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In a second stage, we performed a Demand Side Management (DSM) Update of the All Island Grid Study in order to include a detailed cost benefit analysis of the impacts of DSM measures in the context of 2020 scenarios with high penetrations of renewable energies in Ireland.
Client Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI)	Area of expertise Power systems and markets

We aggregated the findings from the previous work streams (grid integration analysis, resource assessment and dispatch analysis) and analysed key stakeholder classes: conventional generators, renewable generators, network operators and owners, system operators and interconnector operators. The costs associated with electricity generation for most stakeholder classes were then aggregated to provide a relative cost comparison across generation portfolios for 2020.

In the update, we included DSM measures from the initial study, including ways of achieving energy savings and load flexibility through peak shifting and peak clipping - measures designed to support the integration of variable renewable energy sources into the Irish power system.