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What is peak shaving with battery storage?
Peak shaving uses a battery to discharge during your facility’s demand peaks, reducing the maximum demand recorded by the utility meter and cutting the demand-charge component of the electricity bill. Alpha Devraj ESS sizes peak-shaving systems from your actual load data and models the payback before you commit.
How it works
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How demand charges work — and how a battery cuts them
Industrial and commercial tariffs bill you twice: for the energy you consume, and for your peak demand (kVA or kW) — often whether you hit that peak once or every day. A battery watches the load and discharges precisely during those peaks, so the meter never sees them. The energy still gets used; only the peak disappears.
When peak shaving pays
The economics depend on how sharp your peaks are, the demand-charge rate, and how predictable the load profile is. Short, tall peaks are ideal — a modest battery can remove a disproportionate slice of the bill. We run your actual interval data through our model to show the specific saving.
Common questions
How much can peak shaving save?
It depends on your tariff’s demand-charge rate and how peaky your load is — which is why we model it from your interval data rather than quoting a generic percentage. The model shows the saving, the battery size and the payback for your specific site.
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