Sentences with phrase «shifting electricity usage»

Shifting electricity usage to off - peak hours will also help reduce the utility's peak demand, reducing the number of new power plants that they have to build.

On the residential side, Finkel expressed a need to reward rooftop solar and energy storage owners for shifting electricity usage to off - peak times.

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They do in some areas of the country — I'd love to get on time - of - day billing, I know some solar people who pay nothing for electricity because they time - shift their usage from the grid, and I have the software to do precisely that, just don't have the incentive because TXU Energy ain't paying.

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.

If customers were forced to pay the actual price at the time they use electricity, they would be motivated to shift some of their usage to lower - price hours, which would reduce the need for some expensive peaking capacity.

This tax shift has caused household energy costs to increase, which has resulted in a 15 - percent reduction in consumer electricity use and a 5 - to 10 - percent decrease in fuel usage.

This rate structure gives customers the opportunity to lower electricity costs by shifting usage off - peak times of the day or week.

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.