本文讨论了研究方案的开发和完善，以进行案例研究，记录决策过程、实施和运营经验。该协议将作为进行案例研究的指南，并将展示公用事业公司如何通过该过程，最终获得先进的DBP控制策略和成本，这些策略和成本对于每个公用事业公司的情况来说都是真实的。本文还将检查案例研究协议试点测试的结果，该协议使用迭代方法，参与的公用事业公司作为合作伙伴记录案例- 研究信息。协议的步骤包括在内。

This paper discusses the development and refinement of a research protocol for conducting case studies that document the decision-making process as well as implementation and operational experiences. The protocol will serve as a guide for conducting case studies and will show how a utility can go through the process and end up with advanced DBP control strategies and costs that are real for each utility's circumstance. This paper will also examine the results of pilot-testing the case-study protocol, which utilizes an iterative approach, with the participating utilities as partners in documenting the case-study information. The steps of the protocol are included.