An Exploratory Analysis of Kitakyushu Office Response to Dynamic Electricity Pricing

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In 2010, Kitakyushu Yahatahigashi area in Japan was selected as one of the four smart community creation projects by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Smart meters are installed in 225 households for low-voltage use and 50 offices for high-voltage use in that district. This paper selects one kind of office building as a representative aims to introduce the characteristic of Japanese dynamic pricing (DP) model of office side. Moreover, it investigates the energy consumption of target building. Using hourly load data collected from smart meter, it estimates the effect of dynamic pricing system on the energy saving of office, concludes the load reduction for participants during the DP time block. In addition, this paper also discusses the situation of demand response of office customers according to the related questionnaire made by Kitakyushu city, presents that giving consideration to both energy saving and economic benefit is an essential way to heighten the effective utilization of DP in office building