of different demand response products and services. While the complexity of the evidence makes it difficult to draw unequivocal conclusions, the findings of this review could contribute to guide early efforts to deploy residential demand response more widely.
Date Issued
2020-03
Date Acceptance
2019-12-24
Citation
Energy Policy, 2020, 138, pp.1-11
ISSN
0301-4215
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
1
End Page
11
Journal / Book Title
Energy Policy
Volume
138
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421519308031?via%3Dihub
Subjects
Energy
Publication Status
Published online
Article Number
111221
Date Publish Online
2020-01-18