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The time has come for Demand Side Response incentive mechanisms in the low-carbon future / Jacopo Torriti. EU Energy Policy Blog, 10/01/2011http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2011/01/10/the-time-has-come-for-demand-side-response-incentive-mechanisms-in-the-low-carbon-future/"Demand  Side Response incentive mechanisms are destined to play an important  role in the low-carbon future, where electricity peaks increase because  of higher levels of energy service demand met through electricity.Demand Side Response (hereafter, DSR) consists of all those programs  which enable shifting peak loads through diversified tariffs and  financial incentives.The traditional argument for the importance of DSR has been around  the economic and environmental benefits of shifting peak loads. These  include avoiding both high costs of extra generation and the negative  environmental impacts that extra generation brings about particularly  when originating from old, dirty, carbon intensive power plants..."