This report by RMI (May 2021) focuses on how electrical power demand flexibility provides benefits to New York City. Community level benefits include improved air quality, reduced pollution, and reduced operating costs. Buildings need to be incentivized to combine the electrification of heating with controls that allow their demand to be flexible. Compliance with Local Law 97 (LL97) will be supported with system wide decarbonization, combined with efficiency, demand flexibility, and electrification.
Keywords: Connected/ EV Vehicles, Energy Efficiency/Management, HVAC & Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Lighting Systems/Controls, Natural Gas, Post-COVID-19, Renewable Energy