Developing demand side management program for residential electricity consumers of Dhaka city

In Bangladesh, electricity consumption is higher than the generation and demand of electricity is increasing day by day. Due to this, load shedding is occurring which affects the daily life. This problem can be solved by increasing generation which involves setting up new generating units and change in transmission lines, which are costly. Another approach to solve this problem is demand side management. It is a process of reducing energy consumption at user end. Using demand side management, energy consumption can be reduced at no or very little cost. At the same time, it also reduces the use of energy resources. So, environment is also less affected. Three Demand side management tools: energy efficiency, direct load control and time of use have been applied and significant amount of electrical energy can be saved using energy efficiency.