The eleven papers in this special section focus on the industrial and commercial potential of demand response (DR). Customers from this non-residential market base have great potential in providing flexibility for power systems through diverse demand response (DR) programs. Intelligent energy management can be carried out with DR in industrial and commercial facilities, especially if onsite control, information, and communication technologies are available, enabling also the inherent automation capabilities of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. In the dawn of the Smart Grid era, with increasing distributed generation and the conversion of traditionally passive consumers to newly active energy players in the market, DR is being effectively considered for outage management and network reinforcement deferral.

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客座编辑特别部分，工商需求响应

本节中的11篇论文重点介绍了需求响应（DR）的工业和商业潜力。来自这个非住宅市场基础的客户具有通过各种需求响应（DR）计划为电力系统提供灵活性的巨大潜力。可以使用DR在工业和商业设施中进行智能能源管理，特别是如果可以使用现场控制，信息和通信技术时，还可以实现供暖，通风和空调系统固有的自动化功能。在智能电网时代的到来之际，随着分布式发电的增加以及传统上无源用户向市场上新近活跃的能源参与者的转变，DR已被有效地考虑用于中断管理和网络加固延迟。