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The Energy Code (article L271-1) defines demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal as an action intended to temporarily reduce, in response to a one-time request sent to one or more consumers by a demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal operator or electricity supplier, the electricity effectively withdrawn from the public transmission or distribution network at one or more consumption sites, relative to a consumption plan or consumption estimate.
Market players can use demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal to optimise their own portfolios or to sell energy directly to other players or to RTE. There are two main categories of demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal that contribute to the supply-demand balance:
- Industrial demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal, when consumption is reduced at one or more industrial sites (either by shutting down processes or by switching over to own consumption). This type of demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal can be proposed either directly by the industrial user or through an aggregator or supplier.
- Distributed demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal, or the aggregation through an aggregator or supplier of individual demand responseMechanism by which consumers cancel or postpone all or part of their power consumption in response to a signal actions involving smaller volumes, all carried out at the same time by residential or professional customers.
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