High-end commercial and industrial consumers in the TPDDL territory with individual connected load of more than 100 Kilo Volt Amps volunteered for the project. As they signed up, Honeywell and TPDDL conducted site audits, and worked with the building owners and operators to identify and implement changes to help temporarily trim consumption. Conservation measures include turning off commercial and industrial loads like banks of motors, pumps, fans and condensers for a short period.

TPDDL is using Honeywell’s software as a service and smart
meters to communicate with the building systems at the participating sites, and automatically apply the load-shed measures when the grid is overburdened. 

By participating, commercial and industrial customers can cut their energy use and costs without compromising operations. The collective decrease in consumption gives the grid operator more tools to balance supply and demand, and help avoid power disruptions.

In addition, ADR helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the need to run expensive peaking plants, which typically sit idle until customers require more electricity than the utility is able to provide using its primary, base-load generators.

“TPDDL is steering the country toward a smarter, more dynamic electrical grid where utilities and their customers collaborate to solve broad challenges,” said Anant Maheshwari, president, Honeywell India. “This project will help support the development and expansion of smart grid solutions in India. Honeywell is also committed to providing a simplified ADR solution for companies with less of a connected load to boost participation,” he added.

Honeywell is a pioneer and leader in ADR with 20 programs underway in the United States and around the world, including groundbreaking projects in Australia, China, India and the U.K. In addition, Honeywell has managed demand response and energy efficiency programs for more than 100 utilities. With controls in more than 150 million homes, 10 million buildings and thousands of industrial sites across the globe, Honeywell has the technology and expertise to empower smart energy producers and users.

TPDDL has also successfully demonstrated the ADR-enabled smart grid solution at the India Smart Grid Week 2015 conference in March. The company is also a pioneer in adoption and implementation of other smart grid technologies like SCADA, AMR, DMS, DA, SAP, GIS, OMS and AMI.
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