In order to deploy an AI-enabled smart energy management system focusing on behavioural demand response across its residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Mumbai, Tata Power announced a new initiative with the Distributed Energy Management System (DERMS) and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider AutoGrid. In addition to supporting India's transition to renewable energy and Net Zero Goals, this programme will assist in addressing difficulties related to peak demand. Within the first six months of the rollout, starting in February 2023, the demand response management programme
seeks to involve 55,000 residential consumers and 6,000 large C&I customers in order to achieve 75 MW of peak capacity reduction. The programme then aims to scale up to 200 MW by the summer of 2025. With the introduction of a demand response programme for Tata Power Delhi Distribution's residential customers in Delhi in 2021, the relationship officially began. Tata Power significantly increased the initiative within the Delhi distribution region in 2022 based on the results of this engagement.
To reach all consumer demographics, AutoGrid is now expanding this initiative throughout Tata Power's distribution areas. Tata Power will add an automatic demand response (ADR) programme with direct load management and consumer participation to its behavioural demand response (BDR) programme in addition to its own smart plug platform, EZ Home, which will allow for direct load control.
According to Dr. Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD of Tata Power, "Our partnership with AutoGrid allows us to cooperate with our clients in load management and assist them save on their energy consumption." By choosing to reduce their load in response to signals sent via text messages and/or emails during times of urgent need, consumers can receive rewards. Small consumer demand adjustments added together could potentially replace larger ones.
