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The EFFLOCOM project seeks to remove existing market barriers to energy efficiency through the determination of customer responses to different market based customer services of deregulated electricity markets. Load profile impacts from the introduction of competition will be studied for different customer groups, particularly with the focus on new communication solutions, variable pricing options and Smart-house technology.

More specifically the objectives are to:

• Establish specifications for load profiles in deregulated markets while taking into account the interaction between electricity and other energy resources.
• Quantify the potential for peak power demand reductions in competitive electricity markets by the means of market solutions, dynamic pricing options, new technology solutions and information services.
• Quantify the energy efficiency potential in competitive electricity markets by the means of market solutions, dynamic pricing options, new technology solutions and information services.
• Determine which policy actions are the most efficient in removing existing barriers to energy efficiency.