[BC] Electricity peak shaving

[Chris Gebhardt]

Broadcast List USER wrote:
> WBAL was asked by BG&E, Baltimore Gas & Electric to join their  
> program.  They were for it as they offered some substantial savings.   
> WBAL had one HUGE standby gen-set.  They didn't participate.  BG&E  
> didn't give the option of not going off the grid, or even coming back  
> to the grid if the generator failed.  Had they just agreed to back up  
> the generator in case of a failure, the stations would have gone over,  
> but without that, no way.  I guess the savings were not enough to  
> justify another gen-set.

That was key to our participation in the program we chose.  If, for 
whatever reason, we need to NOT participate in an event, we can make 
that call.  At the end of the day, we're in full control of our plant. 
But if we miss 2 events, then that can jeopardize our further 
participation.  They don't want to pay us to not be ready.  Fair enough!

Chris Gebhardt
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