An Introduction to Economic Techniques of Load Management: Self- Rationing Approach

Securing electrical energy usages in peak period is one of the problems in power industry. Establishing new plants and increasing in capacity electrical energy is the easiest solution of the chose. But demand side management through load management is another solution. Economical load management is operational way by price motive, that self –rationing is one of the economical load management method. In this paper, effort is made to introduce self –rationing and surviving original paper in this subject in economic literature in recent 30 years. we can divide existing literature in two period, first period 1978 to 1990(introduction self –rationing method) and period 1990 up to now (application and expansion).