Results and Possible Dissemination of the Polish Efficient Lighting Project - the DSM Pilot

Panel: Panel 2: Technologies and Products (innovation, marketing, market transformation)

Authors:
Adam Gula, University of Mining and Metallurgy and Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland
Zbigniew Hanzelka, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland
Marc Ledbetter, Battelle Memorial Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
Rob Pratt, Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, USA
Pawel Rudzki, Polish Foundation for Energy Efficiency, Poland

Abstract

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) consume about one-fourth of the power for the same light output compared with traditional incandescent lighting. The Polish Efficient Lighting Project (PELP), sponsored by Global Environmental Facility and managed by International Finance Corporation, sought to reduce domestic electricity consumption in Poland through promotional and educational campaigns and CFLs subsidized at the manufactures’ level. The project included a demand-side management (DSM) component in which measurements of electric power consumption, peak loads, and power quality were measured before and after wide-scale installation of CFLs in selected areas of three cities. The goal of the DSM-Pilot was to demonstrate to power utilities that they can benefit from reducing the peak load by deferring the investments on the grid side.

The effects of the PELP project could be observed both in the significantly increased sales of CFLs and the decrease in electricity consumption. The success of the sales can be attributed to eliminating the market barrier that normally plagues CFL sales. The second success of the project was the reduction of the evening peak load 15-16%, thus precluding the need for new investments in transmission. The third success of the project was the decrease in electricity consumption in households (up to 30%). The paper presents the results of the measurements and the analysis of cost effectiveness of such DSM projects from the power utility perspective. The paper also discusses the possibility of extending the PELP-DSM experience to other areas of electricity use, such as electric motors.