Last week Honeywell and Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) announced that they have successfully implemented the first ever, automated demand response (ADR) project for commercial and industrial facilities in India. TPDDL is using Honeywell technology and services to link more than 160 buildings in its distribution network, and require temporary reductions in energy use when demand threatens to outpace supply. This includes power management during periods of peak consumption, in addition to other grid emergency situations. ADR gives the grid operator a new, domestic resource to help alleviate stress on transmission and distribution lines, and improve supply efficiency. India’s utilities often pay extremely high prices for peak power and struggle to keep up with growing electricity demand that threatens to overwhelm the country’s power generation capacity. The rapidly developing nation is also striving to reduce the massive inefficiencies and theft present within the power sector, as well as to bolster reliability of a system that […]