Sentence examples for peak consumption from inspiring English sources
The city currently uses roughly 12,000 megawatts at peak consumption times.
Some generators appeared to hold back power at times of peak consumption, waiting until prices surged.
Perhaps instead of obsessing about peak consumption we also need to think about peak-consumerism?
Reducing peak consumption on hot summer days, for example, will lower electricity prices for all New Yorkers.
The government required big power users to reduce peak consumption by 15 percent.
The natural-gas-fired turbines will be designed to help the company meet electricity demand during periods of peak consumption.
And the price of electricity to most consumers in the State does not now fully reflect the much higher marginal costs of on-peak consumption in summer peaking markets.
The Commission responded that promotion of off-peak consumption also would increase consumption during peak periods.
By contrast, as previously discussed, the Public Service Commission does not permit the promotion of off-peak consumption alone.
By limiting growth in "off-peak" consumption, the ban limits the "beneficial side effects" of such growth in terms of more efficient use of existing powerplants.
In that regard, consumers and utility companies present opposite interests, the first aim to reduce their electricity bill, while companies are interested on shaving on-peak consumption.
