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Abstract—Smart grid solutions with enabling technologies such as energy management systems (EMSs) and smart meters pro-mote the vision of smart households, which also allows for active demand side in the residential sector. These technologies enable the control of residential consumption, local small-scale gener-ation, and energy storage systems to respond to time-varying prices. However, shifting loads simultaneously to lower price peri-ods is likely to put extra stress on distribution system assets such as distribution transformers. Especially, additional new types of loads/appliances such as electric vehicles (EVs) can intro-duce even more burden on the operation of these assets, which is an issue that needs special attention. Such extra stress can cause accelerated aging of distribution system assets and sig-nificantly affect the reliability of the system. In this paper, the impact of a smart neighborhood load on distribution transforme