Load Management and Houston Lighting and Power Co.

Defining Load Management as influencing of customer loads in order to shift the time use of electric power and energy, encompasses a broad spectrum of activities at Houston Lighting & Power Company. This paper describes those activities by directing them into four categories: 1. Inherent (Things that are inherent to our rates or metering practices) 2. Emergency (Programs used as part of our Emergency Curtailment Plan) 3. Supply Management (Acting on utility side of meter) 4. Current Programs (Developing the more traditional LM Programs) To emphasize the areas of interest to the Industrial class customer, a review of activities applicable in this area is discussed covering: 1. Peak Shave Service 2. Interruptible Service A 3. Interruptible Service B 4. Conservation (As it pertains to the Industrial) 5. Co-Generatio