Research Article

Investigation of a Battery Storage System Aimed at Demand-Side Management of Residential Load

Table 6

Financial parameter values modeled in DSM project simulations.

ParametersValue

Battery cost per capacityUS$62/kWh
Battery cost per kWUS$26/kW
Contingency cost5%
Inflation rate9%
Discount rate8%
Off-peak electricity rateUS$0.12/kWh
Peak electricity rateUS$0.22/kWh
Fixed monthly chargeUS$0.9
Electricity bill escalation rate0.5%