Sentences with phrase «electricity during peak periods»

Now, this has been taken to the extreme, where aggregators get small users to agree to cut back their usage of electricity during peak periods, or when there are unforeseen supply interruptions.

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Analysts foresee tremendous upside growth in this industry especially with battery storage saving on electrical costs during peak pricing periods with electricity.

The Lancey electric space heater allows users to charge its battery during off - peak hours and use the electricity for heating during peak demand periods.

EPA also set basic criteria to highlight on the ENERGY STAR product finder products capable of supporting demand response; this «connected» functionality allows products to reduce their electricity usage during peak periods and shift charging to non-peak times.

These technologies minimize a consumer's load during peak periods or shift a consumer's load when renewables are generating electricity.

It also directs those with battery storage or EVs to charge with renewables - generated electricity during the low - priced super off - peak period and use it during on - peak hours, he added.

The intention is to shift consumption away from high demand periods through a price signal mechanism telling customers that they can save money by using electricity during off - peak hours.

The State specified that retail electricity suppliers must provide customers with clean electricity during defined «clean peak periods», at less than $ 0.005 / kWh averaged across annual usage.

In a significant statement, a substantial majority express willingness to reduce usage during peak demand (69 %) and peak price periods (68 %) and would opt into a program to obtain electricity from renewable sources from their utility (86 %).

While New England remains a summer peaking electricity system (with a forecasted 2018 summer peak around 25 percent higher than the forecasted 2018/2019 winter peak), winter peak forecasts are important for assessing the impacts of electric system reliability during a period when much of New England's energy infrastructure is dedicated to space heating (i.e., when interstate natural gas pipelines are used both for electricity generation and for heating homes and businesses).

Local power storage can also be used for load - shifting in areas with tiered electricity rates, where higher prices charged for power during peak periods and off - peak periods have lower rates.

The CPUC would be required to increase the percentage of electricity output delivered by clean resources by 5 % in 2020 and by 6 % «every third year thereafter until December 31, 2029, or until 40 % of demand during the peak load time period is supplied by clean peak resources,» the bill reads.

The electricity from the coal - fired power plant will be utilized during the high peak demand periods of the summer season to ensure security of supply at a reasonable cost.

Each of these 84 instances was for ICE's off - peak product for power delivered during the periods of time when electricity demand is lowest (including a block of eight hours overnight as well as all day Sunday).

Monthly data allow users to see seasonal patterns, such as periods of nuclear refueling outages in the shoulder seasons (spring and fall) and increased operation of peaking generators during the periods of highest electricity demand in the summer months (driven primarily by air conditioning use).

Other provisions in the act — such as tax incentives that encourage the adoption of energy - efficient technologies, a shift to more combined heat and power generation, and the adoption of real - time pricing of electricity (a measure that will discourage optional electricity use during peak demand periods)-- would cut electricity demand enough to avoid building an additional 37 coal - fired power plants.

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.

Because the fuel is stored for later use after it's produced, it could be produced during off - peak periods overnight, which would lower the cost and allow the province to tap into its considerable electricity surplus.

Energy storage can save power generated from clean energy systems such as solar, wind and combined heat and power (CHP) for later use, enabling buildings to reduce their reliance on the power grid during peak demand periods when electricity rates are the highest.

Some of them are also capable of reducing their electricity usage during peak periods and shift charging to non-peak times as part of utilities» demand response programs.

Peak times also are when electricity costs the most, and less demand for a utility's electricity during those periods will allow Equity Office to negotiate for lower rates from utilities.