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One of the the most propitious enablers of the Smart Grid paradigm, and a rather low-hanging fruit, is Demand Response (DR) programs. DR is a set of courses of actions to reach and maintain the supply-demand equilibrium of the power grid from the side of the demand through price or incentive-based routines. The latter includes many programs with some bidding component. The general consensus among...