By focusing on times and places of peak demand, he's cut response times and saved money which he's invested in extra training.
With that kind of draw on electricity demand, the obvious question is what will happen to peak demand.
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An epochal shift has been triggered: "Peak oil" is emerging on the demand side.
In addition to the 900 full-time workers, it's taken on another 350 temporary staff to meet peak demand.
Such prices reflect scarcity on the supply side during periods of peak demand, and are meant to bring about a reduction in consumption while stimulating more investment in generation.
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Peak electricity demand in the UK comes on cold winter days.
In the first quarter, the company expects off-peak seasonality to dampen on-quarter growth, although demand will be up in comparison with the previous year.
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The glut exacerbates the inefficiency by forcing the utilities to rely on dirtier and less efficient sources of power to meet peak demand rather than simply redirecting surplus power from low demand to high-demand markets.
To keep power flowing reliably, grid operators must smooth out supply and demand on a second-to-second basis (known as frequency regulation), an hourly basis (intermittency), and on a daily, weekly, and annual basis (meeting peak demand).
It is predicted that in 2012, Chinese domestic consumption of REs will match domestic production, and this year will see a peak in availability and a demand-supply gap emerging on the world markets.
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Oil prices could peak in the near term as high prices put a check on demand growth and supply continues to be constrained.
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With peak season demand in the fourth quarter expected to increase 30 percent on-quarter, Samsung aims to outperform the market and enhance profitability through marketing and sales expansion of premium products such as LED TVs and Smart TVs supported by customized TV applications.
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If cars were programmed to be charged at night, when demand is low, rather than at peak times, then their impact on power generation could be minimised.
He said holiday companies had to pay more for hotel rooms in peak times when demand was high and "had no choice but to pass this on to customers".
For that matter, he says, the theaters should routinely charge more on weekends, just as resort hotels and airlines get extra money for services delivered at times of peak demand.
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