Sentences with phrase «managing peak load»

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With a contract now in place between Tesla and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), the battery «will help solve power outages, reduce intermittencies, and manage summertime peak load to support the reliability of South Australia's electrical infrastructure, providing enough power for more than 30,000 homes — approximately equal to the amount of homes that lost power during the blackout period last year,» Tesla said in a statement.

Tesla said it «will help solve power shortages and manage summertime peak load to improve the reliability of South Australia's electrical infrastructure.»

«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.

But not managed this will become a grid disruptive issue and for those that can't afford solar, will drive prices up as the smaller number of residual full - grid users pay more per user for the grid's gold plating derived from coping with peak air - con load a few times per year.

That could mean that electricity demand in most U.S. regions will peak in the winter — not during the summer as it does now — if no efforts actively manage loads.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO)-- the electric system operator for most of the state — will also contend with the normal challenges of managing this complex system including: dry to moderate drought conditions in much of the state, an increasing amount of variable generation from renewable sources, and the challenge of importing about 23 % of its peak system load from sources outside CAISO.

Researchers developed smart grid technology that determines the optimal operation for smart loads and utility devices based upon consumer preferences and geography that will enable grid operators a way to manage demand on peak days.