Wort des Tages 27 August 2026

peak shaving

The management by a utility of its demand for electricity over time, to reduce spikes in usage.

Warum dieses Wort

Managing demand over time so the expensive peak never arrives. The same idea appears in hydraulics, staffing and warehousing.

In use

If we fire up the chiller and the presses at the same time we blow the demand charge, so the battery does the peak shaving from four till seven.

Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.

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