Honeywell International, Inc. (Honeywell) worked with Southern California Edison (SCE), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) to demonstrate, on a utility program scale, commercial acceptance of automated demand response (autoDR). Honeywell provided a turnkey utility-style program effort to sign up and implement technology for commercial and industrial customers whose average electric load exceeds 200 kilowatts (kW). Large-scale customer adoption of autoDR enables partner utilities to initiate and automatically execute customized load shedding and other strategies in response to peak load event notifications or price signals. Honeywell provides all aspects of customer delivery for the autoDR program, including customer audits, installation of customer-sited automated load control devices, and recommendations for optimal demand response strategies.

This project coincides with the California utilities' adoption of critical peak pricing (CPP). CPP is a mandatory tariff for new large commercial customers. The project aimed to address obstacles to effective participation in demand response programs and secure load shed during demand response events.