Review of Literature on Demand Response Potential

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Completed December 2011

Synapse prepared a detailed literature review to inform the EPA’s future modeling and analyses of the impact of demand resources on the need for new, large, supply-side resources. In particular, Synapse investigated whether the expected growth in demand response will be significant enough to reduce the need for large supply-side resources, such as coal-fired generation. Project completed December 2011.