  This paper describes a method for defining representative load profiles for
domestic electricity users in the UK. It considers bottom up and clustering
methods and then details the research plans for implementing and improving
existing framework approaches based on the overall usage profile. The work
focuses on adapting and applying analysis framework approaches to UK energy
data in order to determine the effectiveness of creating a few (single figures)
archetypical users with the intention of improving on the current methods of
determining usage profiles. The work is currently in progress and the paper
details initial results using data collected in Milton Keynes around 1990.
Various possible enhancements to the work are considered including a split
based on temperature to reflect the varying UK weather conditions.
