When energy use
approaches peak loads (where the less efficient power plants come online), they start taking action.
Not exact matches
«
Load serving entities, in partnership with their customers (often under state programs), can manage their wholesale consumption, lower their forecast demand requirements and actively manage their consumption of energy at the
peaks to lower their capacity obligations,» PJM said in a white paper sketching its
approach to demand response in the wake of the court activities.
Its new
approach requires that «a certain percent of energy delivered to customers during
peak load hours must be derived from clean energy sources.»
An
approach being researched by the content delivery network provider helps reduce the grid - connected
load during
peak demand periods, when electricity is most expensive.
As a result of the high temperatures today, it is expected that the state's
peak load will be 32,400 MWs,
approaching the record set on July of 2013 of 33,955 MWs.