While the peaksaver equipment will have no noticeable effect on the comfort of a building’s occupants, the environmental benefits and the reduction in peak electricity use is significant. When you give your LDC permission to cycle down your electricity use, you’re helping to reduce smog and air pollution. That’s because coal-fired and gas-fired generating stations will be used less often.
By reducing the amount of electricity needed at peak times you'll be lessening the chance of voltage reductions or other disruptions in the power system.
And you'll help ensure less expensive electricity. You see, during peak times, Ontario has to buy power from other places and this is expensive and could increase the overall price of electricity. When you help reduce the demand for electricity, you’re actually helping to ensure less expensive electricity is bought to meet our needs.
The bottom line? It's cheaper to save a kilowatt than it is to make one.
peaksaver is a no-cost, easy to participate in initiative that is helping Ontario meet its peak electricity needs.
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Looking for more ways to reduce your electricity demand?
During peak times, here are simple steps you can take to reduce demand: :
- Wait until after 8 p.m. in the evening to run large appliances such as washing machines, clothes dryers and dishwashers
- Shut off your pool pump between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. and run it between the hours of 8p.m. to 8 a.m.
- Turn off all of the unnecessary lights around your home until after 8 p.m.
- Use compact fluorescent light bulbs – they use 75% less electricity
- Turn up your air conditioning thermostat to 25 degrees Celsius when you are home and to 28 degrees Celsius when you are away for the day.
- If you have an old secondary refrigerator that you rarely use, arrange to have it picked up for free picked up for free.
