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  • Research and Evaluation
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Irrigation Pump Controls Demand Response

At a Glance

Status 
active
Sector 
agricultural
Applications 
irrigation
Sunset date 
Oct 31, 2028

The RTF approved updates to the Agricultural Irrigation Demand Response (DR) product workbook in November, 2025. The workbook is intended to help resource planners understand basic characteristics of this DR product, including: Common obstacles to program participation and event participation, typically attainable kW impacts per participant, and typical program costs.

Workbook

Latest Version

Irrigation Pumps Demand Response Workbook v2.0

File Irrigation Pumps Demand Response Workbook v2.0
Approved at the Nov 2025 RTF meeting. Undergoing QA.
Date 
Nov 25, 2025
Version number 
2.0

Past Versions

version date document
1.0
May 21, 2019
File Irrigation Pumps Demand Response Workbook v1.0
Workbook approved at the May 2019 RTF meeting.

Decisions

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Latest decision

Decision details

Decided 
November 13, 2025
RTF Meeting

Approve Demand Response Product Workbook and Set Sunset Date

Decision Details

Approve the Agricultural Irrigation Demand Response Product workbook as presented and set a review date of October 31, 2028. 

Decided 
May 21, 2019
RTF Meeting: May 21, 2019

Approve Demand Response Impact Estimate

Decision Details

Approve the recommended methodology for estimating maximum technical per unit potential of Irrigation Pumps as presented. In approving this, the RTF recognizes that additional factors will need to be considered to estimate achievable potential, including, but are not limited to:

  • the portion of systems automatically dispatched verses manually controlled
  • the coincidence between crop water usage patterns and peak loads
  • the relationship between event length and duration and participation rates.

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