Musthafah Mohd Tahir
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

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Optimal load management strategy under off-peak tariff riders in UTeM: a case study Mohamad Fani Sulaima; Musthafah Mohd Tahir; Aida Fazliana Abdul Kadir; Mohamad Firdaus Shukri; Mohd Rahimi Yusoff; Ainuddin Abu Kasim; Luqman Ali
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 11, No 2: April 2022
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v11i2.3556

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Demand response (DR) program through tariff initiative has been established in Malaysia since 1990. The available time of use (TOU) tariff focuses on providing price signals to consumers, especially from industrial and commercial sectors. In achieving a certain standard for off-peak tariff rider (OPTR) initiative to receive discount rate, consumers must improve load factors compared to the baseline declared. However, not all consumers are able to commit. In Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), the TOU (C1-OPTR) tariff is proposed and applied when the available cost discount of 20% can be enjoyed by sustaining the load factor improvement (LFI). A simulator projected a flexible optimal load profile referred by the energy management team to achieve the university's sustainable energy management goal. Thus, securing the LFI would allow the energy consumption (kWh) and peak demand (kW) to be managed concurrently. As for testing results for two buildings, the load factor improves to 0.40, and the maximum demand reduces by about 35 kW. When getting the 20% discount for the OPTR scheme, the total cost saving is forecasted approximately USD 29,441.40 yearly. The current pilot project presents a positive sign with the peak demand reduction and load factor improvement close to the simulator's optimal profile.
A review of electricity consumer behavioural change under sustainable energy management scheme Mohamad Fani Sulaima; Nurul Fasihah Jumidey; Arfah Ahmad; Aida Fazliana Abdul Kadir; Mohamad Firdaus Sukri; Musthafah Mohd Tahir
Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Vol 11, No 3: June 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11591/eei.v11i3.3800

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Many authorities launched their energy sustainability plan that involve the sustainable energy management scheme to improve energy efficiency. The sustainable energy management scheme consists of several measures to encourage energy efficiency in three primary energy consumers by pursuing implementation measures in the industrial, commercial, and residential sectors. Meanwhile, energy performance is quantifiable in energy efficiency and energy consumption become one of scheme measure aspects. In this review, the ASEAN Energy Management Scheme (AEMAS) was discussed as a regionally structured training and certification system for ASEAN Energy Managers. Besides that, Energy Management Gold Standard (EMGS) is AEMAS's first regional achievement certification for global excellence in energy management systems. Previous literatures exposed the key to energy efficiency goals is behavioural change, which means individual attitudes affect energy consumption.