ABSTRACT
During the four summer months, the power supply is at a premium. If people can reduce demand during the 15-minute intervals when their utility hits its own peak, then they can save a bundle of cash on demand costs the rest of the year. Coincident is people's demand when the utility or their supplier is reaching its peak for the year. This is a case then of their utility helping they save money if they help them save money. Coincident peak programs help reduce peak demand at critical times. That means that stakeholders throughout the system are minimizing their maximum power consumption at times when the system is in overload mode. Electrical delivery systems were designed many years ago to compensate for the maximum electrical demand that could occur at any time of the year. This system has been found to benefit the utility but not everyone else.
